City of New York

Job Description

• APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ADMINSITRATIVE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE*****

The Office of Affordable/Supportive Housing and Services (OSAHS) helps former homes clients succeed in permanent housing by providing access to permanent housing with support services. OSAHS works closely with other divisions of HRA and with other governmental and non-governmental service providers to create new programs and to integrate and refine existing services, so the people it serves can achieve their maximum functional capacity. Program areas under OSAHS’s purview include the design and implementation of the Mayor’s 15,000-unit supportive housing commitment, master leasing services for former homeless senior citizens and developing innovative housing models to house in need individuals and families.

Under general direction of the Executive Director for Supportive Housing Re-Rentals in the Office of Supportive/Affordable Housing with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, initiative and decision making the Director of Supportive Housing Re-Rental Follow Up is responsible for direct oversight of the housing coordinators in the follow-up unit, including the monitoring of program operations and contributing to program planning. This includes the coordination of placement for accepted clients with the Department of Homeless Services’ contracted shelter and street homelessness solutions sites, supportive housing, and community-based providers, as well as other governmental agencies.

The Office of Affordable/Supportive Housing and Services (OSAHS) is seeking to recruit one Administrative Staff Analyst NM II to function as the Director of Supportive Housing Re-Rentals Follow-Up who will:

• Provide administrative oversight to the overall operations of the follow-up unit to ensure that the goals and activities of this unit are clear and conform to the mandates of the City, agency and applicable government regulations. Oversee hiring and onboarding of new staff, conducts regular staff meetings and trainings, ensures work is assigned to staff equitably and efficiently.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director and Assistant Deputy Commissioner to create and implement policies and processes related to the efficient placement of homeless households into permanent supportive housing.
• Manage relationships with other governmental partners such as DoHMH, DHS, NYCHA, HPD and supportive housing providers to ensure that accepted clients are expeditiously placed, in adherence with City and Federal requirements. Coordinate to overcome bottlenecks and develop solutions to common barriers to placement.
• Maintain consistent communication with government partners, property managers and supportive housing providers to cover policy initiatives, agency procedures and to provide direction that supports efficient and successful placement process.
• Prepare comprehensive statistical and analytic reports for DSS executive leadership on the status of homeless placements into supportive housing. Generate reports regarding status of accepted clients and placements completed for management of staff and unit as a whole.
• Participate in key internal and external meetings and strategy sessions and oversees special projects as it relates to supportive housing re-rentals. Must be able to effectively solve problems working with groups of individuals with different interests. May be required to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.

WORK LOCATION:150 Greenwich Street 39th Floor New York, NY 10007

HOURS/SHIFT: 9:00am-17:00pm (Flexible)

Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory 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.