Planning Program & Implementation Director (Human Services, Housing & Preservation, Good Governance)

Salary: The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice’s compensation package includes a competitive market salary and exceptional benefits. Our cash compensation range for this role is $120,000-$130,000. Final offers will vary based on candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.

The Agency You’ll Join: The NYC Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice (MOERJ) was established in October 2023 as the City of New York’s centralized agency to advance equity. Our mandate is rooted in a simple but powerful belief that every New Yorker deserves the chance to live, work, and thrive with dignity.¿ To realize that vision, MOERJ brings together several key initiatives and offices, including the NYC Commission on Gender Equity (CGE), NYC Her Future (NHF), the NYC Young Men’s Initiative (YMI), and the LGBTQIA+ Office. Together, we create a unified framework for addressing the many ways inequity shows up in daily life.¿ The Problems You’ll Solve: The Planning Program & Implementation Directors report to the Deputy Commissioner and engage regularly and directly with the Commissioner. The Directors will be responsible for developing and executing implementation plans for the Citywide Racial Equity Plan; shaping and overseeing the agency planning process; establishing structures to support the equitable implementation of strategies; monitoring outcomes; driving continuous improvement through recurring planning and accountability cycles; and clearly communicating impact. Each Director will lead a team of four to five managers and collaborate closely with NYC government agencies to advance implementation of the Plan, as mandated by the City Charter. Directors will also help develop and advance an equitable framework for City programs, policies, and practices in partnership with NYC government agencies.

The two directors and their teams will also collaborate on cross-cutting work with the support and guidance of MOERJ senior leadership Deputy Commissioner (e.g. technical assistance standards during different racial equity plan phases, results tracking, reporting, etc.).

Each Director is responsible for supervising and providing guidance to their immediate team. Managers generally work with a suite of City agencies in preparing, implementing, and tracking progress of racial equity plans on an ongoing basis as well as advance equity centered implementation of program and other strategies in the agencies and issue areas they cover within their portfolio. These managers provide technical assistance–they are trainers, explainers, strategists, and thought partners. Managers communicate guidance from MOERJ, support agencies step-by-step through the planning lifecycle, and help them navigate challenges.¿ KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Leads implementation, tracking, reporting, and refining of the city’s Racial Equity Plan in coordination with 4-5 managers. This includes but is not limited to: collaborating with roughly 25+ agencies/offices each, collaborating with leadership on review and process to publishing, communicating updates to agencies, as well as developing and managing progress reports.
• Supervises, coordinates, and develops their team which manages a portfolio of City government agencies through the full racial equity planning process and advances equitable program and other plan strategy implementation.
• Meets with individual managers and full team on a regular basis, including connecting with team committees and troubleshooting where needed, in partnership with one another.
• Spearheads the development, implementation, and refinement of training/workshops and technical assistance practices, tools, and protocols to relay MOERJ’s standards and guidance as well as enable team to provide strategic guidance to portfolio agencies.¿
• Co-develops and maintains internal tools to communicate MOERJ’s developments in racial equity policy, programs, messaging, and ideas to agencies.
• Co-develops, implements, and refines standards that help MOERJ assess whether agencies are successfully executing racial equity plans and the City is moving towards overarching racial equity north stars and making progress on overall goals.
• Maintains organizational tools to track agency progress and teamwork management using tools such as Airtable and Microsoft Sharepoint.
• Ensures their team’s success in providing ongoing management and support to agencies so they can meet their racial equity plan goals.
• Refines the racial equity planning process during each cycle.
• Sets the tone for interagency representation of MOERJ.¿
• Collaborates and coordinates with MOERJ colleagues and other city offices on different components of planning lifecycle.
• Leads the strategic application of an equity lens across plan programs and other strategies, from design and investment to evaluation.
• Works collaboratively to advance standardized agency practices to ensure MOERJ’s collaboration with agencies on implementation are positioned to help dismantle systemic barriers and drive measurable, equitable outcomes for residents.
• Collaborate with Data & Performance Manager to translate impact for public communications.
• Develop and/or deliver planning and program-related presentations and create public-facing briefs.
• Co-develop proposals that direct resources to serve historically underserved populations and geographic areas, working to ensure investments target disparities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Do you have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university?
• Do you have an associate degree from an accredited college or university along with two (2) years of experience with administrative, analytic, coordinative, supervisory or liaison responsibilities?
• Do you have a four-year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent approved by a state's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question "2" above?
• Do you have a satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that described in questions "1," "2," and/or "3" above?

Preferred Skills

About You:

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and five to seven (5-7) years of professional experience. This must include at least three (3) years professional experience implementing complex strategies and plans.
• Relevant master’s degree in public administration, public policy, business administration, or planning, which can substitute for one to two (1-2) years of professional experience above, depending on degree.
• Experience successfully developing and/or instituting complex planning processes with many stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with partners on developing, implementing, and measuring progress on equity-centered strategies, whether programs, policies, and/or practices
• Experience setting an agenda and strategy for their team and holding them accountable for success.
• Knowledge of and experience with city agencies and city government systems is a strong plus, but experience leading planning is most important regardless of industry.¿
• At least three (3) years of direct supervisory experience.
• Strong leadership and management skills with the ability to guide and support a diverse, multi-generational team of skilled staff, leveraging individual and team strengths, and applying their own experience and strategic expertise to provide direction and guidance.
• Strong facilitation skills as well as ability to nurture team culture and foster constructive collaboration.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work well in diverse team environments, and a strong enthusiastic work ethic.
• Demonstrated understanding of structural and systemic inequities and the strategies necessary to advance racial equity, and a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility.
• Demonstrated commitment, competency, and familiarity with issues affecting historically marginalized groups in NYC, such as Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian, Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, or LGBTQ+ communities.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.