Deputy Commissioner

The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The NYPD strives to foster a safe and fair city by incorporating Neighborhood Policing into all facets of Department operations, and solve the problems that create crime and disorder through an interdependent relationship between the people and its police, and by pioneering strategic innovation.

Under the direction of the Police Commissioner, with the widest latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and decision making, the Deputy Commissioner will lead difficult and responsible professional work in the areas of, organizational research and the conduct of highly complex economic research and studies; manage organizational research work in the conduct of highly difficult and complex surveys and studies of organizational and operating problems of great difficulty and complexity, which may require the use of exceptionally difficult quantitative analysis, cost analysis and other research techniques, and make recommendations to executive management to obtain optimum efficiency in the utilization of staff, machines, equipment and space; manage personnel work in such areas as personnel relations, recruitment, position classification, compensation, employee selection, employee benefits, management studies, workforce planning, EEO programs, performance evaluation, staff development, labor relations, and other related areas; determine the need for contractual services and work with the Agency Chief Contracting Officer to define the scope of such services, and to select and evaluate appropriate vendors; serve as deputy to the head of a division or unit and/or plan and manage the activities of one or more units or other subdivisions of professional and other staff.

Preferred Qualifications - master's or bachelor’s degree from an accredited college, and 4 years of satisfactory experience in an executive capacity to qualify for the duties and responsibilities of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, consultative, or executive capacity or supervising personnel, or activities related to the duties of the position.

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.