The Agency You’ll Join

The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five
boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. New York
City Mayor Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. Previously,
Mayor Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, state senator, and Brooklyn
borough president. The Adams’ administration is leading the fight to serve the people of the greatest
city in the world, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, working to make New York City’s
economy stronger, reducing inequality, improving public safety, and making the city more affordable
that meets the needs of all New Yorkers. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as
we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.

The Team You’ll Work With

NYC Talent is responsible for the City’s talent and workforce development system that benefits city
residents, employers, and the economy. NYC Talent seeks new and effective ways to scale and sustain
productive public/private partnerships, to develop and match talent to promising careers, to align
education, career preparation and skills training programs across City government, and to coordinate
program and fiscal data across stakeholders to provide a comprehensive view of the talent system with
the goal of making progress towards the citywide employment objectives laid out in Executive Order
#22.

The Problems You’ll Solve

The Center for Youth Employment (CYE) is an initiative of NYC Talent and strives to expand, improve,
and align programs that help young New Yorkers build skills, gain experience, explore potential career
paths, and prepare for success in the world of work. CYE pursues this mission through three primary
functions: developing thoughtful and effective public policies, designing, and helping to implement
high-performing programs that offer strong return on public investment, and supporting agency
coordination and stakeholder partnerships that serve to enable those policies and programs. The
Project Manager of the Center for Youth Employment will play a lead role in supporting with program
development and coordination across City agency partners and NYC Talent’s Team as well as key
partners beyond City government.

The Project Manager of the Center for Youth Employment will report to the Executive Director for the
Center for Youth Employment. The role is full-time and will work primarily from NYC Talent’s
Manhattan office at 1 Liberty Plaza.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Assist the Executive Director in engaging with City agency partners, particularly the NYC
Department of Education (DOE), Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD),
and City University of New York (CUNY), providing support and follow-up on various requests
related to the Young Adult Career Success Action Plan.
- Support with the design and implementation of system-level strategies to assist priority youth
subpopulations facing barriers to career readiness, including young adults who are out-ofschool/out-of-work or at risk, youth in foster care or receiving preventative services, justiceimpacted youth, youth from families on public assistance, homeless or housing-insecure youth,
and LGBTQI+ young people.
- Liaise with external partners to improve the performance of programs that support educational
attainment, career exploration, work readiness, skill building, educational or work transitions,
or other aspects of youth development and career readiness.
- In collaboration with City agencies, support nonprofits and other contracted service providers
through technical assistance and advisement.
- Monitor and advise on internal and external policy at all levels of government that is pertinent
to the work of the Center and NYC Talent.
- Coordinate with other NYC Talent teams, such as Industry Partnerships, the Workforce
Development Council & Board, the Center for Workplace Accessibility and Inclusion, and the
Apprenticeship Accelerator, to align youth programming with industry trends and City
priorities.
- Collaborate with NYC Talent’s External Affairs team to showcase successes, share best
practices, and promote key initiatives and event planning.
- Support with the supervision of Youth Interns and /or Apprentices, as needed.

COMMUNITY COORDINATOR - 56058

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.

- You have a curious nature, a desire to help New Yorkers, and a commitment to public service. - You have strong writing skills. - You have excellent computer and writing skills and significant experience with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. - You are extremely detail-oriented, with excellent organization, planning, coordination, and multi-tasking skills. - You have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and in a diverse team environment with all levels of supervisory and frontline staff. - You have the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and external stakeholders. - You have careful discretion and experience handling confidential and/or sensitive information. - You are a self-starter who positively contributes to a learning culture and collaborative team and is willing to perform the full range of tasks required in a dynamic and rapidly responsive, and growing organization. - You have an entrepreneurial and collaborative style that works well in teams.

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/.

City Residency is required for this position

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.