Vice President for Legal Affairs and First Deputy General Counsel

The Vice President for Legal Affairs and First Deputy General Counsel provides NYCHA’s General Counsel with support and legal advice on intra- and inter-departmental strategic planning and initiatives with respect to agency policies, programs and operations. The successful candidate will functionally and directly manage Law Department staff, projects and initiatives as directed by the General Counsel; provide legal advice on compliance, professional development, use of outside counsel and other related issues; oversee department-wide efforts; liaise with all NYCHA departments; and coordinate and follow up on requests, projects and assignments. The successful candidate will work with the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation as well as the Deputy General Counsel for Housing Litigation to oversee, manage and implement strategic visions for the Law Department’s litigation portfolio, including landlord & tenant matters, and a full range of civil litigation in both state and federal courts.

Reporting directly to the General Counsel, the primary responsibilities of the Vice President for Legal Affairs and First Deputy General Counsel include, but are not limited to the following:

- Provide Office of the General Counsel oversight and support of the NYCHA Law Department’s litigation portfolio.
- Act as liaison between the General Counsel and the legal management team, functioning as a resource for identifying challenges, both legal and non-legal, and developing solutions with Operations and the Executive Team and ensuring the timely flow of information.
- Review and analyze departmental challenges; make recommendations for enhancements and improved effectiveness at meeting performance goals.
- Engage in special projects with other departments, or plans initiated by the Legal Management Team or the Executive Team that support the overall mission of NYCHA.
- Analyze policy and draft memos with policy recommendations.
- Collaborate with NYCHA staff on regulatory issues related to vendors, projects, and resident issues to ensure compliance.
- Represent the General Counsel in meetings and on committees.
- Create presentations through research, analysis, site visits and information gathering.
- Represent NYCHA in Court on high profile matters.
- Manage Office of the General Counsel staff.

Additional Information

1. NYCHA employees applying for transfer, promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
2. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
3. NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans, deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS).

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

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Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.

Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

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.