Deputy Chief of Staff for Organizing

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:
The Deputy Chief of Staff of Organizing will serve as a Deputy Chief of Staff specifically focused on supporting the Borough-Based Organizing team and Director of Organizing. This role reports to OMEs Chief of Staff and works in collaboration with OMEs Director of Organizing.

-Coordinate within the Borough-Based organizing team and OME teams as needed. Improve follow-through internal organization and execution across multiple workstreams focused on the Borough-Based organizing team.
-Coordinate internal and external meetings for the Borough-Based organizing team by managing the schedule for team meetings one-on-ones stakeholder meetings and cross-department coordination.
-Make sure meetings are properly staffed scheduled and prepared for by drafting agendas and preparing materials for meetings.
-Create systems for accountability and follow-through after meetings including note-taking systems to capture key decisions; turning discussions into action items owners and deadlines; tracking follow-up and making sure next steps are completed; provide staff training on these topics as required.
-Maintain trackers especially for the Borough-Based organizing team including trackers related to key projects outreach meetings and deliverables that help manage timelines and keep workstreams moving across borough campaign and stakeholder work.
-Help assess which incoming issues requests and meetings require direct involvement and which can be delegated deferred or redirected; triage incoming requests and information to the appropriate team members.
-Work with the Chief of Staff and Director of Organizing to closely track and proactively manage political legal and communications developments which bear on the mission activity and personnel of the office.
-Other duties as necessary.

About You:
-You are a motivated self-starter that can manage complicated projects with minimal guidance.
-You are a creative thinker and problem solver.
-You are highly detail oriented.
-You are an enthusiastic collaborator.

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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