Human Rights Specialist (Manhattan)

**THIS POSITION WILL CONDUCT OUTREACH WITH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN MANHATTAN, BUT THE OFFICE LOCATION WILL BE IN THE BRONX**


The New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) works every day to implement the city’s Human Rights Law through enforcement, education, and outreach. The Commission seeks to address historic and contemporary inequities to cultivate a city where everyone can live, work, and thrive free from discrimination.

Through training, education, and policy initiatives, the Commission aims to root out discrimination. The Commission proactively identifies patterns of discrimination through testing employers, housing providers, and providers of public accommodation. The Commission also uses investigations, litigation, and other enforcement tools to address allegations of discrimination.

The Commission is seeking to hire a highly motivated Human Rights Specialist with expertise in engaging diverse communities, particularly in conducting outreach with diverse communities in Manhattan. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of creating innovative outreach strategies to advance our mission.

Key Responsibilities:

- Reporting to the Manhattan Director, plan, implement, coordinate, and monitor proactive outreach initiatives to educate communities about the New York City Human Rights Law, to a wide range of entities- landlords, employers, and businesses to make them aware of their obligations. As well as extensive outreach to New Yorkers on their rights.
- Prepare and submit reports, conducts analyses, and create strategic outreach plan to support the agency’s mission.
- Provide technical assistance and trainings to communities; facilitate workshops and trainings on the New York City Human Rights Law for community groups, youth groups, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, sibling agencies and other entities to promote the Commission’s mandate, to further the Commission’s work, including providing support to general outreaches in Manhattan.
- Conducts intakes for potential discrimination inquiries from the members of the public.
- Represent the Commission at public meetings, local neighborhood community projects, community/cultural celebrations, and community events.
- Enter, update, and retrieve information on an electronic information storage system to facilitate agency operations.
- Performs all other duties as needed within the civil service title to advance the work of the agency.

HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIALIST (PR#99 - 55016

Qualification Requirements
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college plus two years of satisfactory full- time experience in intergroup relations#; community relations; civil rights law enforcement; block or tenant organizing; investigations related to law enforcement; labor or industrial relations; education; social work; or law; or

2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of experience as described under "1" above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and must possess at least one year of experience described under "1" above.

# "Intergroup relations" is defined as experience in which the employee's major responsibility is to facilitate communication and cooperation, and mediate tensions between different groups.

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.