Executive Director

Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives| Office of Child Care and Early
Childhood Education

Position: Executive Director

Job Number: 43745

The Agency You’ll Join

The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five

boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. New York City

Mayor Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. Previously, Mayor

Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, state senator, and Brooklyn borough

president. The Adams’ administration is leading the fight to serve the people of the greatest city in the

world, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, working to make New York City’s economy

stronger, reducing inequality, improving public safety, and making the city more affordable that meets

the needs of all New Yorkers. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively

seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. For current job opportunities visit our

careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With

The New York City Mayor’s Office seeks an Executive Director to oversee the Office of Childcare and

Early Childhood Education (OCCECE), an office that was created to ensure a holistic and coordinated

approach to childcare and early education across the city. The Executive Director will report to the

Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives and work in close collaboration with the Deputy Mayor for

Health and Human Services. The OCCECE office ensures a holistic and coordinated approach to

childcare and early education policy across the City by building responsive systems that are centered

on parent and caregiver-choice, supporting providers, and delivering high quality options for

families.

The Office serves as a central hub for citywide policy implementation and coordination across the

Department of Education (DOE), Administration of Children’s Services (ACS), Department of Health

& Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and Department of Social Services (DSS), and fosters strategic

partnerships with private entities, nonprofits, and foundations committed to the efforts of the

Childcare Quality and Innovation Initiative. This includes but is not limited to building a city-wide

childcare and early education system which enables all families with children 0-5 years old to access

high quality early education and care; and working with city agencies and private organizations to

integrate financial resources to both maximize utilization of all funding streams and ensure a

seamless system for children, families, and providers.

The Problems You’ll Solve

Under broad policy direction from the Mayor, the Executive Director of the Office of Childcare & Early

Education, plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates all functions and activities of the office.

The Executive Director is responsible for:

• Leading the development of policy that will enable NYC to deliver accessible, high

quality, equitable childcare and early childhood education.

• Developing partnerships and collaborating with city agencies, community partners and

other stakeholders to create a streamlined high quality of early care and education

systems.

• Coordinating the City’s fiscal planning and budgeting requests amongst relevant agencies.

• Analyzing and maximizing funding to create a fiscally viable early care and education system.

• Setting strategic direction by guiding others and developing relationships built on trust

and credibility.

• Using effective change management and innovative ideas to resolve operational

challenges affecting NYC’s service delivery.

• Maintaining on going communication with a wide variety of community, civic, and

media organizations related to childcare & early education policy and service delivery.

• Coordinating the City’s State and Federal legislative agendas and advocacy for early care

and education.

About You

The ideal candidate for the Executive Director of the Office will possess a track record of

demonstrated leadership, proven accomplishments, and superior performance in childcare and early

education.

The Executive Director of the Office must:

• You are a strong, visionary, and decisive leader.

• You promote and embrace best practices, collaboration, innovation, and transparency.

• You pose cultural competency and the ability to effectively work with diverse populations.

• You have proven ability to lead an organization through a strategic planning and

implementation process.

• You have politically astute and able to build trust, complemented by superior

interpersonal and communication skills to act as an advocate to initiate discussions
and gain support from stakeholders.

The ideal candidate must also pose the following knowledge base and demonstrated experience:

• You have at least 10 years of experience in the field of public policy and implementation

particularly in childcare and/or early childhood education either at a local, state, or federal

government agency or non-for-profit organization:

o Five years of which should be in a managerial capacity, preferably in NYC government.

• You have demonstrated knowledge of the NYC early care and education programs

available to young children is required.

• You have the ability to facilitate, collaborate, and convey an outstanding early care and

education vision.

• You have strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex policy, legal,

procurement and operational challenges.

• You have the ability to provide hands-on management leadership to oversee daily operations

for the Office.

• You have the ability to navigate policy and political differences between key stakeholders.

• You have the ability to provide leadership and engage with government, the public,

industry leaders, stakeholders, and high-level policy decision makers.

• You have the ability to inspire confidence and passion combined with grit and zeal to lead

a mission-driven organization towards urgent goals.

Salary

The City of New York Office of the Mayor’s compensation package includes a market competitive

salary, equity for all full-time roles and exceptional benefits. Our cash compensation range for this role

is $200,000 to $230,000.

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on candidate experience and expertise, and other

factors.

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Equal Opportunity | Diversity Equity & Inclusion Statement

The Office of the Mayor is an 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.

The Adams Administration values diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences that is reflective of

the city it serves. Applicants of all backgrounds are strongly encouraged and welcome to apply.

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