Job Opportunity- District Manager for Community Board 8

Community Board No. 8, which encompasses the areas of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn is seeking a qualified individual for the following position:

District Manager (Full-time position plus mandatory evening hours)

A District Manager (DM) performs multiple roles for a Community Board- including manager, service coordinator, mediator, advocate, etc. A CM is effectively a "chief of staff" for the Community Board. If you want more information on Community Boards, please see the NYC Charter (warning: it's 340 pages long).

Key Responsibilities:

-Expedite, monitor, and evaluate municipal services in District 8 (comprised of North Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Weeksville)
-Represent Community Board 8 in monitoring and evaluating the delivery of municipal services within the District, and actively participating in the coordination of delivery of these services
-Serve as a conduit among residents of the District, members of the Community Board, and District personnel providing municipal services
-Preside at meetings of the District Service Cabinet, composed of agencies providing municipal services on a decentralized basis.
-Attend Community Board meetings, reporting on issues concerning, and actions taken at Cabinet meetings as well as on other pertinent matters
-Process complaints from community residents relating to services provided by municipal agencies within the District
-Supervise and administer the office and staff of the Community Board
-Compose budget requests and District Needs Statement based on Community Board input and committee reports
-Interact with various agency representatives, elected officials, the Borough President, the Public Advocate, and the Mayor on various issues and concerns

Requirements:

·Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and two years of full-time satisfactory experience in community work, public administration or planning or related fields, or public information or relations, of which one year must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity
·Computer skills including at a minimum, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access
·Ability to type a minimum of 35 wpm
·Familiarity with issues affecting the community district
·Familiarity with City agencies and protocol

Salary:

·Commensurate with experience, plus City benefits

Interested persons are advised to mail or email a cover letter and resume with salary history and desired minimum salary for the position to:


Ms. Shalawn Langhorne, Chair
Search Committee
Community Board #8
1291 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11213
Email: Info@Brooklyncb8.org

The Community Board is seeking to fill position on or before July 1, 2009.
*NO TELEPHONE CALLS*
Only candidates under consideration will be contacted