• Job Description

  Req#: R-0000021401

  Company

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York

  Working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems.
  
  This exciting senior leadership position is based at the Bank’s Downtown Manhattan location. The role has oversight of a physical operation and essential staff, therefore onsite presence is expected most of the time. Employees should live within a commutable distance of the Bank.
  
  The Federal Reserve Bank of New York plays a vital role in our nation’s economy. The Director of Operations in the Law Enforcement Unit will play a crucial role in helping keep the Bank and its people safe. The Director will work with internal and external partners to lead our team of sworn law enforcement officers.

  What we do:

  The Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Unit (The “LEU” or the "Unit") is r esponsible for protecting the people, property, and premises of the New York Fed by performing general patrol and operational law enforcement duties, such as staffing posts, responding to radio calls, screening personnel and packages as they enter and exit the building, issuing badges, and enforcing security policies throughout the building.

  The Unit coordinates periodic testing of equipment such as duress alarms, override functions, motion and entry detection systems and provides situation reports. The LEU assists in the management of command center equipment (AEDs, Cell phones, keys, etc.) and prepares electronic journals, incident reports, and other documents as needed or directed.

  Your role as Director of Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Operations:

  • Lead an organization of 100+ including uniformed Police Officers, the Executive Protection Unit, and the Training Unit. Responsible for managing and providing law enforcement and security services to the Bank.

  • Develop, recommend, and oversee implementation of long-range plans and strategies for the LEU and drive implementation of leading practices, protocols, policies, and programs.

  • Identify and execute initiatives to enhance staff engagement and department morale.

  • Identify, plan, and take actions to create a high-performance environment characterized by positive leadership and strong team orientation.

  • Create strategies and specific objectives for the law enforcement teams to ensure use of up-to-date practices and protocols within an environment and culture that expects and builds supportive, respectful, and trusting team members.

  • Perform people leadership functions such as hiring, staff development counseling, employee performance appraisals, discipline, compensation decisions and other personnel actions.

  What we are looking for:

  • Experience leading a Law Enforcement organization strongly preferred.

  • Demonstrated experience overseeing large scale critical operations, ideally within a complex, mission-driven organization.

  • Track record of successful leadership to drive results and proactively manage change in a complex and dynamic organizational, and technological operating environment.

  • Strong collaboration skills, a focus on positive intent and an interest in ensuring strong relationships with an ability to partner effectively with others in the pursuit of common goals.

  • Emotional intelligence, including the ability to build trust in a variety of relationships through candor, reliability, and authenticity as well as the capacity to embrace and draw from diversity and inclusion to improve the quality of outcomes.

  • Excellent change management skills, including advocating, anticipating, and orchestrating change. Creates a team culture that enables staff to achieve results in a changing environment.

  • Ability to satisfy the Federal Reserve System's conflict of interest requirements.

  • Possession of or the ability to obtain U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance, which includes U.S. Citizenship.

  Salary Range: $230000 - $300000 / year

  We believe in transparency at the NY Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you’re stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions .

  Our Touchstone Behaviors —Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership —help shape the culture of the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success, and they set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career with us. Learn more.

  Benefits:

  O ur organization offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:

  • Fully paid Pension plan and 401k with Generous Match

  • Comprehensive Insurance Plans (Medical, Dental and Vision including Flexible Spending Accounts and HSA)

  • Subsidized Public Transportation Program

  • Tuition Assistance Program

  • Onsite Fitness & Wellness Center

  • And more

  The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules.

  This position requires possession of or the ability to obtain and maintain national security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. In addition, all candidates must undergo an enhanced background check, comply with all applicable information handling rules, and will be tested for all controlled substances prohibited by federal law, to include marijuana.

  The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, or military service.

  We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance . Please email us at ny.leaves@ny.frb.org and we’ll be glad to help.

  This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties , performance standards or requirements , efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.

  Full Time / Part Time

  Full time

  Regular / Temporary

  Regular

  Job Exempt (Yes / No)

  Yes

  Job Category

  Law Enforcement/Protection/Security

  Work Shift

  First (United States of America)

  The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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• About the company

  The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States of America.

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