Director of Recruitment

Job Description The Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County (“BXDA”) is charged with the twin goals of ensuring public safety and striving for equal justice for the over 1.4 million members of the Bronx County community. By “Pursuing Justice with Integrity,” the BXDA places a focus on assistance for crime victims while simultaneously ensuring fairness to defendants. Moreover, the BXDA aims to balance the need to seek appropriate punishment for certain crimes while recognizing when punitive measures do not adequately advance justice. By recognizing these significant distinctions and acting accordingly, BXDA has established a standard of excellence in the representation of the Bronx community at large, which continues to grow stronger every day.

In furtherance of this mission, the BXDA seeks an experienced and enthusiastic Director of Recruitment to provide professional recruitment expertise and support in the design, development, and management of the BXDA HR recruitment process. This person will also oversee the recruitment and onboarding processes of all Professional Staff vacancies in the BXDA.

Specific duties will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Propose and implement creative low-cost or no-cost strategies to recruit prospective investigators in light of budget constraints including but not limited to effectively using various methods such as advertising, job sites, career fairs, and other online platforms to identify and recruit qualified candidates.
• Works with leadership team to assess staffing needs to ensure recruitment and hiring takes place expeditiously.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop and execute recruiting plans based upon established policies and workforce plans.
• Establish and maintain relationships with partner associations, community groups and other potential sources of candidates to build a pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Supervise and train staff. Set and monitor priorities, productivity and performance. Assess and evaluate effectiveness of unit procedures and processes, make recommendations for and implement improvements.
• Ensures that staff interacts with and responds to inquiries from candidates with timeliness, professionalism and courtesy.
• Prepare comprehensive management report on the following: status of actions under his/her purview; utilization of civil service titles and positions that have been filled/not filled.
• Evaluate processes to ensure that the Agency objectives and goals on diversity and other employment initiatives are met.
• Manage and facilitate human resources operations, including, but not limited to, the agency's hiring process, personnel transactions, civil service administration, recruitment, title classification, employment processing, background investigations and pre-employment testing, onboarding, and other related functions.
• Conducting new hire orientation and providing on-going support to new staff
• Entering data for various personnel transactions within NYCAPS, as well as generate HR reports
• Evaluate and confirm the accuracy of all required titles, salaries, justifications, qualifications and proper coding
• Processing civil service transactions including DP-72 and DP-189
• Assisting with special projects and attending unit and citywide meetings
• Manage the unit’s recruitment tracker/database

The City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his/her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26, union benefits such as dental and vision coverage, paid annual leave and sick leave, paid holidays, a pension, and optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• In-depth knowledge of City personnel rules, regulations, and policies
• Proficiency in citywide systems, including PMS, PRISE, NYCAPS, and CHRMS
• Six years of professional experience, with a minimum of three years in staffing, recruiting and/or talent acquisition.
• Candidate should possess strong process improvement, analytical, project management, communication and interpersonal skills be familiar with spreadsheet, database, presentation, statistical, project management and word processing applications and able to multitask in a fast-paced work environment.
• Self-directed with proven ability to solve problems and develop relationships, along with the ability to thrive in a high volume, fast-paced environment
• Must be flexible, diplomatic, extremely detail-oriented, and a team player, with the ability to work and produce in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent customer service, organizational, critical thinking skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

ADM MANAGER-NON-MGRL FRM M1/M2 - 1002C

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1" above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1" above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. However, all candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1", "2" or "3" above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience described in "1", "2" or "3" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years.