Executive Assistant

• ADMIN FOR CHILDREN’S SVCS

Posted on

07/14/2026

• Full-time

Location

MANHATTAN

• Exam may be required

Department

Dcp Operations (Dcp)

Salary range: $68,209.00 – $104,239.00

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Job Description

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL ACS APPLICANTS.

*THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $78,440*

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMAMENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN

THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE LISTED ABOVE.

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of

children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS

manages community-based supports and foster care services and provides subsidized childcare

vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment. In juvenile justice, ACS

oversees detention, placement and programs for youth in the community.

The Division of Child Protection (DCP) is charged with investigating all allegations of child abuse and

maltreatment that the city receives from the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and

Maltreatment. The Division of Child Protection encompasses Child Protective and Placement Services.

Child Protective Services include the Child Protective Borough Offices, Family Preservation and Family

Services Unit, Emergency Children’s Services (ECS), and the Office of Special Investigations (OSI).

The DCP Executive and Central Office teams support the Deputy Commissioner and the Borough and

Program offices. The team is comprised of a small number of leaders and experts. Roles and

responsibilities include strategic planning; supporting case practice and administrative functions

throughout DCP; developing, issuing, and training new policies and procedures; technology planning;

coordinating responses on fatalities and critical cases; personnel and budget planning and tracking;

emergency preparedness planning; special projects; and liaising and collaborating with internal and

external stakeholders.

Under the administrative direction of the five (5) Associate Commissioners for the Division of Child

Protection, the Principal Administrative Associate III will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following

functions:

• Respond to telephone calls by taking messages, transferring calls, providing Information, screening

calls, to facilitate telephone communication with the Associate Commissioners

• Maintain the Associate Commissioners outlook calendar to determine availability, schedule meetings

and notify of upcoming appointments

• Responsible for the collection and distribution of materials and other documents to Assistant/ Borough

Commissioners and leadership within the boroughs

• Responsible for the Associate Commissioners incoming, outgoing and Interoffice mail, in order to

facilitate communication within and outside of the program

• Prepare materials for meetings by collecting preparing the agenda, printing out and assembling

materials

• Responsible for preparing correspondences, promotional transmittals, charts, reports, and appropriate

forms for the Associate Commissioners

• Responsible for scheduling meetings, interviews, and appointments
• Prepare minutes of meetings held by the Associate Commissioners
• Maintain official directory by receiving change notices and updating database to ensure directory

reflects current status

• Maintain the Associate Commissioners extensive files
• Ordering preparing and receiving supplies

PREFERRED SKILLS

The preferred candidate will possess the following skills:

• Excellent communications skills
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft office, proficient in excel, word and outlook
• Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with diverse constituencies
• Familiarity working with NYC’s diverse communities
• Knowledge of the NY State Connections comprehensive case management system, or other

automated child welfare system

• Bilingual ability to communicate clearly in Spanish or other languages is considered a plus for this position

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.

The Administration for Children’s Services…