CHIEF OF STAFF

Job Description

The Commission on Gender Equity (CGE) is leading the Citys efforts to make sure every girl, woman, transgender, and gender non-binary individual throughout the five boroughs is treated equally and feels safe. We are putting the full force of municipal government, the citys largest employer, to work on behalf of this cause. CGE works collaboratively with City agencies on three focus areas : economic mobility and opportunity, health and reproductive justice, and safety.

The Chief of Staff is a member of CGEs leadership team and supports the Executive Director by developing and implementing operating systems and accountability metrics to ensure accomplishments of CGEs goals and smooth, effective, and efficient agency operations. The Chief of Staff reports to CGEs Executive Director.

The Commission on Gender Equity (CGE) is recruiting to fill one (1) Administrative Staff Analyst NM-II to function as the Chief of Staff, who will :

• Oversee and manage CGEs annual planning and implementation processes.
• Develop and maintain systems that facilitate and support collaboration across CGEs departments : Communications and Public Engagement, Executive Office, Policy and Programs, and Strategic Learning and Capacity Building.
• Develop, manage, and maintain CGEs operating systems and accountability metrics.
• Develop and implement CGE fundraising agenda to increase grant funding from private foundations and serve as CGEs liaison to the Mayors Fund to Advance New York City.
• Coordinate CGE Commissioners Meetings and oversee communication with CGE Commissioners.
• Serve as CGEs representative to the Mayors Office entities and Deputy Mayors Offices.
• Serve and CGEs representative on citywide administrative and / or operational actions.
• Manage CGEs personnel, purchasing, and financial operations.
• Coordinate and oversee on-boarding process for all CGE staff, interns, and third-partner vendors.
• Represent CGE, as appropriate, at internal and external meetings, workgroups and / or Task Forces.
• Supervise staff as appropriate.

Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, 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 closely related field, 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; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning / administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning / evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.