Faith Liaison

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable reducing inequality improving public safety ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services and working to make New York Citys economy stronger. We value leadership transparency fairness and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. For current job opportunities visit our careers page.

The Team Youll Work With:
The Mayors Office of Mass Engagement (OME) is responsible for strategizing coordinating and executing on engagement that reaches the masses of everyday New Yorkers. We engage New Yorkers in shaping policy outcomes demystifying government and ensuring that the government remains accountable to serving the people of this great City. Our work is designed as a long-term project we are building the power of everyday New Yorkers and we are building a City that works for all of us.

The Problems Youll Solve:
Liaisons represent the Mayor in each of their citywide communities and facilitate civic participation in their communities. Faith Liaisons represent the Mayor in relation to a specific faith community. Faith Liaisons serve as the direct link between their community the Mayor his administration and City agencies.

The responsibilities of a Faith Liaison include but are not limited to:
-Maintaining key relationships with the citywide community of their faith.
-Attending relevant community events and representing the Mayor at community events.
-Developing meaningful reciprocal and trust-reinforcing relationships with their faith community community leaders community-based organizations advocacy groups non-profits and policy experts related to the community of faith.
-Communicating quickly effectively and compassionately with community members and community stakeholders in times of emergencies.
-Generating and executing campaign plans in coordination with other members of OME.
-Collecting and sharing community feedback and innovative ideas back from their community of faith with fellow OME staff the administration and/or relevant governmental entities.
-Creating pathways to make local government more accessible and understandable to their community of faith.
-Serving as constituent liaison when necessary working with senior Administration staff to respond to questions.

About You:
-You are a committed organizer passionate about ensuring that the public can meaningfully engage in the development and implementation of government policies and processes.
-You are a motivated self-starter who can manage complicated projects with minimal guidance.
-You are passionate and knowledgeable about your community.
-You are an enthusiastic collaborator.

Special Assistant (MA)-MGRL - 0668A

Qualifications :

-Bachelors Degree required.
-3 years of experience.

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 :

Employment Type :

Full-time