Assistant Commissioner- Training and Development

• Full-time
• Agency: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
• Job Category:
  Administration & Human Resources
• Salary Band: $150,000+
• Compensation: USD 175,000 - USD 175,000

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed at moving the city towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers, and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities.

The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts. Under the executive direction of the Deputy Commissioner for Training and Development, the Assistant Commissioner for Training and Development serves as a senior executive responsible for the administration, coordination, and operational oversight of the New York City Department of Correction’s comprehensive training, workforce development, and professional development programs.

The Assistant Commissioner supports the Deputy Commissioner in implementing the strategic vision of the Training and Development Division (TDD) by establishing measurable operational objectives, strengthening supervisory structures, and ensuring the effective execution of training initiatives across the Department. This position provides executive-level leadership and coordination among academy administrators, managers, supervisors, instructors, and support personnel to ensure training programs remain operationally relevant, instructionally effective, compliant with applicable laws and regulations, and responsive to the Department’s evolving needs.

Through strategic resource management, continuous program evaluation, and the implementation of performance improvements, the Assistant Commissioner promotes workforce readiness, instructional excellence, leadership development, institutional safety, accountability, and measurable improvements in employee performance, ultimately supporting the Department’s mission of maintaining safe, secure, professional, and effective correctional operations.

• Implement and monitor training strategy, operational plans, performance measures,
  staffing needs, timelines, and accountability.
• Align near- and long-term priorities with operations, workforce needs, reforms, risks,
  and public-safety practices; represent TDD as assigned.
• Establish short-, intermediate-, and long-term priorities aligned with Department
  operations, workforce needs, reform requirements, identified organizational risks,
  and recognized correctional and public-safety practices

• Oversee Recruit Academy, Field Training Unit, in-service training, and assigned
  programs.
• Ensure adequate staff, supervision, scheduling, facilities, equipment, assessments,
  remediation, safety, and quality controls.
• Integrate classroom and field training through practical scenarios, coaching,
  competency assessments, and curricula aligned with policy and legal requirements.

• Oversee supervisory, pre-promotional, mentoring, coaching, and leadership
  development for uniformed and civilian personnel.
• Build role-specific supervisory, administrative, interpersonal, decision-making, and
  operational skills; support succession planning.

• Analyze incidents, reviews, audits, investigations, corrective actions,…