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 Impact: Under the supervision of the Director of Special Programs in the Division Program Policy and Innovation in Office of Housing Access and Stability (HAS), the selected candidate will be responsible for supervising and assisting in the program design of an expanded Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS). FSS, available to Section 8 participants, is an innovative program that provides a financial incentive for families to achieve their employment related goals over the course of five years.
The program focuses on long-term stability through education, training, employment, case management and other support.
Successful graduates of the program leave with an average of $7,000 and steady employment, the FSS Deputy Director helps to make sure that the program maximizes the success of every program participant.
Your Role: The Deputy Director for FSS would be responsible for managing the Family Self-Sufficiency program, including both enrollment as well as on-going participation. The Deputy Director would manage a team of 2 team leaders and approximately 9 FSS specialists. The team works closely with program participants and Community Based Organizations on developing and implementing plans to improve employment and other positive outcome for clients participating in the Section 8 program. The team is responsible for creating Individual Service Plan for each participating household, identifying long terms goals, then working closely with the CBO and implementing a plan to achieve those goals. The team is responsible for conducting annual FSS program activities, as well as special events such as FSS Graduations or enrollment events.
In addition, the candidate will be responsible for planning group meetings as needed for FSS clients, formulating program policy and procedures to be included in the FSS Action Plan and communicated to the team; The Deputy Director will also ensure the team meets ongoing federal reporting requirements and assist in completing the funding application for the program.
Your Responsibilities: The Deputy Director will regularly meet with PPI Executive staff to evaluate performance and service design for the Family Self Sufficiency program and other Workforce/Financial service-related initiatives.
She/he will also be responsible for overseeing the collection of program data and for reporting on various metrics.
The selected candidate will represent the Director of Special Programs at internal and external meetings and projects, resolving issues of concern to clients, partners, the agency, and the public. She/he will oversee and implement public outreach and service delivery activities, ensuring that accurate information is relayed to potential clients, to program participants, and the public, elected officials and other governmental entities. She/he will also provide written and/or statistical analyses as needed, and produce relevant memoranda, analytical reports, and spreadsheets and/or presentation summarizing findings. She/he will be responsible for ensuring that program policies, procedures and practices are consistent with Section 8 FSS regulations and that the FSS staff have the support and structure needed to follow these requirements.
Preferred skills
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 Impact: Under the supervision of the Director of Special Programs in the Division Program Policy and Innovation in Office of Housing Access and Stability (HAS), the selected candidate will be responsible for supervising and assisting in the program design of an expanded Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS). FSS, available to Section 8 participants, is an innovative program that provides a financial incentive for families to achieve their employment related goals over the course of five years.
The program focuses on long-term stability through education, training, employment, case management and other support.
Successful graduates of the program leave with an average of $7,000 and steady employment, the FSS Deputy Director helps to make sure that the program maximizes the success of every program participant.
Your Role: The Deputy Director for FSS would be responsible for managing the Family Self-Sufficiency program, including both enrollment as well as on-going participation. The Deputy Director would manage a team of 2 team leaders and approximately 9 FSS specialists. The team works closely with program participants and Community Based Organizations on developing and implementing plans to improve employment and other positive outcome for clients participating in the Section 8 program. The team is responsible for creating Individual Service Plan for each participating household, identifying long terms goals, then working closely with the CBO and implementing a plan to achieve those goals. The team is responsible for conducting annual FSS program activities, as well as special events such as FSS Graduations or enrollment events.
In addition, the candidate will be responsible for planning group meetings as needed for FSS clients, formulating program policy and procedures to be included in the FSS Action Plan and communicated to the team; The Deputy Director will also ensure the team meets ongoing federal reporting requirements and assist in completing the funding application for the program.
Your Responsibilities: The Deputy Director will regularly meet with PPI Executive staff to evaluate performance and service design for the Family Self Sufficiency program and other Workforce/Financial service-related initiatives.
She/he will also be responsible for overseeing the collection of program data and for reporting on various metrics.
The selected candidate will represent the Director of Special Programs at internal and external meetings and projects, resolving issues of concern to clients, partners, the agency, and the public. She/he will oversee and implement public outreach and service delivery activities, ensuring that accurate information is relayed to potential clients, to program participants, and the public, elected officials and other governmental entities. She/he will also provide written and/or statistical analyses as needed, and produce relevant memoranda, analytical reports, and spreadsheets and/or presentation summarizing findings. She/he will be responsible for ensuring that program policies, procedures and practices are consistent with Section 8 FSS regulations and that the FSS staff have the support and structure needed to follow these requirements.
Preferred skills
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.