Director of Capacity Building
Director of Capacity Building
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Job Description
The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of communitybased organizations and programs 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) Community Centers adult and youth literacy programs youth
employment programs services for runaway and homeless youth 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.
In recent years the Office of Neighborhood Safety and its array of programs tasked with improving
community safety has been added to DYCDs portfolio.
DYCD has the largest investment in capacity building services of any City agency. Situated within the
Bureau of Planning Program Integration and Evaluation (PPIE) the Capacity Building team:
Oversees contracted consultants to develop the management and organizational capacity of
nonprofit organizations so they can adequately respond to the needs of the communities they serve.
Enhances the quality of programs and services by developing the knowledge and skills of frontline
and supervisory staff at nonprofit organizations.
Utilizes an approach for supporting nonprofit organizations that is collaborative prioritizes customer
input and includes continuous learning evaluation and adoption of datadriven decisionmaking
practices.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Director will oversee a team of five including two deputy directors two TA specialists and a
Special Projects Coordinator. The Director will report to the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau.
Critical areas of work include:
Use data gleaned from stakeholders evaluative reports planned program design changes and
literature reviews to identify gaps in capacity building offerings and develop new models of support.
Ensure resources allocated to the Capacity Building team are spent efficiently and well including
overseeing administrative legal and financial processes to ensure that contracts are registered;
consultants comply with DYCD requirements and produce highquality services; and consultants
receive timely reimbursement for services delivered.
Build a culture of collaboration and mutual accountability within the team and across DYCD as well
as between the team and its consultants.
Identify and support team learning to address individual goals and ensure team capability to
accomplish department priorities through coaching and continuous feedback formal and informal.
Ensure team is meeting key agency performance metrics through highlevel oversight of all portfolios
across CB staff including services supporting all DYCD program areas.
Lead development implementation and refinement of tools and systems to measure the impact of
Capacity Building in collaboration with Senior Director of Evaluation and external firms as appropriate.
Develop cohesive strategies for and oversee priority Capacity Building projects that cross portfolios
and/or require reimagining of historic Capacity Building offerings.
Remain uptodate on best practices in Capacity Building and training practices and metrics and
support DYCDs role as a leader in the field.
Coordinate interagency capacity building efforts with City partners.
Other duties as assigned.
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
