TASK FORCE: HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

UNIT: Economic Development-Workforce Development & Regulatory Enforcement

JOB TITLE: One (1) Unit Head

CONTROL CODE: HED-23-01


SUMMARY:

The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor’s expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies.

The Unit Head will be responsible for providing policy, fiscal and administrative analysis for City economic development agencies focused on workforce development and regulatory enforcement. Oversight will include, but is not limited to, the Department of Small Business Services (SBS), Department of Buildings (DOB), Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment (MOME) and various other offices dedicated to facilitating and improving City workforce initiatives. The Unit Head will be responsible for training, supervising, and evaluating direct support staff responsible for providing oversight of various agencies expense, capital, and revenue budgets, and providing analysis of broad legislative agendas across agencies to evaluate City fiscal and operational impact.


JOB DESCRIPTION:

The candidate must be a self-starter with the ability to accomplish tasks with little or no supervision. The individual must possess exceptional analytic and interpersonal skills in order to successfully work independently and as a member of a team. Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as exceptional organizational skills are required. A thorough knowledge of Capital and General Fund budgeting is required. Crystal Reporting competency is preferred.

The duties of this position require specific skills and encompass the following activities:

- Review and evaluate on-going agency fiscal requests and proposals and formulate appropriate recommendations.
- Working independently with minimal supervision, perform detailed analyses of data captured from the City’s Financial Management Systems to monitor and evaluate agency and / or project specific performance.
- Review and analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of agency programs and develop recommendations for change.
- Communicating, both in written and verbal forms, to the Assistant Director, OMB senior management and agency contacts.
- Direct and coordinate analyses of issues and special projects as required.
- Utilize exceptional organizational, research, problem solving, and analytic skills to identify issues and to develop recommendations for resolution or process changes.
- Analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of unit procedures and develop recommendations for change.
- Special projects as assigned.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.

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.