Director of Security at City of New York in New York City, NY

*Candidates currently serving as a Permanent Administrative Staff Analyst shall apply; however, other comparable titles can be considered. Please indicate your permanent civil service title in your cover letter.*

The New York City Law Department is seeking a Agency Security Director in the Administration Division. Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Administration, the candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Primary responsibility for ensuring the security of persons on agency premises, including responding to disruptions caused by the public, visitors and employees.
- Responsible for reviewing security video and notifying appropriate personnel of unusual or relevant security records.
- Responsible for managing internal agency security related investigations.
- Assist in the preparation of budget requests, bid solicitations and procurement for agency security programs, including security service contracts.
- Responsible to procedurally inform/train security staff and agency staff on how visitors to the Agency are managed (planned and unplanned).
- Investigation of workplace violence and/or threats against agency and agents of Agency as well as fraud prevention measures.
- Responsible for ensuring the issuance of Agency ID cards, ensure system maintenance and adequate inventory maintenance.
- Responsible for granting finger reader access to non-agency personnel with appropriate approval.
- Works with FISA/CityTime to ensure that the hand reader system records time accurately including, but not limited to daylight savings time adjustment.
- Responsible for ensuring the functioning of Agency Hand readers and Finger readers, and coordinate maintenance and replacement of existing hardware.
- Makes requests to the Chief and Deputy Chief of Administration for new readers as needed.
- Manages security staff, including contracted private security services, and 6th Floor security receptionists.
- Interface with Building Management Personnel at all office locations regarding security issues.
- Provides consultation and advice regarding safety and security to agency managers.
- Ensures that fire extinguishers are current and not expired.
- Works with the Facilities Unit to ensure that Building Management has elevators inspected regularly.
- Ensures that emergency evacuation chairs for people with disabilities or injuries are in working order and easily retrievable.
- Conducts separate drills to ensure appropriate staff knows how to properly use the emergency evacuation chair.
- Represents the agency’s interest at meetings regarding security system implementation by building management (for example but not limited to: turnstiles, scrambler system).
- Directs the formulation of agency security policies, procedures, strategies and programs.
- Develops, implements and maintains disasters/emergency response plans, including the agency’s Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), and authorizes ongoing modifications to such plans.
- Responsible for schedule and coordination of the Agency Evacuation Drills and Fire Drills at all office locations.
- Prepares reports of success and failures of Drills to the Chief and Deputy Chief of Administration.
- Emergency evacuation and coordination with medical, fire and police responders.
- Create security training requirements for security personnel. Represents the Law Department at meetings regarding COOP, Coastal Storm Plan (CSP), Post-Emergency Canvassing Operations (PECO), and other security matters, which includes but is not limited to OEM, DOHMH and DCAS. Confers with other City agencies, including emergency service agencies, to coordinate security procedures, plans and activities.
- Coordinates security functions and efforts with the activities of other city agencies during emergency situations.
- Coordinates security and law enforcement staff, including responding to civil disturbances within agency facilities.
- Agency administrator for Everbridge, the Law Department’s emergency notification system.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST ( - 1002A

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.