About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)’s mission is to promote quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods. HPD does this by maintaining building and resident safety and health, creating opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability, and engaging New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

Your Team:

The Office of Development (OOD) is dedicated to the agency’s efforts to create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability, and takes a lead in creating and preserving affordable housing as highlighted in Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness. The OOD is comprised of seven divisions that administer a range of programs, collaborating with other HPD offices as well as other city, state and federal agencies. These divisions include New Construction Finance, Special Needs Housing, Building and Land Development Services (BLDS), Homeownership Opportunities and Preservation, Preservation Finance, Compliance and Enforcement and Housing Incentives.

The Executive Operations and Policy Team oversees fiscal, operational and policy functions that impact and support all seven OOD divisions, and aims to ensure information is shared across teams, hiring and staff support are coordinated with HR across divisions, development-related processes are efficient and streamlined, and the OOD’s perspective is considered in agency policies. The team works alongside the Deputy Commissioner of Development, and is composed of three core functions:

1. Fiscal Management
2. Staff Support & Training
3. Strategic Operations & Policy

Your Impact and Role:

As the HOME Analyst within the OOD Executive Office’s Fiscal Management team, you will be responsible for core functions, primarily related to federal HOME grant and will report to the Deputy Director HOME Coordination.

Your Responsibilities:

As the HOME Analyst within the Fiscal Management team, you will be responsible for core functions, primarily related to federal HOME grant including:

- Collecting and reviewing intake documents for projects funded with federal HOME grant.
- Collecting and verifying HOME beneficiary data, i.e. tenants’ income and rent eligibility for projects in the HOME pipeline.
- Analyzing and reconciling servicers’ disbursement reports and processing periodic HOME drawdowns.
- Entering relevant data including set-ups, drawdowns and completions into HUD IDIS and internal tracking systems.
- Serving as a liaison between the ODD and internal and external parties.
- Supporting updates to processes that aim to streamline operations to support internal staff and external partners.
- Assisting supervisor and team leadership in everyday business operations and on Special projects as needed.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

The position requires a candidate with knowledge of the fiscal process as well as analytical and communication skills, and a demonstrated capacity for tracking portfolio in a clear and easy to read format. Candidates must be comfortable utilizing Microsoft 365, including Excel and SharePoint Online and should be comfortable employing shared drive / OneDrive capabilities as well as share information in meetings using Microsoft Teams in order to facilitate collaboration and coordination with staff across teams. In addition to these technical skills, preferred skills include an ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships, have a clear understanding of the OOD’s programs and be able to demonstrate and communicate basic fiscal and financial concepts, maintain excellent analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Preferred candidates will be able to perform complex tasks with limited supervision, as well as demonstrate ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects in a timely manner. Significant experience in fiscal affairs, portfolio management, fiscal operations, public administration or a related area is strongly preferred.

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.