Special Assistant to the Director of Appointments

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 Appointments (MOA) is responsible for helping the Mayor in identifying and selecting candidates to serve as commissioners and other senior-level roles as well as individuals to serve on more than 200 boards and commissions vital to the operation and growth of the City. MOA serves a critical role by providing talent recruitment support for the Administration helping to build a strategy to create a sustainable and diverse talent pipeline for the Administrations senior leadership positions.

The Problems Youll Solve:

The Special Assistant will:
-Manage the Director of Appointments calendar and lead administrative functions of the office.
-Work with the executive team senior advisors agencies and City Hall staff to execute operational functions of the team as needed.
-Coordinate with agencies boards commissions and organizations as needed for special projects operations and implementation across the entire portfolio.
-Provide leverage in moving critical projects forward by assisting with information gathering communicating with stakeholders developing and monitoring project plans and keeping track of responsibilities.

About You:
-You can work independently on projects with broadly defined goals in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
-You are detail-oriented with excellent organizational prioritization and multitasking ability.
-You can exercise sound judgement and discretion and maintain the security of confidential documentation.
-You have an operational understanding of New York City agencies and the political environment or are willing to learn.

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 :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time