Executive Director
Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives
Position Title: Executive Director
Job ID Number: 37505
About the Office:
The New York City Mayor’s Office seeks an Executive Director to design and oversee the Office for Child Care and Early Childhood Education, a new office that will ensure a holistic and coordinated approach to childcare and early education across the city. The Executive Director will report to the Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives and work in close collaboration with the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. The new office will ensure a holistic and coordinated approach to childcare and early education policy across the City by building responsive systems that are centered on parent and caregiver-choice, supporting providers, and delivering high quality options for families.
The Office will serve as a central hub for citywide policy implementation and coordination across the Department of Education (DOE), Administration of Children’s Services (ACS), Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and Department of Social Services (DSS), for childcare & early education services. This will include but is not limited to building a city-wide childcare and early education system which enables all families with children 0-5 years old to access high quality early education and care; and working with city agencies to integrate financial resources to both maximize utilization of all funding streams and ensure a seamless system for children, families, and providers.
About the Role:
Under broad policy direction from the Mayor, the Executive Director of the Office of Child Care & Early Education, plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates all functions and activities of the office.
The Executive Director is responsible for:
- Leading the development of policy that will enable NYC to deliver accessible, high quality, equitable childcare, and early childhood education
- Developing partnerships and collaborating with city agencies, community partners and other stakeholders to create a streamlined high quality of early care and education systems.
- Coordinating the City’s fiscal planning and budgeting requests amongst relevant agencies;
- Analyzing and maximizing funding to create a fiscally viable early care and education system.
- Setting strategic direction by guiding others and developing relationships built on trust and credibility.
- Using effective change management and innovative ideas to resolve operational challenges affecting NYC’s service delivery.
- Maintaining ongoing communications with a wide variety of community, civic, and media organizations related to childcare & early education policy and service delivery;
- Coordinating the City’s State and Federal legislative agendas and advocacy for early care and education.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate for the Executive Director of the Office will possess a track record of demonstrated leadership, proven accomplishments, and superior performance in childcare and early education.
The Executive Director of the Office must:
- Be a strong, visionary, and decisive leader.
- Promote and embrace best practices, collaboration, innovation, and transparency.
- Possess cultural competency and the ability to effectively work with diverse populations.
- Proven ability to lead an organization through a strategic planning and implementation process.
- Be politically astute and able to build trust, complemented by superior interpersonal and communication skills to act as an advocate to initiate discussions and gain support from stakeholders.
The ideal candidate must also possess the following knowledge base and demonstrated experience:
- At least 10 years of experience in the field of public policy and implementation particularly in childcare and/or early childhood education either at a local, state, or federal government agency or non for profit organization;
- Five years of which should be in a managerial capacity, preferably in NYC government
- Demonstrated knowledge of the NYC early care and education programs available to young children is required;
- Ability to facilitate, collaborate, and convey an outstanding early care and education vision.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex policy, legal, procurement and operational challenges.
- Ability to provide hands-on management leadership to oversee daily operations for the Office.
- Ability to navigate policy and political differences between key stakeholders.
- Ability to provide leadership and engage with government, the public, industry leaders, stakeholders,and high-level policy decision makers.
- Ability to inspire confidence and passion combined with grit and zeal to lead a mission-driven organization towards urgent goals
Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience.
To Apply:
Please send a copy of your resume, a cover letter, and three (3) references to Candidate Application
New York City Residency Is Required Within 90 Days of Appointment
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