Senior Director for Contract Development

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish.

The Senior Director of Contract Development will provide executive leadership and oversight of DYCDs contract development functions within the Bureau of Budget and Finance. Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of Financial Strategy and Operations the Senior Director will manage the end-to-end contract development process to ensure timely compliant and effective execution of contracts with community-based providers.

The Senior Director will also oversee contract development staff management data analysis and system reconciliation to promote accuracy efficiency and accountability across the unit. The role requires strategic leadership strong knowledge of contracting policies and procedures and the ability to collaborate across program legal fiscal and technology units to streamline operations and strengthen organizational performance.

Key Responsibilities

-Lead supervise and develop staff within the Contract Development Unit fostering a high-performing collaborative and accountable work environment.

-Manage the contract development team overseeing preparation of DYCDs human service contracts excluding Discretionary contracts.

-Oversee contract development data analysis and system reconciliation functions to ensure accuracy compliance and timely reporting.

-Coordinate with legal audit and fiscal units to resolve complex contract and procurement issues.

-Monitor workload staff performance and unit outcomes to ensure timely contract execution and effective service delivery.

-Develop and implement process improvements to streamline contract development reduce delays and enhance transparency.

-Collaborate with program divisions to align contracts with agency priorities scopes of work and funding strategies to address community needs.

-Provide technical guidance and training to staff and program partners on contract policies procedures and best practices.

-Represent DYCD in meetings with oversight agencies providers and stakeholders regarding contract development and compliance.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST - 1002E

Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college in economics finance accounting business or public administration human resources management management science operations research organizational behavior industrial psychology statistics personnel administration labor relations psychology sociology human resources development political science urban studies or a closely related field and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration accounting economic or financial administration or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis operations research organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration recruitment position classification personnel relations employee benefits staff development employment program planning/administration labor market research economic planning social services program planning/evaluation or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

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Employment Type :

Full-time