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Job Description

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES CIVIL SERVICE TITLE, OR PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR 6.1.9, OR IMMEDIATELY REACHABLE ON EXAM # 1121.

The Homelessness Prevention and Community Support (PCS) within the Homelessness Prevention Administration is responsible for the oversight and collaboration with our homelessness prevention partners, providing comprehensive programs to combat the many drivers of homelessness, avoid, shelter entry and re-entry, prevent eviction, and keep families and individuals stably housed within their community. PCS has oversight and administers over 70 million dollars in Homelessness Prevention Contracts, including our network of Homebase and FHEPS providers and several other community-based organizations providing Homelessness Prevention Services.

Under the administrative direction of the Executive Director, Prevention and Community Support, with latitude for independent judgment and initiative, the incumbent is responsible for the administration and daily operations of the PCS unit and the Homebase program. The Director will collaborate with many homelessness prevention partners that provide comprehensive programs to avoid shelter entry and reentry, combat the many drivers of homelessness and keep families and individuals stably housed within their community.

The Homelessness Prevention Administration/Prevention and Community Support (PCS) is recruiting for one (1) Administrative Director of Social Services (NM-II) to function as the Director in HPA’s Prevention and Community Support Unit.

The Director will:

- Support project management and implementation plans in homelessness prevention programming
to reduce homelessness and improve the lives of families and individuals coming to HRA attention -
key to the City's overall strategy with government, private and community supports for families and
individuals to avoid shelter entry and have stable and permanent housing in the community.

- Direct and manage the Prevention and Community Support team. Monitor unit vacancies and
participate in the interviews of new staff. Determine training needs, support and guide ongoing staff
professional development. Set standard of skill and activity for unit staff roles and ensure
involvement in professional development activities. Identify areas of need/improvement and initiate
creative strategies to enhance staff capacity and commitment to a high standard of performance
including a comprehensive approach to review inquiries, questions and concerns to ensure
thorough response and follow through. Provide day-to-day guidance and oversight of
subordinates (e.g. work assignments, consultation, etc.); actively works to promote and recognize
performance. Responsible for personnel and business resource management.

- Oversee non-profit contracted providers devoted to developing, implementing and
operationalizing the Agency's Homebase program, including, the implementation of
Homelessness Prevention programming, determining provider training needs and develop training
curriculum to ensure program goals are met.

- Oversee the unit's administrative responsibilities in the coordination of rental assistance
programs such as Eviction Prevention for Vulnerable Adults (EPVA) and Medicaid Re-Design
Tean1 (MRT) Programs, the City and State Emergency Housing Voucher program.

- Consult regularly with the Executive Director and provide input in formulation of new initiatives
designed to serve vulnerable families and single adults, developing and implementing policy;
manage outreach and collaboration, as well as presenting the agency's work and viewpoints to
service providers, sister agencies, funders, and managing special projects within the unit.
Participate in development of long-term goals, objectives, and priorities. Create project plans to
implement new initiatives including short-term objectives and priorities and reflect appropriate
inclusion of effectiveness and efficiency standards/guidelines.

- Manage quality assurance, monitoring, and evaluation activities of Homebase contracts with the
goal of enhancing and advancing the delivery of services, as well as supplementing methods and
procedures, thus ensuring that programs operate in accordance with the goals of the Agency.
Ensure that programs have data applications that capture program statistics for reporting and to
advance the delivery of service. Advise process to establish quality improvement performance
measures and develop other related policy and procedural memorandums.

- Coordinate new areas of activity and responsibility for the PCS unit, for example, expansion of
community programming for rental assistance, in partnership with CBO and government partners
(i.e., legal providers, ACS, DYCD). Facilitate structural updates to ensure unit can accommodate
new elements of PCS operations.

- Ensure that client and constituent inquiries are appropriately and timely addressed (via the
correspondence from - IQ, hotline, 311, city/state/federal agencies, local government officials,
cross divisional partners, HRA leadership, etc.). Manage coordination of internal systems, IQ, etc.
and monitor unit staff follow up and management of inquiries via reports and general oversight.
Assess effectiveness of unit procedures and implements adjustments and new systems as needed.



Hours: 9am-5pm

Work Location: 4 WTC, NY, NY

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four years of progressively responsible experience, including one year at the administrative or managerial level in a large governmental agency, business firm, civic or community organization operating in the area of social services; or

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and the one year of experience at the administrative or management level as described in "1" above.

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.

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January 23, 2025

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