Agency Attorney Lvl 1

City of New York • New York, NY

2d • $86,000 - $86,000

About The Position

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s largest public housing authority, with an operating budget of $3.3 billion and over 11,000 employees who manage and maintain 311 developments that house about 400,000 residents. NYCHA also operates the country’s largest Section 8 program, which provides rental assistance to about 200,000 additional people. Reporting to the Chief Privacy Officer (CPO), the Agency Attorney will support the development, implementation, and monitoring of a comprehensive privacy program at NYCHA, assist in legal research and writing, incident response, vendor contract review, data share agreement review/drafting, policy writing, and more.

Requirements

• Admission to the New York State Bar
• One year of satisfactory United States legal experience subsequent to admission to any state bar
• Six months of satisfactory service as an Agency Attorney Interne (30086)
• Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

Nice To Haves

• Resume and cover letter must also include bar admission date(s) (month and year).
• Candidates must also provide two writing samples representing the candidate’s efforts, not those of a reviewer; three references, listing their professional association and the circumstances under which they became familiar with the candidate’s professional skills; a copy of law school transcript.
• NYCHA employees applying for transfer, promotion, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
• NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and delivery of initial and ongoing privacy training to the workforce at both central office and developments.
• Liaise between NYCHA staff and residents to address privacy issues.
• Assist with initiating, facilitating, and promoting activities elevating privacy awareness within NYCHA and related entities.
• Prepare privacy evaluation and performance reports assessing privacy compliance.
• Conduct legal research and writing on privacy issues.
• Maintain current working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and city privacy laws and accreditation standards.
• Conduct, with some latitude for independent judgment, all aspects of privacy incident response including complainant and staff interviews, privacy impact level assessment, and resident interviews, both in-person and remotely.
• Review the privacy terms of vendor contracts and data share agreements and approve when found sufficient.
• Maintain and organize privacy office records.
• Attend privacy trainings to understand latest privacy trends and rules/regulations.
• Assist in preparing updates, briefings, presentations, agendas, materials for internal and external meetings and possible projects on an ad-hoc basis.

Benefits

• choice of medical coverage plans
• deferred compensation plans
• a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED