Accessibility Coordinator

*ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT FULL-TIME ANNUALLY PAID PARKS EMPLOYEES*

*This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent Parks employees serving in the Administrative Staff Analyst civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent Parks employees in or on leave from a comparable title (e.g. Administrative Community Relations Specialist or Administrative Manager) or 4) Parks employees who are reachable on the Administrative Staff Analyst list or a comparable civil service list or qualify for a comparable title. [Please indicate the exam and your list number or comparable title on your resume.]

Major Responsibilities

- Oversee Capital Project Division’s plans and initiatives to make parks and park facilities accessible to people of all abilities.
- Review work of Maintenance & Operations, Concessions, Historic Houses, Partner Projects and Capital Projects to ensure facilities meet or exceed relevant accessibility requirements.
- Provide technical assistance to Capital Project Division’s design and construction staff throughout the capital design and construction process.
- Prepare training materials for Capital Project Division’s design and construction staff on best practices to assure accessibility improvements are designed and constructed in eligible capital projects. This includes yearly training for Agency resident engineers.
- Conduct site visits to inventory accessible features (elevators, lifts, toilets, parking spaces, accessible entrances and routes, signage) are present and make recommendations on necessary facility modifications when absent.
- Working with the Director of Landscape Architecture Design Resources, develop and update accessibility design principles for Capital Project Division and Agency use.
- Working with the Director of Specifications, coordinate with playground equipment, fitness equipment, and site furniture representatives to advocate for Agency accessibility needs.
- Coordinate Capital Project Division data with other Agency units on the Parks Facilities Assessment, Transition Plan Updates, yearly reporting metrics, and other reports as requested.
- Prepare special grant proposals for accessibility in collaboration with Parks Planning and/or other Agency divisions.

Work Location: Olmsted Center, Queens

How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 716841.

All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.

*Current Employees please include your ERN on your cover letter and resume.

NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.

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MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST ( - 1002D

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

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.