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SalaryDeputy Director of City Government Affairs
Deputy Director of City Government Affairs
- Agency: HOUSING PRESERVATION & DVLPMNT
- Job type: Full-time
Location
NYC-ALL BOROS
- Title Classification: No exam required
Department
Government Affairs
Job Description
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.
- We maintain building and resident safety and health
- We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
- We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.
HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.
Your Team:
The Office of Government Affairs works with city, state, and federal officials, agencies, policy makers, advocates and planners in the public and private sectors to assess housing policy, land use and planning issues, and manage the City's affordable housing legislative agenda.
Your Impact:
HPD seeks a highly motivated individual with exceptional communication skills to serve as the Deputy Director of City Government Affairs. The Deputy Director serves to assess, craft, and secure legislative changes needed to implement HPD’s goals of creating and preserving affordable housing, protecting the quality and safety of the City’s housing stock, and engaging communities in planning for the future of their neighborhoods.
Your Role:
The Deputy Director will be a member of the Division of Governmental Affairs leadership team, and plays a critical role, working closely with the Agency’s senior team, Agency partners, and the Mayor’s Office in creating and advancing the Agency’s legislative and policy agenda.
Your Responsibilities:
Under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner of Government Affairs, the selected candidate will be responsible for the following duties:
- Leading the Agency’s response to relevant State legislation, providing analysis, and overseeing engagement and negotiations with the State Legislature and City Hall.
- Developing and implementing legislative and policy priorities for the Agency.
- Providing key political analysis and strategic advice to the Commissioner and senior agency leadership.
- Managing inquiries from City Hall, other city agencies and elected officials regarding housing issues.
- Work closely and collaboratively with senior staff to develop, draft, advocate for, and implement HPD’s local, State, and federal legislative agenda.
- Cultivating and maintaining relationships with elected officials, advocates, and agency partners, including proactively managing regular communication about the work of the Division, both internally and externally.
- Regularly interfacing with elected officials to advance key Agency priorities.
- Research, draft, and edit public testimony for the Commissioner and other senior staff to deliver at legislative hearings.
- Prepare the Commissioner and other senior staff to testify and respond to questions at public hearings.
- Representing the agency at public forums and in meetings with elected officials, including testifying at public hearings and at housing policy events.
- Coordinate with intergovernmental leadership at City Hall and other government agencies.
- Responsible for special projects assigned by the Office of the Chief of Staff as needed.
- The ability to carry out the above responsibilities may sometimes require attendance at evening and weekend meetings.
Preferred skills:
- 5+ years of experience working on legislative issues or intergovernmental affairs at the local level.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Flexibility, creativity, and the ability to work well under pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple complex tasks.
- Knowledge of affordable housing, HPD programs and service, and housing policy broadly.
- Relationships with elected officials and relevant stakeholders.
- Ability to problem-solve on a wide range of issues.
Minimum Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of responsible full-time paid experience developing government subsidized housing programs, or performing responsible staff work in the field of housing for a legislative body. Graduate work in an appropriate field may be substituted on a year for year basis. Up to two years of the experience required or
education and/or experience equivalent to above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described above
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Minimum Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of responsible full-time paid experience developing government subsidized housing programs, or performing responsible staff work in the field of housing for a legislative body. Graduate work in an appropriate field may be substituted on a year for year basis. Up to two years of the experience required or
education and/or experience equivalent to above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described above
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Job ID
631128
Title code
95570
Civil service title
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT (HPD)
Title classification
Non-Competitive-5
Business title
Deputy Director of City Government Affairs
Posted until
2024-03-30
- Experience level: Experienced (non-manager)
Number of positions
1
Work location
100 Gold Street
- Category: Constituent Services & Community Programs
