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City of New York · 13 hours ago

Legal Support for the Contracts and Real Estate Division

New York City, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

4+ years exp

The City of New York is dedicated to promoting quality and affordability in housing. The role involves supporting attorneys in the Contracts and Real Estate Division, focusing on affordable housing transactions and ensuring smooth processing and communication with stakeholders.

GovernmentLegalPublic Relations

Responsibilities

Duties include but not limited to assisting attorneys in the closing and processing of affordable housing transactions, including review and processing of certificates of completion for such affordable projects, and review and processing of sales of homeownership units from developers to individual homeowners

Serve as the main liaison with the individual homeowners, developers and representatives of such developers in the processing of the sales of the homeownership units

Provide general assistance to the Deputy General Counsel for Real Estate Transactions, assist HPD attorneys with the preparation of closing documents and other aspects of the real estate closing process, and work with HPD's program staff and outside attorneys involved in the closing of capitally funded projects

Perform pre-closing and post-closing administrative functions on capitally funded projects, including the review of end loan closing documents and the processing and approval of certificates of completion

Qualification

Real estate transactionsAdministrative managementAnalytical skillsClient-centered serviceEmbracing technologyTeam collaborationAdaptabilityCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty

An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in '1' above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in '1' above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty

Education and/or experience equivalent to '1', '2' or '3' above. However, all candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in '1', '2' or '3' above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience described in '1', '2' or '3' above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Ability to work productively and collaboratively as part of a team

Ability to adapt and grow in response to feedback

Openness to embracing new technologies

Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communications, and organizational skills

Ability to demonstrate a client-centered approach to service delivery

Ability to adapt to a fluid work environment with changing needs and priorities

Only candidates permanent in the Administrative Manager or comparable titles may apply