THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $66,442.00-$86,000.00.

THESE POSITIONS ARE ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE TITLE OF PROGRAM EVALUATOR OR REACHABLE ON THE LIST*

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of New York City’s children and families by providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care services. In child welfare, ACS contracts with private nonprofit organizations to support and stabilize families at risk of a crisis through preventive services and provides foster care services for children not able to safely remain at home. Each year, the agency’s Division of Child Protection responds to more than 50,000 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. In juvenile justice, ACS manages and funds services including detention and placement, intensive community-based alternatives for youth, and support services for families. ACS is also a key part of NYCs early childhood and education continuum, providing child care assistance to thousands of child welfare involved and low-income children so they can access safe, affordable, quality care

The New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) seeks to hire one Program Evaluator who will report to the Executive Director, Housing Initiatives in the Family Permanency Services Unit (FPS). The Program Evaluator will work closely with various foster care agencies/prevention providers, the Housing Academy Collaborative (HAC) team, Housing Support Services (HSS) team, Fair Futures and the Housing Navigation services unit to streamline the collection of housing program and systems level data for systems enhancement and improvement.

The Contract Management Unit will provide oversight and support for all aspects of contract management on a portfolio of foster care and/or residential services contracts which include invoicing, budget review and approval, billing/payments, troubleshooting, communication, and contract evaluation.

Contract Manager responsibilities will include:

• Support contract start-up and ensure compliance with start-up requirements.
• Develop a Contract Monitoring Plan for purposes of identifying and recording all requirements per assigned contract, identifying appropriate monitoring methods, delegation of responsibilities, identifying monitoring frequency, and tracking status of activities.
• Ensure the Contractor is in compliance with contractual requirements, as well as, applicable and relevant ACS, NYC, NYS rules, laws, regulations, and policies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact to the Contractor for agreed-upon matters per the Contractor Communication Plan and Contract Monitoring Plan and coordinating with other divisions within ACS (e.g., Finance/PPM/ Procurement).
• Review and approve annual budgets and subsequent modification requests; communicate with Contractors clarify budget issues and questions.
• Review invoices/requests for payment and supporting documentation from the Contractor to verify invoices align with services provided in contract terms.
• Monitor contract budget (including burn rate), analyze projected spending based on expected utilization, and identify and escalate any budget risks; maintain and generate critical information needed to complete budget monitoring reports and tools; escalates concerns about risks to the Executive Director of Contract Management.
• Conduct site visits, as needed, to review information and documents (invoices, files, system reports, audit files and system data), personnel, physical facilities, operations, service delivery, client records, and conduct individual or group interviews.
• Perform qualitative analysis in the evaluation of services provided by the Contractor, which may include reviewing information from the Quality Monitoring Units to complete annual and ongoing Performance Evaluations.
• Coordinate the Amendment, Renewals, and Budget Modification process by coordinating with internal Supporting Divisions and Contractor.
• Coordinate annual budget contract adjustments based on the Contractor’s performance evaluation.
• Ensure completion of ACS close-out tasks as per contract terms.

1. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, economics, finance, accounting, business, personnel or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, statistics, labor relations, psychology, sociology, nursing, counseling, child welfare, political science, urban studies, education or a closely related field, and two years satisfactory full-time professional experience performing quantitative/qualitative statistical analysis in the evaluation of social service programs and/or operations, or utilizing statistical analysis in social service program-level planning. At least one year of this experience must have been in a supervisory, administrative, managerial or consultative capacity or related area; or

A maximum of six semester credits from an accredited college in statistics and/or research methodologies may substitute for up to six months of the experience described in "1" above. However, all candidates must possess the one year of experience in a supervisory, administrative, managerial or consultative capacity, and at least an additional six months of full-time professional experience as described in “1" above.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in one of the fields listed in "1" above and three years of the full-time satisfactory professional experience described in "1" above, including at least one year of experience in a supervisory, administrative, managerial or consultative capacity or related area.

A maximum of six semester credits from an accredited college in statistics and/or research methodologies may substitute for up to six months of the experience described in "1" above. However, all candidates must possess the one year of experience in a supervisory, administrative, managerial or consultative capacity, and at least an additional six months of full-time professional experience as described in “1" above.

Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY USING ONE OF THE OPTIONS BELOW:

For current city employees, go to Employee Self Service (ESS), Recruiting Activities, Careers and search for Job ID# 576253.
For all other applicants go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID# 576253 Click on the "Apply" button.

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Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.