What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director of Physical Accessibility position at City of New York?
The Senior Director of Accessibility will be assigned to the New York City Mayors Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) and will serve as MOPDs inhouse expert and main point of contact on matters relating to physical accessibility.
Job duties will include :
Serve as inhouse expert for MOPD on physical accessibility issues.
Coordinate with other City agencies including but not limited to DOT DOB DDC EDC and SBS on identifying issues related to physical accessibility and identifying and developing strategies
to address such issues.
Handle requests for waivers under NYC BC Section 1101.3.5.
Handle requests for MOPD approval of DOT grants of revocable consent under Chapter 7 of NYCDOTs rules.
Review plans concerning waterfront properties for accessibility issues and report findings to SBS or EDC as appropriate.
Perform inspections and other tasks related to accessibility of restaurants participating in the Open Restaurants Program and other inspections as needed.
Represent MOPD on code committees and taskforces as needed.
Provide technical expertise in development of MOPD trainings on physical accessibility and participate in such trainings.
Handle other projects related to physical accessibility as identified by MOPD leadership.
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Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering architecture landscape architecture business administration or public administration and five years of fulltime satisfactory experience in the planning administering or expediting of engineering design and / or construction or coordinating a very large engineering project two years of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity; or
2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of experience as described in 1 above; two years of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity; or
3. Education and / or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. An accredited Masters degree in one of the disciplines described in 1 above a law degree or a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect or Landscape Architect may be substituted for one year of the required experience. However all candidates must have the two years of the administrative managerial executive 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.
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