Undergraduate Summer Intern, Economic Opportunity

City of New York • New York City, NY

20h

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 Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance (EORC) Intern will have the unique opportunity to work on a variety of projects within the new Office of Compliance and & Risk Management (CRM), specifically focusing on work with the Division of EORC. CRM is centralizing various compliance, oversight, and hearing functions from across the agency critical to ensure fairness, consistency, and equity in both our external and internal engagement. CRM will collaborate with programs across HPD to ensure the agency and its partners comply with laws (federal, state, and city), regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures. The Office includes the Division of Adjudications, Division of Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance, Public Information, and Audit Support. This internship will provide a unique opportunity to learn about different compliance functions within the agency and be part of a growing, dynamic Office. The compliance work for the EORC Intern will focus on dashboards for the division, M/WBE and other agency programs that foster economic opportunity in NYC neighborhoods. CRM is responsible for coordinating the agency’s compliance programs, liaising with the units and staff responsible for relevant compliance responsibilities, audit responses, site standard adherence for financed construction work, public-facing appeals and hearings, and managing risk for the agency.

Requirements

• Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position.
• As of June of the Program year the prospective intern must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).

Nice To Haves

• Detail oriented
• Able to perform administrative tasks
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Flexible and collaborative team player
• Project management skills
• Organizational skills
• Analytic skills
• Strong analytical, research and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Comfortably analyzing and visualizing data
• Strong proficiency in MS Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
• Detail-oriented, multi-tasking, self-starter

Responsibilities

• Revisiting and revising EORC program dashboards
• Mapping and documenting data sources/definitions/etc. for specific compliance requirements
• Coordinating with programs to improve our understanding of the economic impact on individuals through HPD’s work
• Record management and documentation related to specific compliance requirements
• Coordination and organization of data and/or materials for select projects, particularly associated with EORC and other compliance dashboards
• Assist with external correspondence as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree