NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development · 20 hours ago
Legal Support for the Contracts and Real Estate Division
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$77K/yr - $89K/yr
4+ years expThe NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing. The role involves supporting attorneys and program staff on real estate and housing matters, focusing on affordable housing transactions and providing legal assistance to the agency.
CommunitiesGovernmentProperty DevelopmentReal Estate
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
Required
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
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
Benefits
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Company
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
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.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ahmed Tigani
First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Diversity Officer
Dave Seliger
Chief Digital Equity Officer
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