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.
Specific Responsibilities:
– Senior Advisor – Serve as a senior advisor to the Executive Director, Chief Policy and Programs Officer, and other colleagues on talent and workforce priorities, vision, goals, and programmatic initiatives.
– Project & Team Management – Supervise internal staff responsible for key programmatic portfolios serving priority populations and the City’s workforce and systems change goals to monitor progress and to ensure that goals and timelines are met. Key initiatives under the Senior Advisor’s purview include:
o Workplace Accessibility and Inclusion, supporting its staff to increase accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities in employer workplaces and workforce provider programs.
o Youth employment, supporting agency partners to coordinate the goals and strategies aligned with the City’s priorities, and provide expertise to internal NYC Talent teams on incorporating youth populations within their initiatives.
– Agency Liaison – Convene agency partners as needed to support City Hall workforce development initiatives, RFP development and feedback, and work with relevant agencies to support connecting priority populations as outlined in the WDB WIOA Local Plan to the City’s workforce system. Priority populations include Veterans, public assistance recipients, out-of-school youth, immigrants, older adults, individuals who are justice-impacted, and single parents.
– Team Coordination – Coordinate with internal teams including Office of Community Hiring, Industry Partnerships, NYC Workforce Development Board, Apprenticeship Accelerator, Data & Impact, and External Affairs to ensure that programmatic and policy priorities are consistent and coordinated across the NYC Talent portfolio of work.
– NYC Workforce Development Board
o Serve as a subject matter expert on career pathways development, referrals, and resource sharing to support WIOA programs including youth, adult education, vocational rehabilitation, and local education institutions.
– Employer Engagement Support – Provide expert technical assistance to NYC Talent’s Industry Partnerships and other employer engagement intermediaries to understand City programs and to maximize their use by NYC businesses.
– Resource Development Support – Support City efforts and strategy to source new city, state, and federal funding streams, including through new public grants, private partnerships, and philanthropic funding.
– General Support – As needed, serve as spokesperson, representative, and ambassador of NYC Talent in public forums, advocate for the work of NYC Talent initiatives, and prepare effective written materials, including memos and decks to be used in presentations, external meetings with senior executives, and public speaking engagements.
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