About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (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 Office of Development leads the implementation of the Mayor’s Housing Plan to create or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing by 2026. This is performed in close collaboration with HPD colleagues, other City and state agencies, and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC).

The Office of Development is composed of nine divisions:

- Executive Office Operations and Policy
- Division of Compliance and Enforcement
- Division of Housing Incentives
- Division of Building & Land Development Services
- Division of New Construction Finance
- Division of Homeownership Opportunities & Preservation
- Division of Preservation Finance
- Division of Special Needs Housing
- Division of Portfolio Management and Conversion


Your Impact:

The Tax Incentives Program Unit, within the Division of Housing Incentives and administers a wide variety of tax abatement and exemption programs to facilitate private and publicly-subsidized rehabilitation and new construction programs throughout New York City and will be instrumental in the implementation of the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity.

Your Role:

Under the supervision of the Executive Director for Tax Incentives, the Deputy Director will review and make determinations on all workbooks for tax exemptions and make recommendations to improve unit efficiency and staff utilization. In addition, the Deputy Director will participate in the formulation of policy pertaining to tax exemption programs and translate approved policies into workable procedures. The Deputy Director must possess strong management and team-building skills, attention to detail, the ability to effectively multi-task and work under pressure, good judgment and excellent customer-service and communication skills, and an ability to successfully collaborate and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.

Your Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- In collaboration with the Director and senior management, oversee the implementation of tax exemption and other tax benefits programs, as necessary, to meet the goals of the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity and other initiatives.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships among staff, internal and external partners and stakeholders, and the general public.
- Manage and train staff, including establishing appropriate productivity measures, maintaining data and file integrity, supporting staff in achieving programmatic and agency goals, promoting collaboration among staff, promoting high achievement and skill development/progression, overseeing staff in their performance of their responsibilities, and evaluating and providing constructive feedback to staff.
- Ensure quality control across all staff deliverables.
- In collaboration with the Director and senior management, actively participate in and lead discussions on improving program processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness; participate in requirements gathering, testing, and other processes with HPDTech to support the development of new applications, as needed.
- Manage administrative functions such as setting productivity goals, tracking, reporting and compliance.
- Respond promptly to requests for information and oversee the production of detailed reports, memoranda, presentations, and written correspondence regarding projects, programs, new initiatives, or other special projects, as needed.
- Use sound judgment in flagging politically sensitive and complex inquiries for the Assistant Commissioner and/or other senior staff, and in interacting with outside parties, including other agencies and developers and their agents.
- Communicate any personnel issues to the Director in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with other HPD divisions to achieve agency goals, as well as to identify, monitor and/or resolve project, program, and policy issues.

Preferred skills:

Candidates should have a record of achieving results in a fast-paced environment, experience managing programs as well as seeking ways to improve programs and procedures, strong managerial experience, and be detailed-oriented, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines. Candidates should also demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preference will be given to candidates with:
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community-centered activities; or high school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community-centered activities
- Supervisory experience
- Strong interpersonal, creative problem-solving, and research and analytical skills
- Keen attention to detail and organizational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work productively and collaboratively as part of a team
- Demonstrated ability to work independently
- Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage projects in a timely manner
- Strong facility with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Outlook) and Adobe Pro
- Willingness to learn on the job, exhibit a high degree of initiative in managing multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, detail-oriented work environment
- Candidates with experience working for or with government agencies and government programs related to affordable housing are strongly preferred
- Candidates with a bachelor’s degree and three years of experience or graduate degree and one year of experience in city planning, real estate development, urban studies, business or public administration, finance, architecture, engineering, or other related field are strongly preferred

***PLEASE NOTE*** The position is open to applicants who are already permanent in the Associate Housing Development Specialist title, passed Associate Housing Development Specialist exams #3053 or #3514 or permanent in another comparable civil service title.

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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

2. 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.

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.

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/.

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.

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.