Special Projects Coordinator
Special Projects Coordinator
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Job Description
The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of
communitybased organizations (CBOs) to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities
for New Yorkers and communities to flourish.
DYCDs initiatives include COMPASS the Citys comprehensive afterschool system Beacon Community Centers adult and youth literacy programs
youth employment programs services for runaway and homeless youth antiviolence initiatives and
community development programs.
DYCD also collaborates with other City agencies on a range of mayoral initiatives to improve City services and ensure greater opportunities for minority and immigrant youth and families.
This role is situated within the Bureau of Planning Program Integration and Evaluation (PPIE) which
promotes datadriven and evidenceinformed decisionmaking across DYCD and provides training and
technical assistance to service providers to ensure highquality services in communities through
capacity building. This role is part of the Office of Capacity Building and Professional Development
which aims to enhance the management and organizational capacity of nonprofit organizations to
better serve their communities.
The unit improves the quality of programs and services by developing
the knowledge and skills of frontline and supervisory staff at these organizations and utilizes an
approach that involves continuous learning evaluation and the adoption of datadriven decisionmaking practices to support nonprofit organizations effectively.
Reporting to the Director Office of Capacity Building and Professional Development the Special
Projects Coordinator will:
Develop and maintain specialized knowledge related to communitybased programming and initiatives
to support the integration of antiviolence and community safety programs into DYCDs ecosystem of
services and capacity building offerings.
Build strong relationships across the agency to identify and support capacitybuilding strategies and
interventions that address barriers to employment and create support networks to improve community
safety and program quality.
Oversee special projects and initiatives by defining scopes timelines coordinating tasks and
managing logistics to facilitate meaningful interactions and engagement opportunities for participants.
Assist in coordinating planning and implementing capacitybuilding resources training and
professional development activities for nonprofit staff of DYCDfunded organizations and internal
DYCD staff.
Oversee capacity building contracted vendors to provide services and ensure they are aligned to the
agencys priorities.
Manage vendor contracts and coordinate with PPIE operations staff to ensure timely contract
registration and payment and that contract deliverables are met.
Curate targeted outreach campaigns and leverage relationships to enhance strategy development and
provider connections.
Collaborate with PPIE colleagues to guide and support TA provider practice changes ensuring they
have the necessary tools and resources to meet agency priorities.
Design and facilitate intraagency meetings to establish policies and encourage consistent
implementation practices. Implement collaborative process design and change management to
support new practices and policies.
Monitor performance and progress towards programmatic outcomes. Develop collect and
communicate the impact of capacitybuilding support by interpreting data analyzing results
implementing data collection systems and maintaining databases.
Perform additional tasks as needed including interacting with other DYCD bureaus communitybased
organizations (CBOs) and other City agencies to coordinate joint initiatives identify untapped
resources and potential partners and contribute to field building.
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST 21744
Qualifications :
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible fulltime research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.
NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
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
