Vetting & Legal Research Manager

The Agency You’ll Join: The New York City Mayor’s 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 City’s 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 You’ll Work With: The Mayor’s 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 Administration’s senior leadership positions.

The Problems You’ll Solve: The Vetting & Legal Research Manager's 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 candidate’s background that could embarrass the candidate, the Mayor, or the City should the candidate be appointed.
• Communication: Serve as an internal liaison, clearly, promptly, and cordially communicating timelines and expectations with both MOA colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Senior Legal Staffing: Provide research and administrative support for senior staffing (i.e., Commissioner and Deputy Mayor) searches and inquiries.

About You:

• You possess excellent research and writing skills.
• You are highly detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.
• You can 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.
• Familiarity with research techniques and tools, including but not limited to: OSINT, Boolean searches, and state & city-level court databases.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Admission to the New York State Bar, or J.D. from an accredited college or university.
• 5+ years of work experience.

Additional Information

• In addition to the resume, a cover letter is required to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Do you have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university?
• 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?
• Do you have a four-year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent approved by a state's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question "2" above?
• Do you have a satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that described in questions "1," "2," and/or "3" above?

Residency Requirement

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 the interview.