Job Information
City of New York Continuum of Care (CoC) Grant Analyst for the Division of Housing Stability in New York, New York
Job Description
About the Agency:
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 Housing Access and Stability (“HAS”) consists of the divisions of Housing Opportunity, Tenant and Owner Resources, Housing Stability, Budget and Program Operations, and Program Policy and Innovation. The mission of the office is to ensure fair, efficient, and transparent access to affordable housing. The Office provides subsidies, placement services, and tools that connect New Yorkers to affordable housing and ensures vulnerable households in subsidized housing have the support they need to be safely housed. Housing Access is committed to expanding housing choices, affirmatively furthering fair housing, and stabilizing the financial health of buildings.
The Division of Housing Stability helps to ensure that formerly homeless tenants entering affordable housing (supportive and non-supportive) and owners of such housing have the necessary tools to successfully transition tenants into their new homes and maintain their tenancy. It administers and monitors project-based rental assistance contracts including $50MM in Continuum of Care (CoC) rental assistance, Section 8 Project Based Vouchers, and NY 15/15. The unit also manages HPD’s role in the NYC CoC, oversees HPD’s Housing Retention and Stabilization programs, and works to secure funding to expand these services to a broader scope of households.
HPD is the grantee/recipient of 44 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) grants. These grants provide project based rental assistance for permanent supportive housing projects that are operated by not-for-profit agencies, or subrecipients.
The Division of Housing Stability helps to ensure that tenants entering affordable housing (supportive and non-supportive) have the tools they need to successfully transition into their new homes and maintain their tenancy.
The Continuum of Care (CoC) team, within Housing Stability, is the grantee/recipient of 46 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants. These grants provide project-based rental assistance for permanent supportive housing projects that are operated by non-profit agencies, or subrecipients.
Your Impact:
As a CoC Grant Analyst, you will work to ensure subrecipients are in compliance with the terms of the CoC program and HPD policies and practices, so that funding can be renewed, and tenants can maintain safe and affordable housing.
Your Role:
Your role as a CoC Grant Analyst will involve monitoring subrecipients in collaboration and coordination with relevant stakeholders.
Your Responsibilities
Assess subrecipient performance and compliance across a range of areas including intake and eligibility, housing quality standards, support provision, fiscal management and fidelity to Housing First principles
Conduct administrative and on-site monitoring of subrecipients through file review, on-site observations, performance data, and dialogue with program staff.
Complete annual monitoring reports containing observations, findings and recommendations for improvement.
Provide feedback on monitoring outcomes to internal and external stakeholders including the subrecipient. - Implement corrective action plans and provide oversight to ensure follow through.
Facilitate understanding of CoC program rules amongst subrecipients through coordination of, and participation in, group meetings and training sessions.
Assist in the creation of guidance documents, policies, and technical assistance material, as necessary.
Keep abreast with all HUD regulations and best practices in the homelessness field.
Assist the HPD rental assistance team with grant administration tasks including submission of the annual grant application and federal reporting requirements.
Skills
The ability to understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and/or procedures.
The ability to communicate complex rules, concepts, and processes to stakeholders with different levels of awareness and knowledge.
Strong analytical, planning and project management skills including carrying out projects from conception to implementation.
Strong report writing skills.
The ability to work well independently as well as with other team members and stakeholders.
Proficiency using the Microsoft Office suite.
Preferred Skills:
Experience working with homelessness and/or supportive housing
Ability to communicate clearly
Organization and prioritization
Ability to work well independently as well as with other team members and community stakeholders
Attention to detail and time management
Ability to handle multiple projects
Proficiency in using Microsoft Office suite, including functionality with Excel
Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.
Additional Information
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.