Human Resources Business Partner

Job Description

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 55 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 of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful 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 Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (“DCAS”) Division of Energy Management (“DEM”) serves as the hub for energy management for City government operations. We develop the City’s annual Heat, Light, and Power Budget; manage the City’s electricity, natural gas, and steam accounts; help our agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities at their buildings; do energy efficiency and clean power generation projects across the City’s portfolio; and implement operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices.

DEM is tasked with leading the City’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”) by 80 percent by 2050 from a 2005 baseline (“80x50”). As part of the Climate Mobilization Act, the City also recently set new targets to reduce emissions from City government operations by 40 percent by 2025 (“40x25”) and by 50 percent by 2030 (“50x30”). To meet these goals, DEM is committed to collaborating very closely with our agency partners to help them achieve major emissions reductions in their buildings. We are actively working to provide them with the energy efficiency and clean energy project funding, project delivery vehicles, technical expertise, staff resources, strategic planning support, and data analytics that they need to succeed.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (“DCAS”) Division of Energy Management (“DEM”) seeks a Human Resources Business Partner to meet our urgent need for personnel support. The HR Business Partner will work in the Strategic Services Unit, under the direction of the Chief of Staff, with latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative.

The HR Business Partner will be responsible for supporting a broad range of HR work necessary for personnel recruitment and retention across the division. Specifically, the person will be charged with the following responsibilities:

- Managing the day-to-day hiring process for DEM: Under the direction of the Chief of Staff, manages the submission and tracking of personnel requests; provides guidance on appropriate civil service titles, office titles, and leveling; defines job responsibilities; supports the offer-making and onboarding process; and helps maintain accurate personnel records.

- Performing recruiting outreach: Builds partnerships with relevant educational and professional organizations to create pipelines into City government for talented energy management professionals. Identifies and helps DEM participate in relevant recruiting events, including mobilizing appropriate staff to attend.

- Supporting staff performance management and leading succession and transition planning efforts: Oversees preparation of Tasks & Standards and completion of mandated performance evaluations. Helps develop and advance promotion requests. Manages the offboarding process for departing staff.

- Contributing to efforts to structure relevant training, professional development, coaching, and team building programs for staff: Works closely with other DEM staff to identify and meet training and professional development gaps within DEM.

- Leading a small team of HR professionals: Managing a team of 3-4 administrative staff responsible for carrying out day-to-day hiring, office supply management, purchasing, inter-office coordination, and other tasks as needed.

- Managing specific employee resources and internal staff events and serving as the go-to resource for staff HR questions and needs: Supports the development and management of DEM resources, such staff handbooks and directories. Helps conne