Assistant Borough Chief, Manhattan ICSU

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Family Court Division seeks dynamic enthusiastic and strategic leaders with a clear vision for supporting staff strengthening community partnerships and promoting fair and effective outcomes for the children families and communities we serve. The Assistant Borough Chief reports directly to a Deputy Borough Chief and plays a key leadership role in supervising legal and support staff ensuring high-quality practice and advancing the mission of the Division. The position is available in both the juvenile justice and interstate child support units.

Responsibilities
- Supervise and train multiple attorneys in all aspects of their work both in and out of court.
- Provide legal strategic and procedural guidance to attorneys and support professionals.
- Conduct regular case reviews transcript reviews and courtroom observations.
- Review and edit written work including petitions supporting depositions motions and Memoranda of Law Objections and Rebuttals.
- Maintain an active caseload.
- Assist Borough Chiefs with office initiatives administrative duties and development/implementation of borough and division-wide policies procedures and protocols.
- Develop and maintain relationships with community stakeholders; maintain a consistent presence in Community neighborhoods to address juvenile delinquency and support Interstate Child Support matters.
- Support the professional development of staff through training mentoring and constructive feedback.
- Present at staff meetings on legal issues practice updates and changes to statutes and caselaw.
- Attend and/or present external trainings to identify emerging issues in practice.
- Draft review and evaluate annual performance assessments; develop and monitor performance improvement plans when necessary.
- Represent the Division at interagency meetings and serve as liaison to city and statewide partners including but not limited to NYPD the Department of Probation ACS DSS HRA and OTDA.

Schedule
Full-time; includes participation in a citywide rotation of night/weekend court assignments.

After the completion of orientation attorneys hired by the Law Department will have the opportunity to elect to work from home under one of the following two programs. The first option allows attorneys to work remotely on a limited and irregular basis. The second option is a Citywide pilot program which allows participants to select two set days to work from home each week. The two days will need to be approved by the attorneys division and take into consideration the needs of the division as the pilot program requires more than 50% staff coverage each addition if an attorney needs to appear in court a client meeting or other in-person work related event on a set work from home day they will need to attend to those in-person responsibilities and will not be able to work from home that day. Participants in the pilot program must set one work from home location where they will work remotely. This pilot program is currently being tested Citywide to determine its efficacy for City agencies and is not yet a permanent program.

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Qualifications :

- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience by December 2025.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in delinquency and criminal law and/or the Interstate Child Support Practice.
- Strong leadership communication analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to work effectively with court stakeholders partner agencies community groups and diverse staff.
- Commitment to the mission of the Family Court Division and to improving outcomes for children families and communities.

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.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time