Job Description

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health

• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability

• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness,” Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.

Your Team:

The Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Economic Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance, M/WBE Officer (EORC) oversees the teams that support HPD’s mission by reviewing the integrity of applicants seeking to work on HPD-supported projects, ensuring contractors comply with applicable labor and employment obligations, and enforcing contract compliance. The division also assists HPD in implementing and enforcing socioeconomic diversity and inclusion requirements, and related programs, for procurement and development projects receiving financial assistance from the Agency. EORC is composed of five (5) units:

• The Labor Monitoring Unit enforces applicable prevailing wage laws and monitors contractors subject to enhanced scrutiny. The Unit reviews payroll and related records and conducts interviews to investigate possible wage violations. The unit also coordinates with other law enforcement entities and seeks appropriate remedies.

• The Integrity Review Unit includes the agency’s Sponsor Review, Enhanced Review and Executive Order 50 contractor clearance processes, conducting due diligence and compliance reviews to ensure that entities doing business with the city meet HPD’s standards and maintain nondiscriminatory hiring and employment policies.

• The Engineering Audit Unit is tasked with ensuring that contractors or vendors of Agency procured construction related service contracts have fulfilled their contractual obligations and ensuring that the City has received appropriate value for the payment requested under the terms of the contract.

• The Systems Engagement Administration and Engagement Services Unit educates internal and external partners about compliance obligations and compliance reporting systems, coordinates with the Commission on Human Rights and internal offices to educate the owners and the public about fair housing requirements, responds to fair housing complaints, and coordinates the agency’s M/WBE outreach activities.

• The Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Programs Unit sets, tracks, and enforces the Agency’s goals for contracting and subcontracting with minority- and women-owned business enterprises on development projects under the M/WBE Build Up program, creates and implements capacity building initiatives to increase M/WBE utilization on development projects, and implements hiring related mandates including section 3, Hire NYC, and other relevant programs.

Your Impact:

The Assistant Commissioner (AC) will work in close coordination with other divisions across HPD, and in partnership with the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), and other City, state, and federal agencies including the United States Department of Labor, City Department of Investigations and other enforcement entities. The AC will also serve as the agency’s M/WBE Officer and the independent reviewer for any contractor or vendor disputes, appeals and protests under the Procurement Policy Board Rules and Title 12 of the Rules of the City of New York.

Your Role:

The selected candidate will have primary responsibility for managing the division. They will contribute to and at times lead development of agency strategy and public policy on such topics as equal opportunity initiatives and regulatory compliance requirements.

Your Responsibilities:

• Managing the development and implementation of the division’s programs to meet the goals of the Housing Blueprint and other initiatives as well as contributing to the development, implementation, and tracking of strategic plans for the division and the Agency.

• Managing and supporting staff implementing the division’s programs and operations.

• Overseeing coordination with multiple internal divisions as well as numerous outside program partners.

• Managing internal and external stakeholder communication about division activities. As part of this effort, the Assistant Commissioner will be responsible for prioritizing potential issues and making sound recommendations to the First Deputy Commissioner & Commissioner.

• Fostering innovation in the implementation of new compliance software and protocols, as well as devising strategies to bolster equal opportunity policies so we can advance relevant policy priorities.

• Contributing to the development, implementation, and tracking of strategic plans for the division and the Agency.

• Other responsibilities and initiatives as may be required to ensure the success of the division and the Agency

Qualifications

1. Procession of a valid New York State Professional Engineer’s License or valid New York State Registration as an Architect; and either

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering or architecture and four years of satisfactory, responsible, full-time experience as an architect, builder or professional engineer employed in structural or construction work, at least 18 months of which must have been in administrative, consultative, managerial or executive capacity; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to “2” above. However, all candidates must possess a valid New York State License, as described in “1” above, and the 18 months of administrative, consultative, managerial or executive experience as described in “2” above.

Additional Information

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.