Job Description

YOU MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE


The Office of Supportive/Affordable Housing and Services (OSAHS) helps former homeless clients succeed in permanent housing, by providing access to permanent housing with support services. OSAHS works closely with other divisions of HRA and with other governmental and non-governmental service providers to create new programs and to integrate and refine existing services, so the people it serves can achieve their maximum functional capacity. Program areas under OSAHS’ purview include the design and implementation of the Mayor’s 15,000-unit supportive housing commitment, master leasing for former homeless households, coordination with HPD for homeless set-asides, providing support services for former homeless seniors and developing innovative housing models to house in need individuals and families.

OSAHS supports and coordinates the development of supportive housing, provides referrals to and services in supportive, senior affordable housing and other related affordable and supportive housing initiatives. Supportive housing is affordable housing with supportive services, including both mental and physical healthcare access, alcohol and substance use programs, and other social services that promote integration in the community for formerly homeless clients.

The Office of Affordable/Supportive Housing and Services, Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) Contracts Unit is recruiting for one (1) Associate Staff Analysts to function as Program Analysts who will:

- Monitor and evaluate a minimum of fifteen supportive housing (SRO) and/or senior housing contracts with non-profit providers to ensure that the highest quality of service is provided and that terms of their contracts are being met by monitoring monthly provider reporting and conducting at minimum bi-annual site visits to review program performance and assist them to identify and correct program deficiencies.

- Work with contracted not-for-profit providers to ensure that occupancy standards are maintained.

- Review and analyze programmatic and fiscal reports, requests for proposals, audits, annual budgets and budget modifications, contract accruals and expenditures, and for coordinating the annual review/closed-out proves for their contracts.

- Ensure the accurate and timely preparation and submission of performance evaluations, contract documents for new SRO contracts and the renewal or amendment of existing contracts.

- Act as primary liaison for OSAHS with not-for-profit contractors, other government agencies such as, but not limited to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and NYC Housing Preservation and Development, and other HRA/DHS divisions such as the Budget, Finance, Audit, ACCO, Facilities and Maintenance and Legal Divisions.

- Respond to priority and emergency situations reported by non-profit providers.

- Generate reports and data as requested by senior management.

- Participate on committees to review proposals submitted in response to RFPs procured through HRA, with special focus on services in supportive and affordable housing.

- Perform other related duties as directed by Executive Director.


Work Location: 150 Greenwich Street 39th Floor New York, NY 10007

Hours/Schedule: 9:00am-17:00pm (Flexible)

Qualifications

1. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee
benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area; or
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in “1" above.