Job Information
City of New York Deputy Director for Manhattan Planning in New York, New York
Job Description
About the Agency:
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the nation’s largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality housing and diverse, thriving neighborhoods for New Yorkers through loan and development programs for new affordable housing, preservation of the affordability of the existing housing stock, enforcement of housing quality standards, rental subsidies, and educational programs for tenants and building owners. HPD is tasked with fulfilling Mayor Adams’s housing plan "Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness", a comprehensive framework which includes $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the administration’s planned investment to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with an aggressive effort to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s affordable housing crisis and bolster access to opportunity, promote economic stability and mobility, improve health and safety, and increase racial equity.
Your Team:
The Office of Neighborhood Strategies is charged with ensuring that HPD’s development and preservation efforts are guided by meaningful community engagement and coordinated with public investments in infrastructure and services, as put forth in the Mayor's Housing Plan.
ONS is composed of two divisions and a cross-divisional unit reporting to the Associate Commissioner:
Planning & Predevelopment (P&P) is central to developing and managing HPD's housing production pipeline from project proposal phases through the land use review and entitlement process, to ensure that HPD's investments contribute to building strong, healthy, resilient neighborhoods in all five boroughs.
Neighborhood Development & Stabilization (ND&S) leads the agency's commitment to neighborhood planning and strategic preservation through engagement with tenants, landlords, community leaders, and neighborhood stakeholders as we work to enable strong and healthy neighborhoods anchored by affordable housing.
The Strategic Initiatives Unit leads special ONS initiatives and provides essential technical, planning, and policy support to staff and the Associate Commissioner of Neighborhood Strategies.
Your Impact:
As the Deputy Director for Manhattan Planning, you will help lead a talented group of professionals and experts at the forefront of HPD’s new construction pre-development pipeline.
Your Role:
Your role will be to support the Director in developing, implementing, and managing all Manhattan Planning activities. The Deputy Director helps to create, train, and manage a team of energetic, thoughtful, and engaged planners who work together to manage a portfolio of projects along a critical path toward public approval and development financial closing, while coordinating input from community members, technical experts, agency partners, and agency leadership.
Your Responsibilities:
Independently manage a select portfolio of high-priority or complex projects;
Analyze development trends, neighborhood and market dynamics; land use and zoning analysis;
Work with Senior Planners and Planners to troubleshoot and navigate complex planning issues as they arise in projects and review their work for quality assurance;
Advise the Director on policy issues and potential solutions;
Assist the Director with creating, implementing, and maintaining, clear operational procedures;
Represent the agency and Borough Planning team at public meetings and forums;
Partner with Predevelopment Planners in the request for proposals review and selection process;
Work collaboratively with the Division of Neighborhood Development and Stabilization on neighborhood planning efforts;
Work collaboratively with HPD Office of Development staff (including finance, environmental review, and architect colleagues) on preparing projects for financial closings; and
Coordinate with other NYC agencies, such as the Economic Development Corporation, Department of City Planning, Department of Parks and Recreation, and for- and non- profit housing and community developers, Community Boards and local organizations, public officials, and neighborhood residents through the predevelopment process.
Preferred skills:
Master’s degree in urban planning, urban studies, public policy, political science, real estate, or law strongly preferred
A minimum of four years of professional experience in a related field
Thorough knowledge of New York City government and housing issues
Experience with community engagement, organizing and facilitating public meetings
Experience creating and designing materials for internal and public consumption, including presentations, maps, and reports
Excellent research, analytical, writing, and public speaking skills
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects in a timely manner
Strong operational skills, including project tracking and reporting, and ability to suggest and work towards process improvements
Ability to work independently, take initiative, and work effectively with others
Demonstrated experience managing and/or mentoring staff
PLEASE NOTE ONLY CANDIDATES WHO TOOK AND PASSED THE ASSOCIATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST EXAM AND THE PROMOTIONAL ASSOCIATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST EXAM WILL BE CONSIDERED. APPLICANTS IN A COMPARABLE TITLE MAY APPLY AS WELL.
Qualifications
1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three years of full-time satisfactory professional experience in the development, appraisal, financing, negotiation, or disposition of real estate, or in real estate law, or in urban planning or analytical or coordination work related to housing programs; or
- A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "1" above; or
3.A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Graduate study in the field of urban studies, city planning, business or public administration, finance, architecture, engineering or other related fields may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience on the basis of 30 credits equaling one year of experience. Graduation from an accredited law school may be substituted for one year of the required experience. However, all candidates must have at least two years of experience as described 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.