RECORDS PROGRAM MANAGER
RECORDS PROGRAM MANAGER
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Job Description
New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) helps New Yorkers before during and after emergencies through preparedness education and response. NYCEM is responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response for all types and scales of emergencies. We are staffed by more than 200 dedicated professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise including individuals assigned from other City agencies.
The Office of the Chief Counsel provides legal advice to NYCEM executives and staff regarding critical strategic legal and policy issues facing the agency engages in transactional work in support of the NYCEM mission and coordinates with the NYC Law Department Office of the Counsel to the Mayor and other local state and federal counsels regarding various legal issues ranging from emergency events to litigation which impact the agency. The Office of Chief Counsel is comprised of the Legal Affairs Unit Disability Access and Functional Needs (DAFN) Legal Unit and the Records Management Unit.
The Records Management Unit is responsible for leading and managing the NYCEM records management program. It develops and implements policies and procedures to manage agency records throughout their life cycle from creation to their final disposition and works with units and personnel to ensure all staff are aware of and can apply records management best practices into their daily course of business.
The Records Management unit is looking for a Records Program Manager who will work under the directions of the Chief Counsel and the Deputy Director Records. The Program Manager will assist with maintaining and managing the agencys electronic and physical records. This includes any daytoday responsibilities and creating and implementing policies around agency records. The Program Manager will work with staff to ensure that all records are in compliance according to City policies and procedures.
Under the supervision of the Chief Council and the Deputy Director of Records the Records Officer will have responsibilities including but not limited to the following:
Assisting with the management and maintenance of an electronic records management system.
Performing daytoday records management tasks and activities relating to storage retrieval retention and disposition of records.
Assisting with the training of staff in the procedures related to policies governing the maintenance of all documents (both records and nonrecords regardless of format) and ensuring staff are aware of their role in the management of agency records.
Collaborating on all Records Management unit functions and projects including retention schedule review the creation of destruction requests choosing a system to manage physical records and implementing a scanning project for agency records with longterm retention periods.
Assisting in the development and implementation of agency records management policies and related procedures and performing yearly reviews and updates of established policies.
Maintaining filing system procedures and classification indexes.
Assigning and managing file space as well as inventorying boxes and preparing materials for storage or transfer to the NYC Municipal Records Center.
Working with staff to ensure all agency publications that are required to be submitted to the NYC Municipal Library are transferred to the Records unit for submission to the Librarys Government Publications Portal.
Inventorying and cataloging materials in the agency library and managing circulation of the collection utilizing ResourceMate Plus.
Working under minimal supervision with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.
**PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
The selected candidate will be assigned to an oncall Emergency Operations Center (EOC) team and will be expected to work nonbusiness hours during some emergencies. These nonbusiness hours include nights weekends holidays and extended week hours outside of a 9AM5PM schedule. The selected candidate will also participate in trainings to build skills and competencies in emergency response; will participate in drills and exercises associated with the oncall EOC team; and may volunteer to assist with Ready NY emergency preparedness presentations to external groups. EOC teams are on call for three weeks at a time with six weeks off in between.
UASI This position is grant funded through 8/31/2025 with the possibility of an extension.
IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS JOB PLEASE SUBMIT A SEPARATE COVER LETTER IN THE ATTACHMENTS SECTION OF THE APPLICATION PORTAL.
Qualifications :
1. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a states department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and six years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one or a combination of the following: emergency management fire police or military service public safety public health public administration urban planning engineering or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made; or
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory full time professional experience in the areas listed in 1 above; or
3. A masters degree from an accredited college in emergency management public administration urban planning engineering economics political science the physical sciences or related field and one year of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in the areas listed 1 above at least two years of which must have been in one of those areas or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made.
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above. However all candidates must have a fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent.
Special Note:
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have after meeting the minimum requirements one additional year of professional 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.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
