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Assistant Commissioner Public Information

City of New York
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 2/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2025

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the Citys evolving criminal justice system participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards the smallest jail system possible without compromising public safety. DOC is solely responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for staff visitors volunteers and people in custody inside our jails. Importantly safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully reenter their communities. DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with over 7500 diverse professionals and knowledge experts.

The Office of Public Information is dedicated to disseminating uptodate information about DOC to our personnel and the public and facilitating external communication with the media. DOC seeks to recruit a dynamic candidate to serve as the Assistant Commissioner for Public Information. Under executive direction and with wide latitude for independent decisionmaking and initiative the incumbent will report to the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information and will be responsible for ensuring DOC communication strategy is consistent and reflects the organizations strategic vision. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following tasks :

Develop and deploy effective communication strategies and tactics to inform and engage departmental

employees

Improve audiencefocused communication tailoring messaging to drive impact; serve as a resource

across departments and functional units to advise and align communication planning

Measure effectiveness and engagement through surveys focus groups and metrics to evolve DOCs

communication strategy

Support the creation of compelling communication assets that connect employees to departmental

objectives initiatives and goals

Identify and leverage effective communication channels across the organization; cultivate employee

engagement through building community with impactful messaging

Inform and engage employees through activating an internal network to source news for use across

channels town halls newsletters departmental memos intranet lead local intranet content planning

and delivery

Manage departmental ceremonies and events in collaboration with the ceremonial unit

Evaluate and plan modifications and improvements for digital communications

Audit communication channels to increase content quality and navigation; research competitive best

practices and new approaches to influence the evolution of employee engagement and communication

Enhance staff engagement activities and manage strategic and external partnerships

Provide communications advice to the senior leadership team; perform related duties as assigned.

Provide coverage in the absence of the Deputy Commissioner on communication issues both internal

and external.

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (DOC) 95041

Qualifications :

1.A Masters Degree from an accredited college in Public Administration Personnel Administration

Business Administration Human Services Criminal Justice Political Science Psychology or a related

field plus three years of satisfactory experience of a nature to qualify for the duties and responsibilities

of the position at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial or

executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or

2.A bachelors degree from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory experience of a nature to

qualify for the duties and responsibilities of the position at least 18 months of which must have been in

an administrative managerial or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities

related to the duties of the position; or

3.A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of satisfactory fulltime

progressively responsible experience as described in 1 above 18 months of which must have been in

an administrative managerial executive or supervisory 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 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 : Employment Type :

Fulltime

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