DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City's most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies. What we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of City government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 56 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service to all of them. It's an opportunity to provide meaningful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at NYC.GOV/DCAS to learn more about the work we do.

The Office of Citywide Procurement (OCP) is the centralized procurement line of service with various external and internal functions, including ensuring that procurement processes comply with all applicable rules and mandates. In support of all City agencies, OCP is responsible for citywide contract management, quality assurance, and supply chain management. This work helps maintain the public trust and ensures that all products and services support the City's overarching environmental and economic justice goals.

The selected candidate will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

- Oversee a staff of up to but not limited to 25 employees.
- Oversee inspection units of Health & Safety, Food and Specialized Commodities (Miscellaneous), Fuel and Automotive.
- Develop Quality Assurance policies and procedures to ensure all employees follow guidelines for quality assurance follow-up procedures.
- Establish and maintain progress-tracking methods for status of quality control turnover on inspections.
- Evaluate inspector/technician performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports to establish and conduct training, where deemed applicable.
- Responsible for implementing an employee cross-training program.
- Implement ongoing quality improvement processes in conjunction with interdepartmental units to streamline processes to reduce waste and increase efficiency.
- Coordinate with external third-party labs in implementing procedures for sample submission and data retrieval, including internal preliminary samples as well as finished product samples.
- Participate in the review of product requirements and functional specifications.
- Compile quality control reports, create statistical process control metrics, manage non-conformity material discrepancy reports, and recommend continuous improvement activities.
- Investigate and record customer complaints regarding product performance, specifications, and reliability.
- Travel to site locations within the five boroughs and out-of-state, periodically.
- Participate in Agency and Citywide Emergency response efforts when asked upon.
- Coordinate with Quality Assurance supervisors to ensure succession planning is enforced and documented.
- Perform other related duties.

To Apply:

Only permanent employees in the civil service title of Administrative Quality Assurance Specialist (Non-Managerial) or those reachable on exam# 1155 are eligible to apply.

Please go to www.nyc.gov/jobs, or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees, and search for Job ID # 787807.

No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted. Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

ADMINISTRATIVE QUALITY ASSURAN - 1008B

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in purchasing and or inspecting supplies, materials, products and services such as: paints, linoleum, hose, sand, brick, wire, shades hardware and tools, plumbing, electrical machine shop, building and cleaning supplies; furnishings and furniture, lumber and wood related products, metals, equipment, foods, drugs and chemicals, fuel, textiles, printing, stationery, automotive equipment and/or repairs, transportation services and other comparable items and/or services; at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity; or

2. An associate degree from an accredited college, plus six years of satisfactory fulltime experience as described in "1" above, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity; or

3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience as described "1" above, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity; or

4. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. Undergraduate college credit may be substituted for experience on the basis of 45 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least three years of satisfactory full-time experience as describe in "1" above, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity.

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.