Senior Director of Performance Optimization and Digital Transformation

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water managing wastewater and stormwater 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. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Organizational Development & Human Resources (OD&HR) is the Agencys internal consultant / partner on organizational culture change and human resources matters for a workforce of approximately 6000 employees. We identify and respond to employee relations issues staff development needs and current and strategic talent requirements. We collaborate with the Agencys executive staff employees managers employee representatives employee affinity groups and other City agencies to develop sustainable policies procedures and practices. OD&HR ensures our operations is staffed with the best qualified developed and engaged employees. Our mission is to help DEP achieve its mission and strategic goals by providing excellence measurable impact and continuous improvements in organizational development human resources services professional development and training workforce planning and employee engagement.

The Sr. Director of Performance Optimization will report directly to the Deputy Commissioner for Organizational Development and Human this capacity the selected candidate will manage a professional staff of four and the Bureaus OTPS and PS Budgets. This position is critical for ensuring that Bureau change management initiatives are realized which will result in the continuance of process improvements that ultimately will result in operational efficiencies and high-performance customer service delivery to Agency bureau partners as well as external candidates seeking employment with the Agency.

Specifically this position will be responsible for :

• Assessing developing and overseeing a program of organizational design process optimization and digital transformation projects that support ODHRs strategic goals and objectives.
• Directly managing ODHRs IT team supervising one Director and three technical support staff.
• Create project governance documents to ensure related Bureau initiatives to ensure that projects have a structured approached and milestones are kept on target.
• Interacting closely with Director of HR and ODHRs individual units to update standardize and reduce redundancy of workflows and related required documents for all areas of personnel management; lead and execute business process redesign work.
• Lead and execute business digital transformation projects.
• Overseeing and maintaining ODHRs OTPS and PS budgets to ensure that hiring promotions and procurement activities comply with Agency standards and are made with the Bureaus budget. Interacting with DEP Budget on all related ODHR matters.
• Leading Agency succession planning efforts for bureaus under the CFOs directorate including directly working with Workforce Development and Training Unit and making all decisions relative to training requirements needed to implement initiative

EXECUTIVE PROGRAM SPECIALIST ( - 06804

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 two years of satisfactory full-time 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; or in management or methods analysis operations research organizational research or program evaluation; or 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. Eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory 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 : Full-time

Key Skills

Crisis Management,Marketing,Public Relations,Fundraising,Media Relations,Constant Contact,Strategic Planning,Social Media Management,Team Management,Public Speaking,Wordpress,Writing Skills

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1