Initiative Manager
Initiative Manager
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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 communitybased 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 Managers responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Agency and stakeholder network building and coordination: regularly connect with agency partners
nonprofit 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 longterm 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 ONSs 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.
COMMUNITY COORDINATOR 56058
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 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
