The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s oldest and largest public housing authority with more than 177,000 apartments, and responsibility for administering a citywide Section 8 leased housing program that serves over 150,000 additional tenants. NYCHA’s mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility.

NYCHA’s Asset & Capital Management (A&CM) Division leads the Authority’s capital, sustainability and resiliency programs that comprise a $6 billion capital projects portfolio – one of the largest in NY State – as well as range of activities related to property modernization and strategic asset management. A&CM aims to preserve and modernize NYCHA buildings and apartments through strategic portfolio planning, comprehensive design standards, innovative financing and project delivery models, strong partnership with NYCHA residents and other stakeholders, and effective program and project management of capital investments. The Division also positions NYCHA’s housing portfolio for the future by piloting and scaling-up sustainable and resilient technologies and practices, improving residents’ quality of life while enhancing building performance. The work culture of the Division is strongly customer service oriented, collaborative and delivery focused. More information can be found on our website at: Modernizing NYCHA Properties.

Position Description

The Office of the Chief Asset & Capital Management Officer (CACMO) is responsible for overall leadership and oversight of departments within the Asset & Capital Management Division. In addition to day-to-day strategic management and coordination, the Office focuses on ensuring strong collaboration across A&CM and with all other parts of NYCHA, and effective portfolio management and continuous improvement.

The CACMO is seeking to hire a Senior Advisor to support the CACMO in all areas of oversight and day-to-day management of the A&CM Division, and collaboration with other parts of NYCHA as well as external partners and stakeholders. In particular, the Senior Advisor will help ensure strategic alignment across the Division’s senior staff and departments. The Senior Advisor will also coordinate significant cross-departmental, cross-divisional, and external stakeholder collaboration to facilitate effective strategic decision-making and implementation of operational processes and policies. In addition, the Senior Advisor will support the CACMO on fielding and addressing high-priority requests and urgent coordination needs related to the Division’s work and coordination with senior internal and external stakeholders.

Candidates for the Senior Advisor position should therefore have: a strong sense of commitment to public service and affordable housing; excellent analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills; demonstrated experience successfully leading major strategic and operational change initiatives; and, the ability to effectively represent A&CM within the organization and represent NYCHA in public forums and liaise with government partners and other stakeholders. Specific experience with building capital projects delivery capacity, operating and maintaining large capital assets, sustainability and resiliency, and/or architecture and engineering, is strongly preferred.

Some key day-to-day responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

- Serve as a thought partner to the CACMO other A&CM senior leadership on strategic issues and division-wide strategies, priorities and performance management, and represent the CACMO in key meetings to advance the AC&M Division’s agenda.
- Address high-priority requests and urgent coordination needs, working closely with senior leaders within AC&M Divisions, across NYCHA, and externally.
- Identify and coordinate implementation of policy, procedural and systems improvements in AC&M departments and working with other divisions.
- Actively structure analysis and operational approaches, develop outputs and effectively project manage across diverse teams, and coach and support team members to do the same.
- Manage internal, NYCHA-wide, and external communication from the Office of the CACMO, promoting accurate representation and understanding, and preparing briefing materials for the CACMO as needed.

Key Competencies

Strong Leader & Capacity Builder: A proven leader with demonstrated capabilities in organizational strategy and transformation, program/project management and operational excellence. A strategic thinker and structured problem-solver, able to drive change and innovation while effectively juggling diverse responsibilities and multiple, competing priorities. Ability to build and manage high-performance, data-driven teams through cultivating alignment with industry best practices, ownership, accountability and collaboration.

Effective Manager & Change Agent: A creative thinker and structured problem-solver, able to drive change and innovation while effectively juggling diverse responsibilities and multiple, competing priorities. Demonstrated track record of facilitating large-scale organizational initiatives with a focus on project management, stakeholder buy-in, cross-functional teaming, process streamlining and efficiency improvements, and resource optimization.

Exemplary Communicator: Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, and translate complex concepts and information for a variety of stakeholders and audiences. Strong political acumen and practiced in facilitating multi-stakeholder meetings designed to achieve consensus on objectives. Experience collaborating with a diversity of cultures and sensitive to the challenges of low-income populations.

Additional Information
1. Submit your resume, a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and accomplishments, and contact information for three professional references.
2. Candidates with permanent civil service status in the titles of Administrative Project Manager, Administrative Staff Analyst and Administrative Engineer will also be considered.
3. Employees serving in the titles of or who meet the qualification requirements for Administrative Construction Project Manager will also be considered.
4. NYCHA employees applying for transfer, 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).
5. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans, deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City
Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS).

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

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1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four (4) years of satisfactory, responsible, full-time experience in a large government agency or business firm with programs in the field of housing, real estate/management, housing construction, engineering or a related field of which at least eighteen (18) months must have been in a responsible administrative, consultative, managerial or executive capacity; or
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must possess eighteen (18) months of administrative, consultative, managerial or executive experience as described above.

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.