Chief of Staff

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

The NYC Commission on Racial Equity (NYC CORE) is an independent 15-member commission established to guide and assess the City's racial equity planning process. It is responsible for holding the NYC government accountable for advancing racial equity in government operations and increasing community voice in decision-making. The Commission's staff executes its day-to-day mission, translating the vision of the Chair & Executive Director and Commissioners into action strategies. The staff aims to be representative of New Yorkers from all communities and walks of life, bringing an accountability mindset and collaborating with city agencies while voicing public concerns.

Requirements

Commitment to racial equity and seeking a values-aligned role that involves significant creativity and challenge.
Comfortable moving between big-picture planning and hands-on execution.
Experience supervising communications, policy, research, and intergovernmental affairs staff and at least six (6) year’s total experience managing staff.
Demonstrated experience creating strategic plans and operationalizing those plans towards success.
Experience working hand in hand with senior leaders as well as making executive level decisions.
Demonstrated commitment, competency and strong familiarity with issues affecting Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Middle Eastern, or Pacific Islander communities in New York City, or other marginalized groups.
A strong listener who explains priorities, expectations, and changes clearly and handles conflict in a respectful and timely manner.
Background of living in, working within, or growing up as a member of communities facing historical oppression will contribute to your ability to guide the planning process.
Demonstrated history of building relationships for your team to enable execution of a strategy that extends beyond the Office.
New York City residency is required within 90 days of appointment.

Nice To Haves

Relevant formal education can be helpful, such as in sociology, social work, public administration, public policy, communications, ethnic studies, etc.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic partner and principal advisor to the Chair and Executive Director and NYC CORE Commissioners.
Draft and review memos, briefing materials, presentations, reports, and other executive-level documents.
Prepare agendas and materials for the Chair and Executive Director internal and external meetings and tracking follow-up actions to ensure timely execution.
Manage information flow between the Chair and Executive Director office and internal and external partners to eliminate bottlenecks.
Work with directors to improve the standardization of workplace policies, and processes to improve workplace culture that strengthens communication among agency staff and coordinating intra-agency meetings when necessary.
Provide troubleshooting assistance to the Chair and Executive Director on a variety of fronts, including taking responsibility for identifying, triaging, and coordinating responses to issues brought to the Chair and Executive Director’s attention.
Serve as liaison to agency staff, other government entities and the public and guides the Chair and Commissioners in decisions affecting major policy and procedural changes related to issues involving public controversy and legislative sensitivity.
Reduce delays in operational bottlenecks and increase organizational effectiveness and project management practices.
Work directly with the Chair and leadership team to properly attend to the overall administration of the agency, including but not limited to legislative affairs, public and intergovernmental matters, press and communication, strategic initiatives and EEO issues.
Build and maintain systems, processes, and tracking tools that improve coordination, accountability, and long-term operational capacity across the office and its growing portfolio of work.
Create an effective and collaborative work environment that supports innovation and excellence while centering community voice.
Embed DEI and racial equity practices and tools into the everyday functioning of the Commission.
Other duties as assigned.