Policy Advisor, Office of Development

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods - because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love. HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness,” Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. The Office’s Policy Advisor will be responsible for managing and implementing a portfolio of key initiatives related to the mission of producing affordable rental and homeownership housing units across NYC. The position will be housed within the Executive Office and report to the Deputy Commissioner of Development. The Senior Advisor will play a key role in supporting the Deputy Commissioner and OOD leadership by working on a variety of projects, analyses and issues related to development programs and goals. Examples of the types of projects that this position may support or lead include: - Conduct analyses with regard to how proposed policy or legislation impacts pipeline, programmatic timeframes, budgets, or production numbers. - Support the ongoing work of pipeline analysis and refinement to ensure Administration goals are met, and timing and resource considerations are incorporated. - Support OOD teams in drafting updates to program term sheets. - Support OOD leadership, Fiscal Management team and Budget to draft preliminary budget needs for OOD programs. - Work collaboratively with the agency’s Sustainability team to ensure policies and requirements are clearly understood and integrated across OOD teams. - Provide OOD updates to the Administration’s Housing Blueprint progress tracking in collaboration with OOD leadership. - Develop and maintain strong working relationships with teams across the OOD and agency. - Recommending policy actions related to further the development of affordable housing under the current Mayoral administration.

Requirements

Excellent personal communication and leadership skills
Demonstrated capacity for the performance of multiple tasks and independent judgment
Demonstrate underwriting and analytical skills
Work comfortably with Microsoft Excel
Demonstrated capacity and experience analyzing development proposals using knowledge of financing tools
Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

Nice To Haves

Significant real estate development experience
Knowledge of and interest in the development of affordable housing, housing for the homeless and related social services
Knowledge of the construction process and experience with loan underwriting and project scheduling
Demonstrated capacity for performing multiple tasks, analyzing complex processes, using independent judgment, while maintaining a sense of humor.
Knowledge of or experience working with NYC capital development sources and underwriting for affordable housing, and reading and understanding loan documents.
Experience with the construction process, ability to read schematic architectural drawings and understand zoning calculations.
Experience with budgeting and project scheduling.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Proficiency using Microsoft Office suite

Responsibilities

Conduct analyses with regard to how proposed policy or legislation impacts pipeline, programmatic timeframes, budgets, or production numbers.
Support the ongoing work of pipeline analysis and refinement to ensure Administration goals are met, and timing and resource considerations are incorporated.
Support OOD teams in drafting updates to program term sheets.
Support OOD leadership, Fiscal Management team and Budget to draft preliminary budget needs for OOD programs.
Work collaboratively with the agency’s Sustainability team to ensure policies and requirements are clearly understood and integrated across OOD teams.
Provide OOD updates to the Administration’s Housing Blueprint progress tracking in collaboration with OOD leadership.
Develop and maintain strong working relationships with teams across the OOD and agency.
Recommending policy actions related to further the development of affordable housing under the current Mayoral administration.
Tracking workflow across the Office of Development
Participating in the development of RFPs
Assisting the Executive Director of Operations and Policy, Chief of Staff and others with time-sensitive research and report production and additional administrative activities as required.