Community Affairs Liaison

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal seeks a Community Affairs Liaison to be part of his collaborative energetic and innovative team. The prospective staff member must be committed to seeking out new and better ways for the office to connect with and deliver for Manhattans diverse neighborhoods communities and constituents. The Community Affairs Liaison would represent the Borough Presidents office in Community Boards 9 & 10 (Central and West Harlem) and work under the supervision of the Director of Community Affairs and the Deputy Borough President.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
-Serve as the Borough Presidents primary representative for pre-assigned Manhattan Community Boards 9 & 10;
-Assist staff at events throughout the two districts and represent the Borough President at community meetings;
-Maintain relationships with district stakeholders including community boards block associations tenant associations non-profit organizations business improvements districts (BID) and schools;
-Identify new/emerging community groups with which to build relationships with on behalf of the Borough President;
-Identify emerging community issues and help guide the offices response;
-Conduct community outreach around office initiatives events and press conferences;
-Maintain contact with the offices of local elected officials representing Community Boards 9 &10;
-Serve as a point person for the Borough Presidents Community Board BID and Community Education Council (CEC) appointees within the districts;
-Help facilitate the community board appointment process including outreach and recruitment for community board applicants;
-Assist with planning and implementation of town hall meetings and other office-sponsored forums;
-Draft testimony correspondence briefings and talking points for elected official and senior staff;
-Contribute and/or lead unit assignments and projects as appointed by the Director of Community Affairs.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and one (1) year of satisfactory full-time administrative experience in the field of social work community organization work or work in a related field; or

2. Graduation from a senior high school or its equivalent and five (5) years of satisfactory full-time administrative experience including one (1) year in community organization work or in a related responsible community activity; or

3. A satisfactory equivalent.

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