City of New York

Job Description

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (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.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health
• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

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. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth. ________________________________________

Your Team:

The Division of Portfolio Management & Conversions in the Office of Development manages development projects after closing with an initial loan to ensure compliance with program requirements through the conversion of the loan to permanent financing as part of the City’s ambitious Housing New York affordable housing plan.

Your Impact:

The Construction Monitoring Unit is responsible for monitoring the construction of HPD funded affordable housing projects to track and report on construction progress, and to identify and troubleshoot significant construction issues that could affect the project or delay construction and recommend solutions. The unit also assists the Requestions unit to resolve delays and processing issues that could delay the processing of requisitions in a timely manner.

Your Role:

As a Construction Monitoring Project Manager, you will have a portfolio of affordable housing construction projects you will monitor. For those projects, you will identify construction related problems that could adversely affect the construction or delay construction by working with: the building engineers, architects and inspectors in BLDS, owners and owner agents, and lenders. You will track and report on your findings to the Division and to Office. You will send correspondence and/or communicate with owners at specific construction milestones to remind owners of current and upcoming obligations. You will also assist with requestions and construction completion monitoring.

• Report on and track the progress of construction projects versus expected progress and identify projects that are expected to complete on time as well as those that are behind and the causes for the delays
• Troubleshoot significant construction project issues in collaboration with the technical experts in BLDS, other construction monitors, project managers, and contractors to keep projects on track; get projects to construction completion and obtain completion documents; liaise with program teams to ensure completions are entered into HPD’s internal data system
• Communicate with owners, owner agents, lenders and others regarding construction related issues that may increase costs or have an adverse impact on construction projects including significant scope changes
• Working with the technical assistance team in BLDS, recommend solutions to owners, the Office of Development, and other stakeholders
• Track the progress and resolution of identified issues and act as a troubleshooter and facilitator in the coordination and implementation of solutions
• With others in the Division, send correspondence and/or communicate with owners regarding owner obligations to complete specific tasks associated with construction, marketing, conversions, or other related commitments
• Work with the Requisitions unit to resolve construction requisition payment issues and provide guidance to owners and owner agents regarding requisition issues, including the identification and troubleshooting of issues delaying the processing of requisitions in a timely manner
• Other construction related assignments as needed.

Preferred Skills

• Candidates must have knowledge of residential construction lending requirements
• Problem-solving and portfolio management and strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to exercise sound judgement
• Excellent communication, organization, and quantitative skills
• Advanced computer skills including with the full Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel
• Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external customers

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Qualifications

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.