Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Public Administration and Administrative Law

The New York City Housing Authority’s Law Department seeks a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel to provide ongoing guidance, supervision, and legal support for the nation’s largest public housing agency on Records Retention, Privacy, Freedom of Information Law, Administrative Appeals and additional Article 78 matters, Environmental Law, and other legal issues as they arise. The Deputy General Counsel will establish a new Division in the Law Department of approximately 20 staff, pulling together new and existing work streams, manage Directors/Deputy Directors, attorneys, and administrative professionals for those work areas and other staff as required.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the General Counsel, with wide latitude for independent judgment and unreviewed action and decision, responsibilities include the following:

• Supervise legal and administrative staff.
• Set and monitor performance expectations, case management, and productivity goals for each area of law under supervision.
• Review, approve, and draft legal memoranda, affidavits, and other documents for state and federal court proceedings as well as administrative and regulatory matters as required.
• Complete policy analysis, recommendations and advice.
• Create and give presentations to legal and nonlegal staff on internal processes and relevant areas of law.
• Manage legal data-related reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively and support process improvements with other divisions of the Law Department, management staff, and departments throughout NYCHA.
• Manage outside counsel and communications with external stakeholders including tenants, advocates, other government officials, and regulators.
• Perform other duties as assigned in these and related areas.
  
  

Note: The selected candidate will be required to maintain confidentiality regarding all NYCHA proceedings.

Additional Information

• Resume and cover letter must also include bar admission date(s) (month and year). Candidates must also provide three references, listing their professional association and the circumstances under which they became familiar with the candidate’s professional skills. Two writing samples may be requested if selected for an interview.
• NYCHA employees applying for 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).
• NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
  
  

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

Minimum Qualifications

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.

Preferred Skills

Specific Knowledge and Skills Required: 1. Demonstrated ability to investigate and address factual and legal issues in a clear, concise, and logical fashion, orally and in writing. 2. Effective advocacy. 3. Willingness to take initiative, work independently, adapt to changing circumstances, and propose practical solutions. 4. Close attention to detail. 5. Ability to manage time effectively, including multi-tasking and setting priorities. 6. Cooperative attitude. 7. Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels of the agency. 8. Proven ability to engage and effectively manage teams working on varied substantive areas of law. 9. Past success in developing and implementing internal process improvements. 10. Expertise in records retention and access laws (i.g.i.e., FOIL), requirements and guidance, privacy laws and best practices, Article 78, environmental review (CEQR, SEQRA, and/or NEPA), environmental permitting and regulation (DEC, EPA, DEP, etc.), and/or similar.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

NYCHA has no residency requirements.

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.

, $170,000.00 – $190,000.00