Deputy Director, Office of Investigations and Labor Relations (OILR), Division of the First Deputy Commissioner

City of New York • New York City, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

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 affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. The Office of Investigations and Labor Relations (OILR), part of the Office of the First Deputy Commissioner at HPD, supports the agency’s mission by serving all divisions and offices to address a wide range of operational and personnel matters across the organization. HPD is an agency of over 2,000 employees dispersed among multiple divisions responsible for everything from enforcing housing code, developing new building projects, and administering the Section 8 program. The candidate will be expected to perform highly confidential and sensitive investigations into misconduct and incompetence of all agency employees, looking into issues ranging from performance to falsifying records to criminal behavior, as well as assist in navigating relations between management and labor unions regarding employee concerns.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from accredited college; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in one or more of the fields of accounting, auditing, correction administration, criminal justice administration and planning, forensic science, inspection, law enforcement, personnel administration, police science, and security, or in a major operational area of the agency in which the appointment is to be made; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to the above.
• At the time of appointment, all candidates must possess a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Background working on investigations in a government agency or in the private sector, criminal or civil
• Proven ability to communicate verbally and in writing, with all levels of a diverse workforce
• Strong analytical skills and ability to break down complex fact patterns
• Experience working independently with minimal oversight
• Can exercise and maintain confidentiality
• A keen sense of how to engage effectively in tough conversations
• Acute emotional intelligence and situational awareness
• Substantive knowledge of Federal, State and Local employment laws
• Working knowledge of disability rights and labor union issues
• An eagerness to work on a close-knit team

Responsibilities

• Conduct and supervise investigations into employee misconduct.
• Train and supervise interns and college aides who work in the unit on various projects.
• Serve as a key problem-solver and subject matter expert on disciplinary issues and dispute resolution and provide recommendations to senior staff on organizational or policy changes.
• Serve as a liaison with municipal labor unions on various labor-management issues, resolve employee grievances, and facilitate labor-management meetings.
• Plan and coordinate investigation schedules and assignments.
• Prepare, review, evaluate, and act on all reports and recommendations submitted for administrative action.
• Supervise training programs.
• Administer the Critical Driver program and other projects.
• Occasionally serve notices on employees and assist in surveillance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager