Deputy Section Chief

***IMPORTANT NOTE: Only those currently serving as a permanent or probable permanent i.e. probationary Associate Staff Analysts will be considered. ***


The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water collecting and treating wastewater and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. DEP delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York and has a wastewater conveyance and treatment system capable of processing over 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day to protect the environment and the citys surrounding waterways.

The Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the treatment of sewage within the five boroughs of the city. This includes 14
wastewater treatment plants sludge dewatering facilities collections facilities (pumping stations combined sewer overflow retention facilities regulators tide gates etc.) wastewater laboratories and harbor vessels.

Job Purpose: Within BWT the Budget Planning and Management Section is responsible for managing the Bureaus Capital Budget and the Other Than Personnel Services (OTPS) expense budget. The Bureaus tenyear capital budget is currently $8.4B and the annual expense budget for the Bureau is almost $300M. The Deputy Section Chief will assist the Section Chief in overseeing and delivering the activities of the Budget Planning and Management Section.

Job Tasks/Duties:
1. Under direction of capital planning & budget management (CPBM) section chief supervises subordinate staff in all aspects of the bureaus expense capital budget and the procurement practices to meet operational requirements.
2. Plans monitors tracks and reports on the bureaus spending plan to ensure that planned expenditures coincide with actual expenditures.
3. Supervises the performance and coordination of activities necessary for obtaining capital funding including cp requests and matching contracts with appropriate grant revenue sources. matches capital funding actions with capital plan communicates with CMBO and bureau directorates on an as needed basis.
4. Serves as bureaus liaison with dep central budget CMBO payments & accounting as well as other bureaus office and agencies related to budgetary activities.
5. Monitors the financial management system (FMS) interface relating to contracts and a large volume of procurements to ensure compliance and spending initiatives. review and approves budget modifications and funding requests for all bureau budgetary needs. evaluates and analyzes the state of the budget ensuring sufficient funds availability in budget codes.
6. Supervises in the development and maintenance of various budgetary reports on a monthly quarterly basis as needed for bureaus senior leadership team.
7. Supervises in the process of the accrual exercise for the bureau develops spending plans and new needs.
8. Demonstrates knowledge of and support for EEO standards and procedures
9. Become familiar with and comply with applicable environmental health & safety (EH&S) laws and regulations and DEPs EH&S policies and procedures as set out in employee environmental health and safety handbook.

Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college in economics finance accounting business or public administration public health 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 Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and one year of satisfactory fulltime 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 labor 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; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in the areas described in 1 above.

3.An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience as described in 1 above.

4. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience as described in 1 above.

5.A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 3 or 4 above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However all candidates must have a high school diploma and 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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime