Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
About the Agency: The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.
As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.
Your Team: The Office of Development’s overall strategy is to support the Mayor’s Housing Plan to create and preserve 300,000 affordable homes by 2026, in close collaboration with other HPD offices, as well as other city, state and federal agencies. The Office of Development administers a broad range of programs and is comprised of nine divisions that administer or support a range of programs. These include:
Your Role: The Chief of Staff will serve as a development liaison in the following ways: ¿ Establish and promote a culture of problem-solving, trust and collaboration across and within development teams and leadership. ¿ Facilitate annual budget planning process in coordination with Capital Planning and development production programs to ensure targets and available resources are available and aligned. ¿ Roll out new policies and priorities in coordination with Office of Development leadership. ¿ Advance the priorities of the Deputy Commissioner of Development which may include representing the Office at external meetings, including those with City Hall leadership, and conveying Deputy Commissioner priorities and needs to other key agency leadership. Additional tasks in support of the Deputy Commissioner may include preparing material such as memos, presentations and emails in support of their priorities. ¿ Support interagency initiatives that impact development work and priorities and identifying subject matter experts to support related initiatives on behalf of HPD and the Office of Development. ¿ Delegate critical workloads, analyses and input across relevant development teams to ensure expertise is utilized and development feedback and perspective is targeted and considered. ¿ Support and communicate three roles that report directly to the Chief of Staff, including an Executive Assistant, Policy Analyst and the Deputy Chief of Staff. Ensure direct reports are supported with clear portfolio and expectations as well as opportunities for feedback. ¿ Ensure Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner priorities are communicated to development leadership and staff, and key staff feedback is reviewed and considered by leadership. ¿ Respond to time sensitive data requests and exercises related to development’s portfolio, pulling in development staff as needed.
¿ Communicate critical production targets and milestones with partners within and outside of the agency. ¿ Model new programs and policies to ensure they work with business teams and existing resources. ¿ Work closely with the Office’s Executive Operations and Policy team in support of a broad portfolio of workstreams including staff training and support, hiring and civil service, fiscal management and coordination, strategic process redesign, data and analytics, technology and coordination across the Directors of Operations. ¿ Coordinate regularly with the following HPD offices and teams outside of development: o Office of Neighborhood Strategies (ONS), ensuring alignment between housing production programs and ONS’s neighborhood planning initiatives and pre-development efforts, especially around the Requests for Proposals drafting, review, and selection process.
o Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), especially related to assisting the OLA with Dept. of Investigation requests and coordinating with the Deputy General Counsel for Real Estate Transactions on projected development closing pipeline.
o Communications and Intergovernmental Relations teams, ensuring timely responses to inquiries from these offices; direct contact for event planning and press requests concerning Office of Development projects and policies.
o Capital Planning team, to ensure budgetary needs are communicated at a high level, and projections ensure resources will be available to meet various production-related targets.
Your Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include but are not limited to: ¿ Manage three direct reports including the Executive Assistant for the Deputy Commissioner, the Deputy Chief of Staff and a Policy Analyst.
¿ Represent the Deputy Commissioner at meetings as needed.
¿ Facilitate policy and program design to support the Mayor’s Housing Plan.
¿ Other duties as required to assist operations in Development.
The Department of Housing Preservation & Development and the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer.
Preferred skills
Experience in a managerial capacity must include, but is not limited to, responsibilities such as: strategic planning for an office/division; creating and implementing policies; setting standards and best practices defining and documenting project scope; root cause analysis with recommendations; collaborating with other managers and executives to define future state of a program; and/or forecasting.
Experience in an executive capacity must include, but is not limited to, responsibilities such as managing multiple bureaus, areas and/or divisions; formulating the organizational strategy/governance; formulating the organization's architectural strategy; developing, setting and enforcing the organization's policies; developing partnerships; and/or developing the organization's budget, cost savings, and revenue generation.
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.
Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
About the Agency: The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.
As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.
Your Team: The Office of Development’s overall strategy is to support the Mayor’s Housing Plan to create and preserve 300,000 affordable homes by 2026, in close collaboration with other HPD offices, as well as other city, state and federal agencies. The Office of Development administers a broad range of programs and is comprised of nine divisions that administer or support a range of programs. These include:
Your Role: The Chief of Staff will serve as a development liaison in the following ways: ¿ Establish and promote a culture of problem-solving, trust and collaboration across and within development teams and leadership. ¿ Facilitate annual budget planning process in coordination with Capital Planning and development production programs to ensure targets and available resources are available and aligned. ¿ Roll out new policies and priorities in coordination with Office of Development leadership. ¿ Advance the priorities of the Deputy Commissioner of Development which may include representing the Office at external meetings, including those with City Hall leadership, and conveying Deputy Commissioner priorities and needs to other key agency leadership. Additional tasks in support of the Deputy Commissioner may include preparing material such as memos, presentations and emails in support of their priorities. ¿ Support interagency initiatives that impact development work and priorities and identifying subject matter experts to support related initiatives on behalf of HPD and the Office of Development. ¿ Delegate critical workloads, analyses and input across relevant development teams to ensure expertise is utilized and development feedback and perspective is targeted and considered. ¿ Support and communicate three roles that report directly to the Chief of Staff, including an Executive Assistant, Policy Analyst and the Deputy Chief of Staff. Ensure direct reports are supported with clear portfolio and expectations as well as opportunities for feedback. ¿ Ensure Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner priorities are communicated to development leadership and staff, and key staff feedback is reviewed and considered by leadership. ¿ Respond to time sensitive data requests and exercises related to development’s portfolio, pulling in development staff as needed.
¿ Communicate critical production targets and milestones with partners within and outside of the agency. ¿ Model new programs and policies to ensure they work with business teams and existing resources. ¿ Work closely with the Office’s Executive Operations and Policy team in support of a broad portfolio of workstreams including staff training and support, hiring and civil service, fiscal management and coordination, strategic process redesign, data and analytics, technology and coordination across the Directors of Operations. ¿ Coordinate regularly with the following HPD offices and teams outside of development: o Office of Neighborhood Strategies (ONS), ensuring alignment between housing production programs and ONS’s neighborhood planning initiatives and pre-development efforts, especially around the Requests for Proposals drafting, review, and selection process.
o Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), especially related to assisting the OLA with Dept. of Investigation requests and coordinating with the Deputy General Counsel for Real Estate Transactions on projected development closing pipeline.
o Communications and Intergovernmental Relations teams, ensuring timely responses to inquiries from these offices; direct contact for event planning and press requests concerning Office of Development projects and policies.
o Capital Planning team, to ensure budgetary needs are communicated at a high level, and projections ensure resources will be available to meet various production-related targets.
Your Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include but are not limited to: ¿ Manage three direct reports including the Executive Assistant for the Deputy Commissioner, the Deputy Chief of Staff and a Policy Analyst.
¿ Represent the Deputy Commissioner at meetings as needed.
¿ Facilitate policy and program design to support the Mayor’s Housing Plan.
¿ Other duties as required to assist operations in Development.
The Department of Housing Preservation & Development and the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer.
Preferred skills
Experience in a managerial capacity must include, but is not limited to, responsibilities such as: strategic planning for an office/division; creating and implementing policies; setting standards and best practices defining and documenting project scope; root cause analysis with recommendations; collaborating with other managers and executives to define future state of a program; and/or forecasting.
Experience in an executive capacity must include, but is not limited to, responsibilities such as managing multiple bureaus, areas and/or divisions; formulating the organizational strategy/governance; formulating the organization's architectural strategy; developing, setting and enforcing the organization's policies; developing partnerships; and/or developing the organization's budget, cost savings, and revenue generation.
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.