DHS is a component of the NYC Department of Social Services (DSS) agency, and it receives information technology services via the DSS Information Technology Services (ITS) organization. While ITS serves all of DSS, there are application development and support teams largely dedicated to DHS. Under minimum direction, with the broadest scope for the exercise of independent initiative and judgement, the Executive IT Project Manager (EIPM) serves as the primary point of contact between DHS program operations and ITS. The EIPM will be responsible for understanding DHS information technology needs (applications, hardware, networking), compiling all aspects of project initiation requests, assessing the technical solutions offered by ITS, monitoring the execution of projects, and working with programs to optimize the usage of IT solutions provided to DHS. By successfully performing these responsibilities, the EIPM will help ensure that the ITS solutions for DHS meet needs in balancing quality of solution, acceptable costs, and reasonable deployment timeframes. Oversee and guide the work of individual Project Managers who are responsible for the day-to-day oversight of DHS ITS projects. Within the guidelines set for DHS program creation and operation of applications, the EIPM will establish a technical environment to support program-developed applications and serve as an overarching architect of program applications to ensure consistency and operational consistency.
The New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is recruiting to hire an Executive Assistant to the Commissioner (Homeless Services) M-4 to function as the Executive IT Project Manager (EIPM) in the DHS Executive Office. Reporting directly to the Senior Executive Project Manager for IT Projects, the candidate will provide be responsible for developing and managing IT projects to assist with emergency shelter services to persons needing housing throughout NYC.
Three years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience using information technology in computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, database administration, planning of data/information processing, user services, or area networks at least 18 months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, data base administration, or planning of data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties
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