Under the general supervision of the Deputy Assistant Director of Human Resources - Placement, with latitude for independent initiative and judgment, the Placement Coordinator performs responsible work in the planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and/or evaluation of the talent acquisition program. The Placement Associate assists in working with the community to achieve talent fulfillment by placing the best qualified candidates into vacant positions in the least amount of time.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Key Responsibilities

The Placement Associate will learn and assist in the performance and fulfillment of these typical tasks:
- Act as liaison to hiring managers and other business partners.
- Create action plans on fulfillment of hiring needs.
- Schedule civil service and provisional hiring pools. Calling civil service certified lists as needed, hosting hiring pools, dispositioning lists.
- Work collegially to source and identify talent pools. Referring resumes for preliminary review of candidates’ qualifications vis-à-vis the prescribed minimum qualification requirements.
- Schedule interviews and coordinate pre-employment screenings.
- Process new appointments, title changes, promotions, demotions and transfers.
- Facilitate the process by which candidates will be fingerprinted.
- Establish effective dates for all actions.
- Handle personnel actions.
- Update and maintain HR data base.
- Update NYCAPS personnel actions.
- Conduct HR Pre-Orientation for new employees.
- Schedule new hire training for required titles.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Maximize satisfaction of new hires with the onboarding experience.

Additional Information
1. NYCHA employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
2. NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans, deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees
Retirement System (NYCERS).
3. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the qualification requirements before applying to this position

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Qualification Requirements
1. High school graduation or equivalent and three years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to duties described above; or
2. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" above.

1. Excellent oral and written communication skills. 2. Ability to discreetly and competently handle sensitive and confidential information. 3. Knowledge of HR practice, civil service, employment laws and best practices, Personnel Rules and Regulations of the City of New York, and other government compliance regulations. 4. Facility in Microsoft Office suite and Workday.

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/.

NYCHA has no residency requirements.

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.