Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Compensation and Contract Support Services

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APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ADMINISTATIVE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE, BE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE OR BE IMMEDIATELY REACHABLE ON EXAM NO. 9058. The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to self-sufficiency as quickly as possible. Under direction of the Deputy Commissioner, HR Program Operations & Support, with latitude for independent judgment and decision making, the Assistant Deputy Commissioner (ADC) will serve as the agency authority on all compensation related issues for DSS. The ADC will be responsible for maintaining and ensuring the integrity of DSS' compensations system. This includes the administration of the following functional areas: Compensation Administration Unit, Head Count Control Unit and the Contracted Support Services Unit, in the execution the calculation of salaries for 16,000+ (DSS/HRA/DHS) employees, with the goal of ensuring that each program area is aligned with the allocated budgeted headcount, the implementation of Labor Relations Orders, Grievance Determinations, Arbitration decisions and Collective Bargaining Agreements, and administering of the Professional Temporary Staff contract for the agency. The selected candidate will contribute to aligning the agency's business strategy in compensation and able to leverage technical expertise and a passion for data-driven decision-making that drives a significant impact on our most important asset - our employees. The selected candidate will work closely with Finance and internal/external stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in our processes and systems as it relates to the oversight of the Compensation and Contract Support Services Administration functions. Human Resources Solutions(HRS)/HR Program Operations & Support is recruiting one (1) Administrative Staff Analyst M-IV to function as an Assistant Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Compensation and Contract Support Services who will: - Manage and recommend salary offers to comply with agency-wide initiatives and standards of the salary equity matrix used across DSS-HRA-DHS to ensure fairness and equity in the execution of salary proposals and adjustments. - Provide expertise in union contract interpretation and executes salary adjustments based on the Citywide contract and fifty (50+) local union contracts; recommend modifications to City Office of Labor Relations (COLR) to ensure contract language is written correctly and appropriately for (DSS-HRA-DHS) agency specific implementation to avoid overpayment and underpayment of the agency employees. Direct the implementation and interpretation of complex Labor Relations Orders and attends conferences to consult and clarify the union contract language. - Oversee continuous quality control reviews by running CHRMS ad hoc reports and reviewing HRS transactions related to compensation and onboarding using citywide human resources systems, and the analysis of 16,000+ employee salaries, to ensure correct civil service statuses, time and leave accruals, accurate distribution points, and correct funding/budget codes. Work closely with the program area's management team and Human Resources Business Partners to accurately represent the agencies headcount to ensure the correct claiming categories are identified to ensure the annual Cost Allocation Report mandated by New York State is accurate. - Direct the performance of management planning and programmatic analysis activities including the preparation of headcount reports for senior management approval and the coordination and response of expenditure and headcount audits and other requests for information by internal program areas and external agencies. - Manage, analyze, and respond to requests for information from the NYC City Office of Labor Relations and the DSS Deputy Commissioner of OLR in support of and in preparation for collective bargaining negotiations. Provide wage and salary information to help settle grievances filed by various unions. - Recommend, develop, and make policy on compensation matters in support of salary equity to ensure compliance with State and Local Law. - Oversee and direct HRS onboarding processes for 300+ temporary personnel. Monitor agency-wide funding allocated for headcount and budget purposes and quality assurance by producing expenditure reports utilizing agency internal and proprietary database systems and ensures Temporary contracts are also in compliance. Advise on DSS-HRA-DHS program le

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