Director of Outreach

City of New York - Director of Outreach

Location : New York, New York

If you are interested in applying for this job, please make sure you meet the following requirements as listed below.

Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of Outreach, DSNY seeks to recruit an experienced candidate to serve as Director of Outreach. Under general direction, with varying degrees of latitude for independent initiative, judgment, and decision making, the successful candidate will :

• Develop and implement annual work plans for outreach programs relating to the Department's key initiatives.
• Create and execute partner cultivation plans to identify key stakeholders impacted by DSNY’s programs.
• Coordinate outreach activities within DSNY to ensure proper coverage and maintain regular communication with points of contact at partner sites.
• Review educational, marketing, and other outreach materials to ensure programmatic objectives are met.
• Provide oversight and support for all aspects of vendor management in the outreach portfolio, including drafting and reviewing contracts, budgets, invoices, proposals, and other related items.
• Manage vendor’s work plan to ensure completion, along with the documentation of tasks assigned to those vendors.
• Assist in implementing, maintaining, and improving agency programs through a variety of outreach methods, including site visits, trainings, events, meetings, and others as assigned by supervisor.
• Serve as an agency representative with community, civic, and business organizations, city agencies, and institutions, or other entities.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned.
• Personally conduct outreach to the public.

Qualifications :

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four years of satisfactory, full-time community liaison, community organization, or community relations experience, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibility for planning, organizing, coordinating, developing, evaluating, and / or administering a large community service program or activity; or

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described above, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity; or

Education and / or experience equivalent to the above. Undergraduate education above the high school level may be substituted for the community experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience, at the rate of 30 semester credits for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 4 years. Graduate education may be substituted for the community experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience, at the rate of 30 graduate credits for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 2 years. However, all candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making 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 characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

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