Director of Project Based Selection Management

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Location

100 Gold Street, New York, NY 11201

Full job description

Director of Project Based Selection Management

• Agency: HOUSING PRESERVATION & DVLPMNT

Posted on: 08/10/2024

• Job type: Full-time

Location

NYC-ALL BOROS

• Title Classification: Exam may be required

Department

POLICY & COMPLIANCE MONITORING

Salary range: $105,000.00 – $115,000.00

Job Description

About HPD:

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 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 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. HPD is committed to reducing administrative and regulatory barriers and make investments 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 Office of Housing Access and Stability ( “HAS”) consists of the divisions of Housing Opportunity, Tenant and Owner Resources, Housing Stability, Budget and Program Operations, and Program Policy and Innovation. The mission of the office is to ensure fair, efficient, and transparent access to affordable housing. The Office provides subsidies, placement services, and tools that connect New Yorkers to affordable housing and ensures vulnerable households in subsidized housing have the support they need to be safely housed. Housing Access is committed to expanding housing choices, affirmatively furthering fair housing, and stabilizing the financial health of buildings

The Division of Program Policy and Innovation (DPPI) will provide support across the Office of Housing Access and Stability (HAS) to coordinate policy development and analysis, support implementation of new rules and regulations, monitor program integrity and compliance, manage the selection of contracts for project-based rental assistance and improve outcomes for program participants beyond affordable housing. The Project-Based Selection Team will be responsible for working with different areas of HPD to select and enter into project based voucher and NYC 15 assistance contracts.

Your Impact:

The Director of Project-Based Selection Management will be responsible for the selection of project-based assistance through a competitive Request For Proposal process multiple times a year. They will lead a team that coordinates with project managers across HPD to ensure projects successfully get to finance closing and ensure that we track construction progress and enter into initial contracts at construction/rehab completion. These activities create multiple long-term affordable units for the most vulnerable New Yorkers.

Your Role:

The Director of Project-Based Selection Management will work with project managers and the Executive Director for Program Policy and Innovation to lead the following functions in PPI.

• PBV RFP Management: Will develop an allocation strategy to ensure that HPD stays within its allotted PBV capacity and runs a quarterly RFP to select Project Based Voucher awards. This includes keeping an updated Selection Committee to coordinate selection.

• NYC15 Contract Entry: For NYC15 projects that are selected by Office of Development proactively engage in ensuring all steps are completed before the execution of an agreement to enter into a rental assistance contract. Additionally, the team will monitor construction completion and determine when projects will be ready to enter into rental assistance contracts and for subsidy to begin.

• PBV Contract Entry: For PBV projects, monitor projects that are selected by Office of Development proactively engage in ensuring all steps are completed before the execution of an agreement to enter into a housing assistance payment contract. Additionally, the team will monitor construction completion and determine when projects will be ready to enter into Housing Assistance Payment contracts and for subsidy to begin.

• PBV Post Selection Coordination: Ensure coordination of Environmental review, Subsidy Layering Review, consent to assignment, Davis Bacon compliance monitoring and rent reasonableness determination to ensure all requirements are met in time for project closings and necessary contracts to make them happen.

Responsibilities:

The Director of Project-Based Selection Management will be responsible for setting goals for functions within project-based selection management unit and ensuring they meet their goals. This will include:

1. Work with the Executive Director of PPI and the leadership in HAS and the rest of DTR to identify annual and longterm PBV needs and manage allocation of awards.

2. Engage in the process to obtain the technology and tools to properly monitor the achievement of milestones between RFP application and rental assistance.

3. Create procedures and guidance for existing and newly created positions and processes for standardizing approach for PBV and for NYC15 in collaboration with other project based, intake units, housing stability units within HAS and with other offices to better coordinate the start of Project Based Assistance.

4. Lead the team staying up to date in rule and policy changes that impact contract selection and execution of rental assistance contracts. .

5. Engage in the professional development of staff and ensure that the team receives ongoing feedback in areas of strengths and improvement.

6. Engage in leadership discussions to help inform the direction of HAS and be available for changing scopes and responsibilities at the direction of the Executive Director of PPI.

Necessary skills:

• Strong leadership and managerial experience

• Experience managing programs as well as seeking ways to improve programs and procedures

• Exceptional project management, organizational, analytical, quantitative, and qualitative skills

• Exceptional presentation and interpersonal communication skills.

• Comfort with technology, including Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio) and other analytical, process or flowchart, and other tools and data systems

• Knowledge of Section 8 and other rental subsidies, and federal, state, and local housing laws and regulations

• Collaborative and creative orientation for program design and change management

NOTE: Only those candidates currently serving in the Administrative Staff Analyst title or comparable civil service title are eligible to apply

Minimum 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.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.

Minimum 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.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.

Civil service title

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST (

Title classification

Competitive-1

Business title

Director of Project Based Selection Management

Posted until

2024-09-08

• Experience level: Manager

Number of positions

1

Work location

100 Gold Street

• Category: Constituent Services & Community Programs