Chief Contracting Diversity Officer

Job Description

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York. Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical
resources and support needed to succeed, including:

- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 56 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do. The Office of Citywide Procurement (OCP) develops, awards, and administers approximately 1,100 requirement contracts for goods and services on behalf of all City agencies, departments, boards, and authorities, leveraging the City’s buying power and maximizing efficiencies by reducing duplicative work. Procures, on average, nearly $1.5 billion in goods and services for City agencies annually. The MWBE Office provides guidance and procedures for agency compliance with all M/WBE procurement requirements. It monitors contractor compliance with the mandates of Local Law 129 of 2005, which created the MWBE program that established utilization goals for prime and subcontracts by sectors, gender, and ethnicity. It helped to increase the number of MWBE firms certified to participate in the City's program from 700 to over 3,000. Local Law 1 of 2013 helps strengthen and expand the MWBE program by eliminating the $1 million cap on subcontracting goals for prime contractors; sets one percentage goal for both prime and subcontractor participation; supports goals for all ethnicities and women in all industries; establishes dual certification for WBEs; eliminates goals for goods over $100k; and now includes goals for standard services. DCAS seeks to hire a Chief Diversity Contracting Officer, who will be reporting to the Mayor’s Office of M/WBE, and whose primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

- Attend quarterly meetings with the Citywide Chief Business Diversity Officer (CBDO) to discuss matters related to contracting with M/WBE vendors.
- Submit recommendations to the Mayor’s Office of M/WBE to strategies to renegotiate contracts to include adjusted M/WBE participation goals.
- Reevaluate the M/WBE participation goals included in every existing contract approaching renewal and submit recommendations to renegotiate contracts to include adjusted M/WBE participation goals.
- Draft the annual agency M/WBE Performance Improvement Plan Report and submit it to the Mayor's Office of M/WBE.
- Draft the annual agency M/WBE Goals and Strategies and submit them to the Mayor's Office of M/WBE, outlining the agency's goals and strategies for achieving M/WBE utilization goals.
- Review emergency contracts citywide to increase M/WBE subcontracting goals, create M/WBE vendor listings for emergency services, and conduct outreach to prospective vendors to inform them of contracting opportunities for M/WBE emergency services vendors.
- Spearhead the creation of M/WBE vendor listings, in collaboration with the Citywide Shared Services unit to create new M/WBE Pre-Qualified Lists (PQLs) to unbundle citywide master agreements and increase M/WBE utilization as part of the Mayor’s Office of M/WBE and City Hall priorities for the below services, each with a spend of over $20 million:
- Workforce initiatives for recruitment
- Security guard services
- Creative/design services
- Pest management

To Apply:

Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID # 780461.

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Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time experience of a nature to qualify for the duties of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience described in "1" above.

Additional Information

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.