Special Projects Manager

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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ Human Capital (HC) Line of Service is seeking a Special Project Manager to join the HC Executive team.

DCAS Human Capital's (HC) Office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC), also known as the HC Executive Office, oversees the management of the five (5) bureaus reporting to the DC. The HC Executive team leads the reoccurring citywide Agency Personnel Officer (APO) meetings, and high-level initiatives spearheaded by Human Capital. The Office of the Deputy Commissioner also leads efforts to optimize operational efficiency and project management for Human Capital priorities through the Quality Assurance Project Management (QAPM) unit.

The Special Projects Manager will perform work related, but not limited, to the following:

• Assist in managing preparation for City Council hearings by helping to draft Deputy Commissioner testimony, assembling resources and information for Question & Answer sessions both internally and with City Hall, and coordinate internal and external prep meetings. Other responsibilities would include researching legislation, reviewing agency operating procedures, and potentially assisting in the negotiation of legislation in partnership with DCAS Public Affairs, City Hall Legislative Affairs, and working with other agency senior leadership.
• Assist in the continued rollout of the City's newest employee benefit for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PLSF). With rapid changes happening at the federal level, NYC wants to ensure that all eligible employees are locked into the PLSF program. The candidate will assist Human Capital's work in coordinating and supporting rollout of the City's new employee benefit program to help ensure full eligible City-Employees adoption and help achieve the City's goal of saving over $ for City employees.
  
  This would entail working closely with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), City Hall, and agency partners to help ensure full employee participation in the program. Responsibilities would include setting up interagency meetings, agenda setting, assist with tracking engagement and agency response rates, and helping to ensure any agency issues are resolved by the vendor.
• Following completion of agency onboarding , the candidate will work directly with DCWP to expand employee account creation and platform utilization through targeted engagement with agency partners at large user agencies and DCAS to ensure program success and city employee borrower support.
• Help to coordinate projects and activities across all bureaus within Human Capital - Administrative Services, Examinations, Workforce Operations, Strategic Planning and Services, NYCAPS Central, and the Human Capital Executive suite.
• Conduct research projects for both the Human Capital Executive suite, bureaus within Human Capital, and the Commissioner's Office. Working closely with the Chief of Staff to create tracking…