About the Agency:
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.
As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.
Your Team:
The Office of Investigations and Labor Relations (OILR), part of the Office of the First Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, supports the agency’s mission by serving all divisions and offices to address a wide range of operational and personnel matters across the organization.
Your Impact:
HPD administers the fifth largest Section 8 Program in the nation, also known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The Section 8 Program provides Federal rent subsidies to eligible low-income families for decent, safe, and affordable housing. HPDs Section 8 Appeals Unit manages and conducts informal hearings and reviews, which are the mechanisms through which Section 8 Program participants/applicants appeal Program decisions concerning their eligibility for rent subsidies. The candidate will be expected to perform highly confidential and sensitive investigations concerning misconduct and incompetence of agency employees, including within the Section 8 Program.
Your Role:
Your role will be to conduct preliminary research, examine and analyze evidence and records, including employee records, telephone records, and any other records derived from law-enforcement databases and City agencies, to support HPD’s divisions including Code Enforcement, Litigation, AEP etc. CDBG actions.
This position is ideal for a candidate who is inquisitive, resourceful and has the ability to analyze documents, records, and data. The successful candidate will be conscientious, creative, detail-oriented, self-motivated and flexible enough to perform effectively both independently and as a team.
Your Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will include conducting interviews, taking statements and complaints, as well as coordinating and performing field surveillances. In addition, the Investigator will conduct personal service of various notices and other documentation, and produce written reports and internal memoranda concerning findings, with recommendations. Substantiated findings of misconduct may result in prosecution, and the Investigator will be responsible for assisting in trial preparation and may be required to testify at hearings and other court proceedings.
Preferred skills:
1. Prior experience in conducting or assisting in disciplinary investigations.
2. Solid writing ability.
3. Strong communication skills, excellent judgment, and confidence to discuss the results of your analysis.
4. Highly detail oriented and organized with the ability to multi-task.
5. Ability to prioritize.
6. Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance.
7. Ability to exercise discretion on sensitive and confidential matters.
CANDIDATE MUST:
Possess a NYS Driver’s License and have excellent computer and writing skills.
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