Vetting and Research Manager

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 Vetting & Research Manager responsibilities include but are not limited to:

-Vetting: Conduct and manage vetting at all levels to assess candidates fitness to hold the public trust to identify any flags that may suggest the candidate is not committed to our public service mission and to identify anything in the candidates background that could embarrass the candidate the Mayor or the City should the candidate be appointed.

About You:
-You have experience in political vetting or political research.
-You possess excellent research and writing skills.
-You exercise sound judgment and discretion and maintain the security of confidential documentation.
-You have an operational understanding of New York City agencies and the political environment.

Minimum Required Qualifications:
-Bachelors degree required.
-3 years of work experience.

RESEARCH PROJECTS COOR(MA)-MGR - 0527A

Qualifications :

1. Do you have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university

2. Do you have an associate degree from an accredited college or university along with two (2) years of experience with administrative analytic coordinative supervisory or liaison responsibilities

3. Do you have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a states Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question 2 above

4. Do you have a satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that described in questions 1 2 and/or 3 above

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