Chief Housing Officer

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Office of the New York City Comptroller serves as the Citys chief fiscal steward responsible for auditing City agencies managing pension funds overseeing contracts and advancing policy solutions that promote equity transparency and effective government. Under Comptroller Mark Levines leadership the Office is focused on strengthening public systems improving affordability and delivering effective and equitable outcomes for all New Yorkers.

The Bureau of Public Policy and Organizing advises the Comptroller on public policy issues confronting New York City to build a more just equitable and resilient City. Based on the teams policy analysis original research strategic organizing and engagement of New Yorkers the Bureau of Public Policy and Organizing develops innovative and data-driven public policy ideas provides the public with the information needed for transparency on services and operations to make government work better and organizes initiatives that reflect community voices. The Policy and Organizing team works closely in partnership with other bureaus to advise and support the Comptrollers office in fulfilling its core duties and responsibilities.

The Chief Housing Officer (CHO) will advance the Comptrollers agenda policy and oversight work aimed at solutions for the acute housing crisis in NYC. The CHO will lead the offices work related to housing development and preservation tenant protections and land-use. This role will require a strong understanding of housing finance housing legislation and permitting and regulatory structures at the federal state and local level. This role will use data-driven oversight and policy development to address long-standing urban challenges while advancing an affordability and pro-housing agenda.

The Chief Housing Officer will be a member of the leadership team and will work closely with colleagues across the Comptrollers Office including the bureau of assets management audit budget legal and oversight teams to conduct original research develop advise senior staff and engage and mobilize external stakeholders in support of pro-housing and tenant protection initiatives across the five boroughs.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

-Manage cross-bureau projects and coordinate multidisciplinary teams working on complex public-realm issues across the agency and with external partners
-Conduct independent research and analysis using City management budget legal capital and operational data
-Produce in-depth policy briefs reports and memoranda based on original empirical analysis
-Monitor City State and federal policy developments affecting housing creation permitting and financing land-use and tenant protections
-Advise senior staff on emerging trends risks financing and policy opportunities across housing and tenant issue areas
-Prepare and present findings recommendations and proposals to the Comptroller and senior leadership
-Engage community stakeholders advocates and technical experts to inform policy development and support inclusive locally grounded solutions
-Engage diverse stakeholders to promote and execute the Comptrollers housing agenda
-Perform other related duties as may be required.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

A bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and 6-8 years of professional experience in urban planning housing policy housing finance or related policy research and analysis in government academia or a public policy or nonprofit organization; or a satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to the above. A minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with major in accounting business administration public relations city planning urban renewal law or a related field and three (3) years of satisfactory full-time responsible experience in housing education health services planning state-federal-city relations or community relations involving administration or program development and evaluation; or

2. 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