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About the Role

The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is seeking a Deputy Director for Investigations and Compliance within Citywide Equity and Inclusion (CEI). This role provides oversight and guidance to multiple City agencies on investigation and compliance matters, ensuring adherence to federal, state, and city mandated workplace non-discrimination policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage the intake process for EEO complaints, including initial assessments for jurisdiction and appropriate forwarding.
• Conduct and oversee third-party investigations into workplace discrimination and harassment complaints.
• Coordinate with the Executive Director to assign investigations and provide guidance on strategies.
• Ensure investigations are thorough, timely, and consistent with City policies and best practices.
• Draft and review well-written and well-reasoned investigative reports with clear findings.
• Manage relationships with agency EEO personnel, providing guidance on EEO Policy interpretation and application.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in developing and enhancing investigative and complaint procedures.
• Manage case practice reviews of agencies' closed EEO complaints and reasonable accommodation files.
• Analyze citywide trends and offer guidance to agencies on workplace culture and systemic concerns.
• Formulate, create, and monitor enforcement strategies for new legislation and EEO mandates.
• Provide input on the design and content of discrimination and harassment prevention training.
• Develop and provide practicum training for agency EEO professionals on investigative protocols.
• Assist the Executive Director with managing subordinate staff.
• Demonstrate discretion, tact, and diplomacy in communicating sensitive messaging.
• Advise the Executive Director on important initiatives and trends.

Requirements

• Admission to the New York State Bar.
• Four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar.
• Eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.
• Must remain a Member of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of employment.

Skills

• EEO investigative experience
• Supervisory experience
• Legal experience
• Investigative strategies
• Drafting investigative reports
• Subject matter expertise in EEO
• Training development
• Communication skills

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Managerial
• Executive
• Supervisory

Education Level

• Admission to the New York State Bar

Salary/Compensations

• USD 100,000 to USD 125,000

About the Company

• DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers.
• DCAS manages New York City’s courthouses and municipal buildings, and purchases over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies.
• DCAS's commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides its work.
• DCAS recruits, hires, and trains City employees.
• DCAS manages 56 public buildings.
• DCAS acquires, sells, and leases City property.
• DCAS oversees the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• DCAS leads the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.
• Citywide Equity and Inclusion (CEI) provides critical guidance and support to all city agencies to ensure the proper implementation and adherence to federal, state and city mandated workplace non-discrimination policy and procedures.
• The mission of CEI is to foster the City of New York's emergence as an innovative and global leader in equitable, diverse and inclusive employment practices.
• CEI is responsible for the development of the City's EEO Policy and other equal employment opportunity (EEO) best practice guidance impacting the workforce across over 80 agencies.
• CEI develops and collaborates on strategies that fulfill the City's EEO mandates, under local laws and executive orders, and equity and inclusion initiatives.
• CEI guides city agencies as they establish their own D&I strategies through the charter-mandated annual Diversity & EEO plans.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.