Job Description

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) supports youth and community services through contracts with a broad network of community-based organizations throughout New York City.

Our central task is administering available city, state, and federal funds to a wide range of innovative, practical and quality programs that positively impact youth and communities. The Initiative Manager will assist in the implementation and evaluation of various activities related to the community engagement and behavioral and culture change strategies of ONS. Under the direction of the ONS leadership, the Initiative Manager’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Agency and stakeholder network building and coordination: regularly connect with agency partners,

  non-profit partners, and community stakeholders to problem solve, evaluate progress in meeting

  program goals, develop and implement solutions, hold collective accountability, and evaluate

  effectiveness;

• Serve as liaison and intermediary to both community representatives and agency partners to

  identify immediate responses and to further long-term strategy and investment for the agency

  and City;

• Implement strategic programming that is aligned to address the social determinants driving

  community violence and promote a culture safety consistent with ONS’s mission and core

  values by organizing interventions and supportive service referrals to address community needs;

• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track program and budget progress including

  management of changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate

  verification techniques and reporting and escalating to management as needed;

• Draft, edit and finalize written documents and program documentation, including but not limited to,

  contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans, reviews, and other written and/or

  oral materials as requested;

• Manage ongoing community transformation and resilience work related to the ONS, including the

  supervision of borough specific initiatives and ONS program assistants.

• Perform other related duties as needed.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or

2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or

3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.