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. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. For current job opportunities, visit our careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With:
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Community Safety is committed to developing policies and implementing programs to address the problems that mental health issues create for the individuals who experience them and the families supporting them, prevent violent incidents before they take place, reduce the incidence of gun violence, and provide critical services to victims of violence by prioritizing tested and compassionate solutions that have been consistently demonstrated to improve safety. The Office of the Deputy Mayor will institute a whole-of-government approach that prioritizes crisis response and evidence-based violence prevention programs. The office oversees interagency coordination and Citywide implementation to operate as effectively as possible and to deliver the sense of safety and security that all New Yorkers deserve.

The Problems You’ll Solve:
The Special Assistant's responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Managing the Deputy Mayor’s calendar, including:
o Building a strategic and flexible calendar that is responsive to Deputy Mayor and Administration priorities and emergent needs.
o Designing a system for tracking, triaging, and responding to requests for internal and external meetings, events, and speaking engagements.
- Proactively reviewing the Deputy Mayor’s daily schedule and working with the DMCS team to ensure that the Deputy Mayor has all necessary materials for each meeting and event.
- Leading regular meetings with both staff and the Deputy Mayor to review the upcoming schedule, consider invitations to events, and discuss preparation for meetings.
- Coordinating high-level logistical support and requests between the Deputy Mayor, Community Safety agencies, and the Mayoral scheduling team.
- Managing other administrative functions for the Deputy Mayor, including:
o Coordinating the Deputy Mayor’s travel.
o Ongoing maintenance of contact databases and call lists.
o Coordinating Deputy Mayor's signature on necessary documents.

About You:
- You can adapt in a fast-paced environment.
- You have great organizational skills.
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills.
- You can demonstrate experience in task and information management.
- You have adherence to targeted deadlines and problem-solving.
- You are a strategic thinker.
- You can pay attention to detail.

Special Assistant (MA)-MGRL - 0668A

- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- 2+ years of experience in administrative work or an area related to the duties.

- You are proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

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.