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NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development · 2 months ago

Director, Strategic Planning

The NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) is dedicated to promoting quality and affordability in housing for all New Yorkers. The Director of Strategic Planning will lead initiatives that enhance operational effectiveness and support strategic planning across the agency.

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Responsibilities

Design and facilitate sessions with agency staff, partners and/or members of the public. Develop activities to investigate, record, and later analyze qualitative information/data to inform decision-making or build consensus
Engage with leaders' agency-wide to examine and prioritize strategic challenges and opportunities that affect HPD and/or the city as a whole, and that may involve intra-agency collaboration
Directly supervise and support Strategic Planning staff managing a diverse set of projects, maintaining active oversight of scope, timeline, and progress
Personally lead or conduct portions of the project work that require engaging with HPD senior and middle management as needed
Directly manage some strategic planning projects, ensuring each project is well-scoped and supported through proactive stakeholder engagement
Support the design or re-engineering of new/existing programs at HPD
Support efforts to build strategic planning competencies and capacity across teams at HPD

Qualification

Qualitative analysisFacilitation skillsProject managementLeadership skillsCommunication skillsStakeholder engagementGovernment experienceInterest in housingTeamworkProblem-solving

Required

Demonstrated facilitation skills, and an ability to lead diverse groups of stakeholders through idea-generating and decision-making exercises
Experience researching, gathering, organizing, and analyzing qualitative information to identify patterns, insights, or opportunities for process improvement or decision-making
Ability to use independent judgment and initiative to evaluate procedures/programs and qualitative data the team gathered
Demonstrated leadership skills; capacity for inspiring teamwork and promoting staff development
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and an ability to articulate information and recommendations clearly and persuasively
Experience simultaneously managing multiple complex projects
Interest in improving government effectiveness and in housing quality and affordability

Preferred

A graduate degree in a relevant field (Public Administration, Public Policy, Business Administration, etc.) is strongly preferred
Experience in a work setting that used facilitation as a core method (eg., management or planning consultation) is strongly preferred
HPD or government experience is a plus

Benefits

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Company

NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development

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Established in 1978, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest city housing preservation and development agency in the nation.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (4)
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2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Ahmed Tigani
First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Diversity Officer
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Dave Seliger
Chief Digital Equity Officer
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