Director Department
The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Make a bigger difference

At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you'll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.

• Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

Through ownership and stewardship, we create, maintain and provide quality physical environments that support living, learning and working for people with developmental and mental health diagnoses, in a cost-effective manner, helping to ensure the present and future wellbeing of our clients and workforce.

This position plays a pivotal role in the Facilities Management team, responsible for Administration and all aspects of Code Compliance as it applies to facility related issues such as: fire alarms, central station monitoring, fire extinguishers, ANSUL/commercial kitchen systems including grease traps and exhaust systems, elevators, sprinkler/standpipe, backflow, HVAC systems, elevators, permits and violations. Additionally this individual organizes and leads company projects that may fall outside the scope of regular projects and warrant special handling, attention to detail and compliance.

• Management of building department corrections and curing summonses due to code violations.
• Interfaces with programs on code compliance issues including implementing appropriate training for all facility management and program staff regarding life safety and compliance.
• Researches all new building codes and regulatory procedures as they apply to Jewish Board locations.
• Reviews current compliance policies and recommend potential improvements and/or cost savings.
• Creates and managing of RFP process, including walk-through, bidding & bid leveling.
• Responsible for Life Safety Contract negotiations.
• Collaborates with JB Legal on all contracts & insurance requirements.
• Conducts meeting with vendors for the purposes of bidding, job specifications and all critical documents required.
• Oversees elevators throughout the agency including: codes, violations, CAT1 and CAT5 inspections and curing deficiencies.
• Oversees fire alarm systems throughout the agency including: codes, violations, quarterly and semiannual inspections and new system installs.
• Oversees sprinkler and backflow/RPZ devices including: codes, violations, monthly inspections, annual testing, 5 year FDNY testing and new system installs.
• Interacts with city agencies, such as: FDNY, DEP, DOB.
• Works with NYC DOB Web Sites such as DOB NOW & DOB BIS.
• Perform other compliance and special project related responsibilities as required.
• Manages Facilities related invoice review and processing.
• Manages agency fleet of 67 Vehicles including lease negotiations for best possible terms and payments, buyouts, determine vehicle condition and returns.
• Archives of agency documents
• Implementation of CARF requirements pertaining to Facilities.

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in business management or Minimum (20) years business management.
• Minimum (15) years in a high-tempo operations/logistics work setting.
• Minimum (15) years managing staff.
• Minimum (10) years Facility Management, RFP, bidding, bid leveling, contract negotiations, insurance, project management & life safety.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams...
• Must thrive in a fast-paced environment, be a self-starter and problem solver.
• Troubleshooting, critical thinking skills, decision-making, damage control and deadline-driven.
• Best-In-Class Customer Service skills for diverse communities are a must.
• Superior skills in vendor negotiations.
• Training/development and fostering a proactive work environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Experience working directly with senior leadership.
• A valid driver's license is required for this position.

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to 15 agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

• Job Family : Program Administration [500s]
• Job Function : Directors
• Pay Type : Salary
• Employment Indicator : 8810 - Clerical Office Employees NOC
• Min Hiring Rate : $117,500.00
• Max Hiring Rate : $120,000.00