Sergeant Bureau of Operations

*** Open to candidates who are permanent in the Civil Service title of Special Officer and will therefore be eligible to take the promotional exam for Supervising Special Officer whenever it becomes available.

Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential regardless of who they are how old they are where they are from or where they live.

As a worldrenowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge and responding to urgent public health crises from New York Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation expertise and programs and services. We serve as the population health strategist and policy and planning authority for the City of New York while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy including programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial and social justice work among others.

Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are:
1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated disease including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths strengthening our youth mental health systems and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for womens health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racisms impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021 the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance antiracist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power opportunity and access the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Supervise Special Officers.

Supervise Supervising Special Officer Level I Review work performance of Special Officers and conduct evaluations.

Responsible for any disciplinary matters pertaining direct reports.

Direct and train subordinates in their duties and responsibilities and ensure poor work performances are corrected and appropriately carried out.

Inspect Special Officers posts and other work assigned.

Perform uniform and equipment inspection to ensure both direct reports and contract guards are in proper uniform attire and equipped for duty.

Patrol Health Department facilities and surrounding areas to maintain order and a safe environment.

Prepare review and submit detailed incident reports to their direct superiors. Issue summonses to violators of penal law and submit summonses from your direct reports.

Generate post orders for each assigned supervised location and ensure post orders are carried out.

Ensure appropriate coverage is assigned to all supervised locations.

Visit site locations and ensure daily field reports are adequately submitted on a daily basis.

Approve review submit and adjust time sheets for leave requests heat days excess leaves and overtime requests.

Work with assigned Special Officer to ensure that all reports are in compliance with required trainings.

**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:

Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation such as:
A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility such as: A Valid U.S. Passport Permanent Resident Card/Green Card or Drivers license.

Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.

Current Resume

Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone Cable Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this postings Minimum Qualification Requirements section. Examples of additional documentation may be but not limited to: college transcript experience verification or professional trade licenses.

If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an onboarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.

**LOAN FORGIVENESS

As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL
NOTE: This position may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.

SUPERVISING SPECIAL OFFICER 70817

Qualifications :

A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a states department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of fulltime satisfactory experience in the field of law enforcement protection or security.

Individuals serving in this title are designated as Peace Officers by the New York State Criminal Procedure Law. Therefore all candidates must be qualified to serve as Peace Officers. Incumbents must satisfy the training requirements established by the State of New York for Peace Officers and obtain certification. Once obtained this certification must be maintained for the duration of employment.
For Assignment To Assignment Level II:
A. One year of experience as a Supervising Special OfficerAssignment Level I; or
B. In addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements for Assignment Level I above one year of experience in the field of law enforcement protection or security in a supervisory capacity.

For Assignment to Assignment Level III:
A. Two years of experience as a Supervising Special Officer; or
B. In addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements for Assignment Level I above two additional years of fulltime experience in the field of law enforcement protection or security at least one year of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.

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