Senior Advisor, Child Care Partnerships

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. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. 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 of Childcare and Early Childhood Education (OCCECE) was created to ensure a holistic and coordinated approach to child care and early education across the city. The OCCECE office ensures a holistic and coordinated approach to child care 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:
The Senior Advisor, Child Care Partnerships, will report to the Executive Director.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Managing partnerships related to the Administration’s child care agenda with philanthropy, the private sector, civic sector leaders, and others.
- Overseeing the Office’s relationships with key funders and external partners.
- Collaborating with the Mayor’s Fund to manage philanthropic investments in service of the Administration’s child care agenda.
- Managing initiatives and special projects developed with outside partners.
- Collaborating with OCCECE and agency partners to identify areas for innovation and investment, develop projects and proposals, and see concepts through to completion.
- Reporting internally and publicly on key partnerships.
- Representing OCCECE in external engagements, including as a presenter in public forums.
- Providing project-based oversight to team members engaged in relevant projects.
- Performing other related duties incidental to the work listed above.

About You:
- You have experience working with philanthropy, including a proven track record of building senior-level relationships.
- You can navigate policy and political differences between key stakeholders.
- You can provide leadership and engage with government, the public, industry leaders, stakeholders, and high-level policy decision makers.
- You have experience partnering with nonprofits and community members to tackle pressing policy challenges.
- You have excellent project management skills, from conception to completion: time management, multi-tasking, adherence to deadlines, organization of information and logistics, as well as analytical, research, and creative thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- You have excellent communication skills: public speaking, presentations, interpersonal communication, and both formal and informal writing.
- You have knowledge of New York City’s child care and early childhood education programs, including City and/or State government agencies responsible for implementation.
- You are an empathic, understanding, and tactful approach to engaging community members in difficult conversation topics.
- You can work well under pressure and maintain an enthusiastic work ethic, including embracing different work styles.
- You can demonstrate commitment to equity and public service.
- You possess cultural competency to effectively work with diverse populations.

Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 10+ years of experience working with philanthropy, including a proven track record of building senior-level relationships

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