Deputy Section Chief

***IMPORTANT NOTE: Only those currently serving as a permanent or probable permanent, i.e. probationary, Associate Staff Analysts will be considered. ***


The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting, and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons per day of the highest quality drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York and has a wastewater conveyance and treatment system capable of processing over 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day to protect the environment and the city’s surrounding waterways.

The Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the treatment of sewage within the five boroughs of the city. This includes 14
wastewater treatment plants, sludge dewatering facilities, collections facilities (pumping stations, combined sewer overflow retention facilities, regulators, tide gates, etc.), wastewater laboratories and harbor vessels.

Job Purpose: Within BWT, the Budget Planning and Management Section is responsible for managing the Bureau’s Capital Budget and the Other Than Personnel Services (OTPS) expense budget. The Bureau’s ten-year capital budget is currently $8.4B and the annual expense budget for the Bureau is almost $300M. The Deputy Section Chief will assist the Section Chief in overseeing and delivering the activities of the Budget Planning and Management Section.

Job Tasks/Duties:
1. Under direction of capital planning & budget management (CPBM) section chief, supervises subordinate staff in all aspects of the bureau’s expense, capital budget, and the procurement practices to meet operational requirements.
2. Plans, monitors, tracks, and reports on the bureaus spending plan to ensure that planned expenditures coincide with actual expenditures.
3. Supervises the performance and coordination of activities necessary for obtaining capital funding including cp requests and matching contracts with appropriate grant revenue sources. matches capital funding actions with capital plan, communicates with CMBO and bureau directorates on an as needed basis.
4. Serves as bureau’s liaison with dep central budget, CMBO, payments & accounting, as well as other bureaus, office and agencies related to budgetary activities.
5. Monitors the financial management system (FMS) interface relating to contracts and a large volume of procurements, to ensure compliance and spending initiatives. review and approves budget modifications and funding requests for all bureau budgetary needs. evaluates and analyzes the state of the budget, ensuring sufficient funds availability in budget codes.
6. Supervises in the development and maintenance of various budgetary reports on a monthly + quarterly basis, as needed for bureau’s senior leadership team.
7. Supervises in the process of the accrual exercise for the bureau, develops spending plans and new needs.
8. Demonstrates knowledge of and support for EEO standards and procedures
9. Become familiar with, and comply with applicable environmental, health & safety ("EH&S”) laws and regulations, and DEP’s EH&S policies and procedures as set out in employee environmental, health and safety handbook.

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, public health, 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 Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school, and one year 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, labor 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; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in "1" above.

3.An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.

4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.

5.A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to “1”, “2”, “3”, or “4” above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least one year of 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.