Borough-Based Jails Czar

The Agency Youll Join:
The New York City Mayors Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs coordinating public agencies and departments and managing public property. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable reducing inequality improving public safety ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services and working to make New York Citys economy stronger. We value leadership transparency fairness and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. For current job opportunities visit our careers page.

The Team Youll Work With:
The Office of the First Deputy ensures that City government runs efficiently and focuses on many of the administrations top priorities from creating opportunities for young people to strengthening the citys civic infrastructure the office works in partnership with stakeholders inside and outside of city government to develop scale coordinate and deliver policies plans and operations in an equitable and sustainable way.

The Problems Youll Solve:
The Office of the First Deputy Mayor is seeking a qualified individual to serve as the Borough-Based Jails Czar. Reporting into the office of the Chief of Staff this individual will serve as a trusted advisor to the Mayor First Deputy Mayor and the administrations senior leadership on all matters related to the closing of Rikers.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
-Ensure that all projects and initiatives associated with the closing of Rikers and the building of borough-based jails are on track for timely completion.
-Work with relevant criminal justice agencies to ensure the reduction of the jail population; design and construction of the borough-based jails and outposted therapeutic housing units; correctional workforce development; and planning for the future use of Rikers.
-Serve as a trusted thought and execution partner to the First Deputy Mayor.
-Work collaboratively across Deputy Mayor teams and agencies.
-Work closely with the offices Criminal Justice Coordinator who will be responsible for the day-to-day management and oversight of the criminal justice system.
-Additional responsibilities as necessary.

About You:
-You have experience managing interagency coordination across multiple city or state agencies.
-You are familiar with the legal operational and community dimensions of the borough-based jail plan.
-You have a track record of public-facing accountability and transparency with legislative bodies.
-You have strong relationships across the NYC Department of Correction City Hall the City Council and community stakeholders.

Minimum Required Qualifications:
-Bachelors Degree required.
-10 years of experience.

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Qualifications :

1. Do you have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university

2. Do you have an associate degree from an accredited college or university along with two (2) years of experience with administrative analytic coordinative supervisory or liaison responsibilities

3. Do you have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a states Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question 2 above

4. Do you have a satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that described in questions 1 2 and/or 3 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time