Senior Borough Planner for the Division of Planning and Predevelopment

Job Description

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of 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.
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Your Team:

The Office of Neighborhood Strategies (ONS) collaborates with nonprofits, community stakeholders, and elected officials to empower tenants and homeowners and to plan for neighborhood change, including the redevelopment of public land for affordable housing.
- The Office of Neighborhood Strategies is composed of two divisions and a cross-divisional unit reporting to the Associate Commissioner:
- The Division of Planning and Predevelopment (P&P) manages HPD’s predevelopment and land use pipeline on City-owned land, as well as the agency’s land use and resiliency policy.
- The Division of Neighborhood Development and Stabilization (NDS) conducts community engagement and outreach through neighborhood plans, tenant and owner support programs, education programs, and partnerships with community-based organizations.
- The Strategic Initiatives Unit (SIU) leads special planning and policy initiatives and provides essential technical, planning, and policy support to staff and the Associate Commissioner of Neighborhood Strategies.

Your Impact:

As a Senior Borough Planner on the Bronx Planning team within the Division of Planning and Predevelopment, your role is critical to fulfilling the Mayoral commitment to comprehensive community-based planning with the aim of stabilizing and strengthening neighborhoods to ensure they are diverse, livable, and equitable.
Your Role:
Reporting to the Borough Director, your role will include managing, tracking, reporting, and ensuring that predevelopment activities are being undertaken in a timely, efficient, and effective manner.

Your Responsibilities:
Selected duties for the Senior Borough Planner include:

- Shepherding a select portfolio of complex affordable housing projects through the land use approval process.
- Coordinating input from and building relationships with community members, technical experts, agency partners, and agency leadership.
- Analyzing development trends and neighborhood and market dynamics.
- Conducting land use and zoning analysis.
- Coordinating with Predevelopment Planners in the requests for proposals review and selection process.
- Working collaboratively with other City agencies, such as the Economic Development Corporation, the Department of City Planning, the New York City Housing Authority, State agencies, for- and non- profit housing and community developers, Community Boards and local organizations, public officials, and neighborhood residents.
- Representing HPD at public meetings, including with Community Boards, Borough Presidents’ Offices and the City Planning Commission.
- Creating clearly articulated and compelling public-facing materials including maps, data visualizations, and plain-language explanations of complex policy issues.
- Participating and assisting in neighborhood workshops, as necessary.
- Assisting with the management of work by junior staff and interns, with the opportunities for professional development.

Preferred Skills:

- Knowledge of and experience with New York City government, the NYC Zoning Resolution, and regulatory requirements; affordable housing development; and/or land use and urban planning issues.
- Successful experience working with community boards, civic associations, community-based non-profit organizations, and/or neighborhood groups.
- Experience conducting studies, writing reports, and facilitating meetings with community and interagency partners.
- Strong writing, researching, editing, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to produce high-quality materials in a variety of formats for internal and external audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects in a timely manner.
- Proficiency in ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and work effectively with others.
- Excited to be part of a team, to work with others to solve problems creatively, and get quality work done. Ability to hear, take, and give feedback effectively and productively and to collaborate with peers to get the job done.
- Two to four years of professional experience in a related field; candidates with master’s d