Director of System Integration

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of

community-based 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 community safety programs 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 would be situated within the Bureau of Planning Program Integration and Evaluation (PPIE).

PPIE was established to lead DYCDs efforts to transform the agency from three co-located

organizations to one agency focused on providing an integrated network of neighborhood-based high quality services to New Yorkers.

PPIEs mission is to drive growth impact and innovation to make DYCD its programs and CBOs

more effective. PPIE designs tools builds processes and shapes policies to elevate the

implementation of best practices and data-informed decision-making both internally and externally.

PPIE supports continuous improvement through providing capacity building and training to DYCD staff

and providers; analyzing and elevating data and community voices; increasing funding for innovation

and expansion; and developing centralized approaches and systems to support a unified vision for

DYCD.

PPIEs core functions have evolved over time into five robust centers of excellence :

Office of Analytics Performance Management and Reporting

Office of Capacity Building and Professional Development

Office of Planning Program Design and Grant Development

Office of Evaluation

Office of System Integration

This role would lead the Office of System Integration which plays a central role in designing and

updating DYCDs data system to improve data collection measurement of key metrics and user

experience in DYCD systems.

Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of PPIE the Director of System Integration will assume the

below responsibilities.

System Design

• Lead strategic planning for system design including development of new functionality and program

types and agency-wide system enhancements to better meet programmatic or user needs.

Bureau of Information Technology (IT) and program teams for long-term improvement innovation and

streamlining of DYCDs data systems.

processes to develop system requirements and increase accessibility and ease of use for end users.

communications around the system changes building awareness and coordinating testing and

training for internal and external audiences.

and project management of various related initiatives.

protocols.

agency leadership to ensure the system reflects program design changes as new requirements roll

out best practices for collecting and defining outcome measurements and agency priorities for data

collection.

system development align projects with agency-wide priorities and review changes that impact

reporting.

inform and test DYCD systems.

collection practices and needs and inform system development accordingly.

Training

from the COMPASS expansion.

assign trainings to efficiently utilize the agencys resources.

and monitoring on DYCD Connect DYCDs system of record.

needed to meet the needs of program units including new functionality developed as part of the

COMPASS expansion.

learning.

improve system functionality and resource development. Management.

Bureau leverage Bureau expertise and intentionally represent the Bureau across projects.

performance metrics during onboarding and ongoing performance reviews and adjust based on team

capacity.

Other tasks 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 full-time 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 full-time 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 : Full-time

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Experience : years

Vacancy : 1