The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to self-sufficiency as quickly as possible.
The Office of Procedures provides the critical link between policy development and worker execution of the agency programs. Up-to-date, well-written procedures, supported with effective training, provide workers with the knowledge and standards required to operate agency's program consistently and effectively.
Under the general direction of the Senior Director for Centralized Support Services, with wide latitude for the exercise of initiative, technical skill and independent judgment and working with various levels of agency leadership (deputy commissioners, deputy chiefs, executive directors, etc.), the Director of Technical Graphic Design is responsible for complex graphic and technology tasks in format and content development of OPPT policy and procedures documents. This Director will also supervise and advise all subordinate staff in ensuring that all current policy and procedures pertaining to DSS/HRA/DHS programs and related support services are accessible before posting to the DSS eDocs system, providing timely access to information for all levels of DSS employees located throughout the five boroughs as well as ensuring any client facing document that will appear online is accessible.
The Office of Policy, Procedures and Training (OPPT) is recruiting for one (1) Administrative Graphic Artist NM I
to function as Director of Technical Graphic Design for their Office of Procedures who will:
1. High school graduation or equivalent and two years of training in an approved technical school in oils, water colors, painting, design, black and white, layout and other art media and seven years full-time paid experience as a commercial artist, four years of which must have been in supervision and planning of art work done by a staff; or
2. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1". However, all candidates must have the four years of supervisory experience as described above
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