The Homelessness Prevention Administration (HPA) works to keep New Yorkers in their homes. HPA works with the Department of Homeless Services (DHS), the NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) and many other organizations and City agencies to assist families and individuals in need in obtaining and maintaining stable, affordable housing.

The FHEPS Centralized Determination Unit (FCDU) is a new division of HPA that administers the Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (FHEPS) effective March 2018 as part of a takeover from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA). The FHEPS program assists families with children, and survivors of domestic violence at risk of entering or remaining in the shelter system, to maintain and/or secure permanent housing by issuing them a rental supplement in addition to their Cash Assistance (CA) shelter allowance.

HPA is recruiting for one Administrative Job Opportunity Specialist (NM) I to function as a Deputy Director of FCDU who will:

- Direct the daily operations and activities of the review and eligibility determinations for all FHEPS applications by supervising, coaching, and monitoring work activities of Associate Job Opportunity Specialists II; ensure the timely and efficient review of all FHEPS applications received by HRA.

- Ensure FCDU staff is properly assigned, receive proper training, and are properly evaluated; monitor staffing schedule and FCDU caseload to ensure that appropriate staffing at FCDU is maintained.

- In coordination with the FCDU Director, establish and maintain working relationship with the FHEPS Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), including Family Justice Centers, in order to expedite the meeting of critical Agency needs, to ensure the prompt evaluation of FHEPS applications, and to address critical client issues including impending evictions, CA eligibility, etc.

- Work with New York State OTDA as well as HRA and DHS program areas, including but not limited to the Rental Assistance Unit (RAU), the Family Independence Administration (FIA), and DHS Office of Client Resources (OCR), to ensure prompt and appropriate services for families at Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (P.A.T.H.) seeking shelter; families facing eviction, previously experienced an eviction, or who are involved in an eviction proceeding; families in danger of losing a Section 8 apartment; and families residing in a DHS shelter, HRA shelter, or certified as eligible for HRA shelter.

- Prepare reports on unit’s daily activities for submission to management.

Qualification Requirements

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, plus four years of satisfactory full-time experience performing work related to providing employment related services or economic support services to persons in need, at least eighteen months of this experience must have been in a supervisory or managerial capacity; or

2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight years of full-time experience equivalent to "1" above; at least eighteen months of this experience must have been in a supervisory or managerial capacity; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. College credits from an accredited college or university may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year; year of work experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least eighteen months of experience must have been in a supervisory or managerial capacity as described in "1" above.

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.