Senior Advisor

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. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. For current job opportunities, visit our careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With:
The Deputy Mayor for Operations oversees a robust portfolio of City Agencies, including the Departments of Citywide Administration Services, Design & Construction, Environmental Protection, Parks and Recreation, Records, Sanitation, Technology & Innovation, Transportation, as well as the New York City Fire Department and NYC Emergency Management. The Deputy Mayor of Operations also oversees the Mayor’s Offices of Capital Project Delivery, Climate & Environmental Justice, Environmental Coordination, Data & Analytics, Contract Services, Nonprofit Services, and Operations.

The Problems You’ll Solve:
Reporting to the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Operations (DMO), the Senior Advisor will be responsible for the following:

- Serve as a liaison between the DMO and the Departments of Parks & Recreation, Transportation, and Sanitation.
- Advance Administration priorities related to transportation planning and safe streets, open space access and programming, and sanitation policy.
- Lead inter-agency coordination and collaboration to support and ensure project and program delivery.
- Provide program and project management and oversight, especially on sensitive, logistically complex, and high-visibility initiatives.
- Guide agency staff who establish, implement, and monitor aggressive and streamlined schedules, budgets, and deliverables while mitigating setbacks and impacts.
- Anticipate regulatory processes and critical path items to ensure that they do not impede the progress of project goals and objectives.
- Provide and develop strategic guidance, direction, and assistance, with an understanding of operational feasibility on execution.
- Work with Intergovernmental Affairs, City Legislative Affairs, State Legislative Affairs, and Federal Legislative Affairs to address incoming requests from elected officials and support agencies.
- Develop and maintain positive and robust stakeholder relationships with nonprofits, community-based organizations, and advocates.
- Manage at least one Policy Advisor and additional staff as appropriate.
- Develop and facilitate systems and processes for City Hall coordination.
- Coordinate across Deputy Mayor teams.

About You:
- You are an expert in business operations, process design, and project management.
- You can operate independently with excellent time management skills and confirmed ability to deliver on multiple, competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
- You can effectively interact with people and partners across all levels within an organization.
- You have proven ability to follow through on complex projects from ideas to implementation.
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical information into clear and compelling presentations for an array of audiences.

Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- 7+ years of experience in policy or programming related to transportation design and planning, and/or parks and recreation planning, and/or sanitation policy and planning.

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