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Job Description

About the Agency:

The NYC Department Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

- We maintain building and resident safety and health

- We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability

- We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.

Your Team:

The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services (OENS) leads the agency’s effort to work closely with other HPD divisions and outside community partners to identify buildings in distress, assess and develop appropriate strategies to address those properties and work closely with responsible owners to develop a plan to improve conditions and return buildings to firm financial footing and physical health. OENS uses enforcement tools within its Division of Code Enforcement, Housing Litigation Division, Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement, and the Division of Neighborhood Preservation to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.

The Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services is composed of seven divisions: Data Management & Technology (DMT), Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP), Administration & Internal Compliance (AIC), Housing Litigation Division (HLD), Division of Code Enforcement (DCE), and Emergency Operations and Enhanced Enforcement Division (EOD) and Division of Emergency Housing Services (EHS).

Your Impact:

Under executive direction of the Citywide Chief Housing Inspector, with wide latitude for independent initiative, judgment and decision making,

Your Role:

Your role will be Deputy Chief/Administrative Housing Inspector M-1 in the Division of Code Enforcement (CODE).

Your Responsibilities:

As the Deputy Chief Inspector for Bronx Code Enforcement Office, you will be responsible for but not limited to the following;

- Assisting with the planning, directing, and coordinating the activities (training, performance evaluations, etc.) for inspectorial and support staff.

- Ensuring the proper application and interpretation of the New York State Multiple Dwelling Law, New York City Housing Maintenance Code, and all other applicable rules and regulations.

- Maintaining and coordinating all functions of Code Enforcement Unit.

- Ensuring that inspection, re-inspection, and violation information is properly entered into the computer system and kept current.

- Represent Code Enforcement at meetings, presentations, and housing conferences.

- Performing special assignments as requested.

- Make independent decision, in the absence of the Chief Inspector, on matters regarding tenant safety and wellbeing utilizing HPD directives, New York State Multiple Dwelling Law, New York City Housing Maintenance Code, and all other applicable rules and regulations as a guide.

SPECIAL NOTES:

- The scope of responsibility for this position requires that the candidate be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to emergency conditions as they arise and provide guidance and oversight (either in the office or on call).

- Candidate may be required to work evenings and weekends and may be assigned to any of the five Boroughs.

- Candidate is also required to serve regular rotations as citywide “Duty Chief” during non-regular business hours.

Preferred Skills:

- Strong interpersonal skills which allow effective direct communications with HPD officials, agency staff and external parties to which the office relates.

- Ability to work under pressure and restrictive deadlines, in an atmosphere of intense activity, and be able to elicit the same from subordinate staff.

- Managerial skills which allows the ability to delegate responsibility.

- Excellent analytical ability & research skills.

- Strong Customer Service Focus.

- Excellent verbal, writing and computer skills.

- The ability to communicate competently in another language in addition to English.

- A working knowledge and familiarity with computer programs such as Microsoft Word/Excel.

Candidates must possess and maintain a valid New York State driver’s license for the duration of their employment.

ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTOR (HOUS - 10078

Qualifications

1. Seven years of full-time, paid experience in the management of the maintenance and repairs of private or public residential, commercial or industrial real estate properties, building construction inspections or field inspections and investigations requiring the gathering and reporting of housing or building data or full journeyman-level experience in the building trades as a mason, carpenter, plasterer, iron worker, plumber, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity; or

2. Five years of experience, as described in "1" above, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity, plus two years of education in an accredited college or technical school in a construction program or education towards a baccalaureate degree in a related field of Engineering, Architecture or Engineering Technology; or

3. At least two years of experience, as described in "1" above, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity, plus an approved five year apprenticeship in housing inspection; or

4. Completion of three years of apprenticeship in housing inspection, plus either four years of experience as described in "1" above, at least 18

months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity or two years of experience as described in "1"above, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity and two years of education as described in "2" above; or

5. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1", "2", "3", or "4" above. All candidates must have at least two years of experience as described in "1" above, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity. Six months of experience will be credited for each year of apprenticeship in the building trades up to a maximum of two years of the general experience.

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.

Salary Min: $ 95,000.00

Salary Max: $109,228.00