Deputy Commissioner of Forensic Laboratories/Chief of Laboratories

New York City
New York, NY
Category Administration
Job Description
Role Overview

The Deputy Commissioner provides executive leadership, administrative oversight, and strategic direction for OCME's laboratory portfolio. The role involves providing executive direction and managerial oversight for departments within the forensic laboratory portfolio, participating in OCME's Executive Leadership Team, and leading strategic planning, administration, personnel management, and budgetary oversight for the forensic laboratory portfolio.

What You Will Do

The duties and responsibilities of the Deputy Commissioner include providing executive direction and managerial oversight for departments within the forensic laboratory portfolio, participating in OCME's Executive Leadership Team, leading strategic planning, administration, personnel management, and budgetary oversight for the forensic laboratory portfolio, and providing executive oversight and support to Laboratory Directors in the management of laboratory budgets, expenditures, contracts, procurement, and resource allocation.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, with specialization in criminalistics, forensic science, chemistry, biology, physics, molecular genetics, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, entomology, anthropology, ecology, or a closely related scientific or engineering field. The candidate should have experience in laboratory administration, personnel management, and budgetary oversight, as well as experience in providing executive leadership, administrative oversight, and strategic direction for a laboratory portfolio.

Requirements

  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, with specialization in criminalistics, forensic science, chemistry, biology, physics, molecular genetics, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, entomology, anthropology, ecology or a closely related scientific or engineering field
  • Experience in laboratory administration, personnel management, and budgetary oversight
  • Experience in providing executive leadership, administrative oversight, and strategic direction for a laboratory portfolio

Benefits

  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Paid holidays
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