Executive Director, Community Hiring

Job Description

The Agency You’ll Join

The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. Previously, Mayor Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, state senator, and Brooklyn borough president. The Adams’ administration is leading the fight to serve the people of the greatest city in the world, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, working to make New York City’s economy stronger, reducing inequality, improving public safety, and making the city more affordable that meets the needs of all New Yorkers. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.

The Team You’ll Work With

The mission of the Office of Talent and Workforce Development (NYC Talent) is to ensure all New Yorkers can access good-paying careers and employers can access New York City's talent so they can thrive today and in the future. To achieve this mission, NYC Talent aligns efforts across the city's public-private workforce development ecosystem, provides data and policy expertise, and supports program innovations and process improvements for services offered by the City of New York and other workforce stakeholders. NYC Talent works in partnership with government, employers, industry professionals, educational institutions, nonprofits, and philanthropic organizations to ensure the City's workforce development strategy aligns with employer demand, jobseeker needs, and the rapidly changing economy.

The Problems You’ll Solve

Community Hiring is an initiative that allows the City to set workforce goals for City vendors to provide employment and apprenticeship opportunities to low-income individuals and those living in low-income communities. Community Hiring will enable qualified job seekers to connect with opportunities and City vendors to access a pipeline of talent more easily.

NYC Talent is seeking an Executive Director, Community Hiring to lead Community Hiring for the City of New York and this individual will be charged with managing and implementing the requirements of Chapter 79 of the NYC Charter and coordinating with other government offices and City-affiliated entities in implementing Community Hiring more broadly across the City. This includes, among other things, supporting City agencies and external partners such as City vendors and Community Hiring Referral Sources (such as HRA’s Business Link, the Workforce1 Career Centers, labor unions, among others), and overseeing the tracking, reporting, and compliance reviews of City procurements subject to Community Hiring requirements.
In addition, the Executive Director, Community Hiring will be responsible for implementing and maintaining - in coordination with other internal City partners - the technology tools necessary to collect data, track, and report on Community Hiring so that NYC Talent can meet all legally required reporting obligations, including under Chapter 79 of the NYC Charter and Labor Law 220-j. The Executive Director, Community Hiring, will also be responsible for managing the Section 3 (Federal Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968) compliance reporting obligations in accordance with the Section 3 Plan for the City of New York.

This position will report to the Executive Director of NYC Talent and will work collaboratively with NYC Talent staff, City Hall staff, City agencies, and external stakeholders.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Lead strategy and implementation for Community Hiring across the City.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with key internal stakeholders, including but not limited to, Department of Small Business Services, Human Resources Administration, Mayor’s Office of Contract Services, New York City Housing Authority, Housing Preservation and Development, Economic Development Corporation, and other City agencies subject to Community Hiring requirements.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with key external stakeholders, including but not limited to City vendors, labor unions, workforce development and training providers, industry associations, community-based organizations, and educational institutions.
- Develop and maintain relationships with other municipalities, states, and/or governmental entities that have hiring initiatives.
- Develop consistent monitoring policies and procedures for contracts subject to Community Hiring requirements.
- Manage the Community Hiring Referral Source network and directory, including working with City agencies, partners, and contracted vendors to become Referral Sources.
- Develop best practices for Community Hiring.