Manhattan South Borough Director

The Agency Youll Join

The New York City Mayors Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs coordinating public agencies and departments and managing public property. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York Citys government. Previously Mayor Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer state senator and Brooklyn borough president. The Adams administration is leading the fight to serve the people of the greatest city in the world ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services working to make New York Citys economy stronger reducing inequality improving public safety and making the city more affordable that meets the needs of all New Yorkers. We value leadership transparency fairness and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.

The Team Youll Work With

The Mayors Community Affairs Unit (CAU) is the fundamental connection between City Hall and New York City residents throughout the five boroughs. The primary mission of CAU is to establish deep partnerships with communities in order to engage and mobilize New Yorkers. To this end CAU is directly responsible for integrating government into communities by working with mayoral agencies to ensure the effective and efficient deployment of government services and the Mayors top policy priorities and initiatives.

The Problems Youll Solve

-Borough Directors serve as the direct link between the community and the Mayor and his city agencies. They represent the Mayor in their respective borough.
-In the position of Borough Director they will be responsible for maintaining key relationships in the borough attending relevant civic community board and community meetings and representing the Mayor at events such as parades and fairs.
-The Borough Director is responsible for staffing the Mayor at local events following up on stakeholder complaints and correspondence and maintaining lists of issues and prominent community leaders.
-In emergency situations the Borough Director is on the scene to represent the Mayors Office. Emergency situations include but are not limited to blackouts tragic deaths high-profile crimes fires where citizens are impacted and water main breaks or street collapses where citizens are evacuated from their homes.
-The Borough Director seeks to aid in the delivery of services to their community and actively looks to attend civic meetings and events each month in addition to getting involved in task forces or creating new task forces as the need arises.

About You

-You are highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize conflicting demands.
-You have the flexibility to meet unpredictable demands.
-You have the ability to work independently and within a fast-paced environment.
-You have excellent time management skills.
-You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
-You have the ability to prioritize workload and function effectively within and outside the office.
-You are proficient in Microsoft Office applications especially Excel and PowerPoint.

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Qualifications :

-You have a high school diploma or equivalent and four years of experience in community work or community-centered activities in an area related to duties.
-You have experience working with government entities or in community outreach roles preferably within New York City.
-You have demonstrated the ability to navigate complex community issues and advocate effectively for diverse populations.
-You have strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects concurrently.

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time