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City of New York Deputy Director of Grants Monitoring and Compliance in New York, New York
Job Description
About the Agency:
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (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:
Situate within the Office of Finance & Administration, the Division of Budget manages the agency’s $1+billion operating budget, which is comprised of nearly 25 funding streams from city, state, federal, and other categorical sources. The Grant Compliance Unit within the Budget Division is responsible for monitoring the use of state and federal funds throughout the Agency to ensure compliance with Federal, State and City rules and regulations.
Your Impact:
As Deputy Director of Grant Monitoring and Compliance Unit within the Budget Division you will be responsible to oversee our organization’s administration and compliance with federal grants, including HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME – ARP). This position plays a crucial role in ensuring our organization’s adherence to grant guidelines and regulatory requirement, maintaining financial integrity, and optimizing the impact of grant funding. Developing and reviewing practices across agency divisions to ensure the consistent application of requirements. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Your Role & Responsibilities
Under supervision of the Executive Director of Grants & Revenue, with some latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, your responsibilities will include:
Managing all policy aspects of the recovery in implementing the CDBG-DR programs. Ensure that the agency is current on all Federal reporting requirements.
Managing CDBG-DR funding for all recovery activities.
Develop and implement effective monitoring systems to track grant usage, ensuring compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
Stay abreast of all regulatory changes related to HUD grants and ensure organizational compliance.
Develop and update policies and procedures in response to changes in grant requirements.
Acting as liaison to the Office of Management and Budget for agency programs and activities for grant allocations to HPD.
Collaborate with senior management to align grant funding with organizational goals and strategies.
Take an active role in interpreting all federal guidelines pertaining to the use of HOME and HOME-ARP funds and ensuring that the agency is current on all Federal reporting requirements.
Ensure the proper reconciliation and planned spending for HPD managed grant allocations, including but not limited to HOME, HOME ARP, DCBG-DR.
Candidates who qualify must currently be a permanent Associate Staff Analyst in order to be considered.
Qualifications
- A master’s degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee
benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area; or
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in “1" 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.