Project Manager

City of New York • New York City, NY

3h

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 maintains building and resident safety and health, creates opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability, and engages New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

The Office of Development (OOD) is dedicated to the agency’s efforts to create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability, and takes a lead in creating and preserving affordable housing as highlighted in Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness. The OOD is comprised of seven divisions that administer a range of programs, collaborating with other HPD offices as well as other city, state and federal agencies. These divisions include New Construction Finance, Special Needs Housing, Building and Land Development Services (BLDS), Homeownership Opportunities and Preservation, Preservation Finance, Compliance and Enforcement and Housing Incentives. The Executive Operations and Policy Team oversees fiscal, operational and policy functions that impact and support all seven OOD divisions, and aims to ensure information is shared across teams, hiring and staff support are coordinated with HR across divisions, development-related processes are efficient and streamlined, and the OOD’s perspective is considered in agency policies. The team works alongside the Deputy Commissioner of Development, and is composed of three core functions: Fiscal Management, Staff Support & Training, and Strategic Operations & Policy.

As a Project Manager within the Executive Operations and Policy team, you will report to the Director of Strategic Operations and Policy, and work closely with OOD staff and leadership to support operational and policy projects aimed at improving business operations, supporting data and analytical needs, identifying and prioritizing technology resources and supporting training and staff needs across the Office of Development. The Project Manager’s portfolio will include support for a number of critical initiatives including supporting the buildout and implementation of the Project Information Management System (PIMS), an integrated project management application being designed to support development work with the goal of increased efficiency in evaluating and financing affordable housing transactions. The role also involves supporting unique programs and contracts, including the Capacity Accelerator Program (CAP), a program with training, legal, and production-focused workstreams. Additionally, the Project Manager will create tools, templates and guides that can be used by teams across the Office to help them do their work, support the administration of the OOD training program, including interacting with vendors as needed, securing and preparing space for staff and calendaring in advance, supporting an Office-wide file documentation and archiving initiative, and working with divisions in the Development to develop standardize materials including, checklists and templates across program areas for ease of use.

Requirements

• Excellent people skills and the ability to provide leadership in a collaborative, team-driven approach, and motivate others towards a common goal.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative- strong preference for proactive approach to portfolio, and ability to ask questions and seek clarity when needed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly being able to discuss business needs to both technical and non-technical staff.
• Analytical by nature with the ability to critically evaluate information and make the abstract simple to understand.
• Develop a strong program relationship by building trust, rapport, and positive working relationships with program team members.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks in a fast paced, high-volume environment and the ability to adapt plans to unexpected changes.
• Organized and comfortable working with the vast array of information gathered during elicitation and analysis and to cope with rapidly changing information.
• Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position.
• The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions, or status changes, including H-1B visas.
• Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position at the time of application.
• A 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.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the buildout and implementation of the Project Information Management System (PIMS), an integrated project management application being designed to support development work with the goal of increased efficiency in evaluating and financing affordable housing transactions.
• Supporting unique programs and contracts, including the Capacity Accelerator Program (CAP), a program with training, legal, and production-focused workstreams.
• Create tools, templates and guides that can be used by teams across the Office to help them do their work.
• Support the administration of the OOD training program, including interacting with vendors as needed, securing and preparing space for staff and calendaring in advance.
• Supporting an Office-wide file documentation and archiving initiative.
• Work with divisions in the Development to develop standardize materials including, checklists and templates across program areas for ease of use.

What This Job Offers

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