Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About DVS

The mission of the Department of Veterans Services is to connect mobilize and empower New York Citys Veteran Community to foster purpose-driven lives for New York City Service Members past and present in addition to their caregivers survivors and families. DVS fulfills this mission by providing New York Citys approximately 200000 Veterans with essential services and programs focused on pivotal areas such as economic empowerment housing security benefits health and wellness and culture.

About the Role Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs

The Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs will including but not limited to engage in high level negotiations testimony preparation agency fiscal impact analyses with Senior Mayoral Administration officials elected officials agency leads. Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs will also work directly with Commissioner Press/Comms Public Private Partnerships and other high-level internal/external stakeholders to implement response and any required policy implementation measures.

The duties and responsibilities for the Senior Policy Analyst include but are not limited to:

-Tracking legislation introduced by the City Council and monitoring its progress as it moves through the legislative process;
-Working with agency counsel in reviewing and preparing legislation;
-Working with agency counsel in crafting a response to City Council legislation and oversight hearings and preparing testimony;
-Preparing written analyses of legislation;
-Facilitating interactions between the City Council and the Administration including responding to requests from members and staff in a timely manner;
-Support key policy initiatives on behalf of DVS;
-Review and respond to requests for legal advice from DVS staff and Senior Leadership concerning U.S. federal state and local laws;

EXECUTIVE PROGRAM SPECIALIST - 95844

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.

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Employment Type :

Full-time