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City of New York Senior Policy Advisor in New York, New York

Job Description

About the Agency:

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 $23 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 the First Deputy Commissioner (FDC), who also services as the agency’s Chief Diversity Officer, works closely with the HPD Commissioner in fulfilling the agency’s mission and key goals and oversees many of HPD’s operations. Deputy, Associate, and Assistant Commissioners from the following Offices and Divisions report to the First Deputy Commissioner:

  • Office of Neighborhood Strategies

  • Office of Housing Access and Stability

  • Office of Finance and Administration

  • Division of Economic Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance

  • Division of Engineering Audits

  • Office of Investigations and Conflict Resolution

  • Appeals Unit and Administrative Hearings

Your Impact:

As the Policy Advisor to the First Deputy Commissioner, you will help to shape and implement key policies and strategies to advance the agency's mission of creating and preserving safe, affordable housing for all New Yorkers.

Your Role:

Reporting to the First Deputy Commissioner and working with his executive team and other direct reports, the Policy Advisor will track and lead a wide variety of policy and operational initiatives. The position includes broad contact with HPD senior leadership, representatives from City Hall and City Council, as well as key partner agencies such as DCP, EDC, SBS, HDC, DSS, NYCHA, OMB, and DCAS.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Under general direction, with wide latitude for independent initiative and decision making, assist the FDC in developing and executing external engagement strategies, new policy development, operational and fiscal efficiencies, team building and strategic planning.

  • Analyze complex policy issues, legislative proposals, and regulatory matters related to affordable housing lease-up and subsidies, neighborhood strategies, economic opportunity, regulatory compliance, and nonresidential space utilization.

  • Provide advice and recommendations to inform decision-making processes, ensuring that policies reflect the needs and concerns of the communities we serve.

  • Assist with the development of HPD's broader MWBE strategic plan, focusing on promoting diversity, equity, and economic opportunity within the agency's operations and projects.

  • Foster effective cross-functional collaboration by working closely with Deputy, Associate, and Assistant Commissioners from various Offices and Divisions within HPD.

  • Monitor trends, research findings, and industry developments to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in housing and policies and programs.

  • Jump in with the senior team on strategy and execution of emergency response, should the need arise

  • Prepare comprehensive reports, presentations, and briefings for senior leadership, commissioners, and other stakeholders.

  • Represent HPD in meetings, forums, and public engagements, advocating for the agency's policies and initiatives.

Preferred skills:

  • Exceptional team- and project-management skills, including ability to execute. Proven ability to: manage multiple teams and complex projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders; receive direction and anticipate next steps; think through, communicate, document, organize, and execute on project goals and keep other team members on schedule. Ability to manage up, down, and across teams. Attentive to the details, organized, and able to follow through.

  • Subject-matter expertise. Knowledge of New York City government, affordable housing, urban planning principles and processes, and nonresidential or commercial building space; basic understanding of real estate development principles; masters degree in urban planning, urban studies, public policy, real estate or a related field; knowledge of strategies to promote diversity, equity, and economic opportunity within urban development; substantial professional experience in a related field.

  • Outstanding communication skills. Extremely strong written, verbal, and presentation skills. Proven ability to produce high-quality materials in a variety of formats for internal and external audiences.

  • Strong analytical skills. Ability to work with, understand, analyze, and communicate qualitative and quantitative information in a variety of formats.

  • Good judgment. Ability to analyze a situation, understand what is needed, understand when additional input is needed, flag or resolve issues as necessary, and escalate when appropriate.

  • Collaborative and creative spirit. Excited to be part of a team, to work with others to solve problems creatively and get quality work done. Ability to hear, take, and give feedback effectively and productively; to motivate peers to get the job done.

Qualifications

  1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with emphasis in transportation, city or urban planning, sustainability, civil or transportation engineering, urban studies or design, architecture, business or public administration, economics, operations research, organizational behavior, or a related field; and two (2) years of satisfactory, full-time experience in an area related to the above-described duties; or

  2. A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience. However, all candidates must possess at least one year of the experience as described under “1”.

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.

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