Job Description

The New York City Housing Authority seeks an Assistant Director for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) oversight within Public Housing Tenancy Operations. This position reports directly to the Deputy Director for Mixed Finance Oversight. The Assistant Director is primarily focused on supporting Property Management within the Mixed Finance portfolio (properties with LIHTC, Section 8 and public housing units) by ensuring NYCHA’s compliance with LIHTC requirements and providing related training.

This is a critical position on a dynamic team that prioritizes excellent customer service, detailed LIHTC knowledge and an ability to anticipate and mitigate issues.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee a field and centrally-located team directly responsible for assisting and supporting mixed finance properties with LIHTC requirements.

• Train development staff; assist with training material development and planning.

• Liaise with NYCHA departments, such as Compliance, Law and Performance Tracking & Analytics Department, as well as external stakeholders, such as Housing Development

  Corporation, to conduct research, analyze workflows, assess operating procedures, and review local, state, and federal regulations as they relate to LIHTC policies and requirements.

• Resolve issues and mitigate risks related to LIHTC and Property Management, including escalating issues/risks as appropriate and developing new processes.

• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with Property Management and other stakeholders to ensure optimal program participation.

• Ensure all appropriate audits and inspections are completed as per LIHTC rules, and submissions are appropriately sent to NYCHDC.

• Collaborate with IT on enhancements to support the unit (this will be significant as new technology will be rolled out in the foreseeable future).

• Some on-site field presence required to conduct reviews of LIHTC files and compliance with record keeping requirements.

Additional information

1. For NYCHA employees: employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if

   applicable).

2. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

NOTE: IF THIS APPOINTMENT IS MADE ON A PROVISIONAL BASIS PURSUANT TO 65 OF THE NYS CIVIL SERVICE LAW, NO TENURE OR PERMANENCE ACCRUES TO AN INCUMBENT IN THIS POSITION BY VIRTUE OF SUCH APPOINTMENT.

NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program. For detailed information regarding the 55-a Program, please visit the link below:

https://bit.ly/55aProgram

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the qualification requirements before applying to this position.

Qualifications

1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory, full-time, progressively responsible experience in real property management, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial capacity involving the supervision of a large staff of property management agents and/or housing development specialists and requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation of resources and the scheduling and assignment of work. "Progressively responsible experience" must

be demonstrated by a work history of promotions and/or assumption of increasingly responsible duties and assignments. Experience in building construction or renovation; management of residential, commercial, industrial, or waterfront properties, including both renting and operating; or site management in connection with housing or with reconstruction/rehabilitation projects; supervision of receivership, tenant relocation and anti-abandonment work in housing and other properties, and buildings owned, managed, to be acquired by the City, or at risk of being abandoned; or building maintenance will be accepted up to a maximum of three years toward meeting the general requirements; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of experience described in "1" above, including eighteen months of experience in managerial capacity; or

3. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have eighteen months of managerial experience. Education at an accredited college or university may be substituted for general work experience (but not for the 18 months of managerial experience described above) at the rate of 60 college semester credits for one year of acceptable experience up to a maximum of 4 years of college for 2 years of experience.

To be acceptable, experience in property management must have included both renting and operating the managed properties. Experience in renting must have included interviewing prospective tenants, qualifying tenants' income and background, and/or assuring that vacancies are ready for occupancy. Experience in operating must have included overseeing maintenance and repair of building operating systems, and overseeing staff to assure that necessary work is properly completed.

To be acceptable, experience in site management must have included on-site rental and maintenance of buildings.

To be acceptable, experience in relocation must have included negotiation with tenants to surrender leases for cash consideration or for an alternative site, and determining tenant eligibility for benefits.

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.