Legal Services NYC is hiring a
Deputy Director in United States

Summary

The job is for a Deputy Director (Housing) at Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), a large civil legal services provider fighting poverty and seeking racial, social, and economic justice. The role involves managing grants duties related to housing and supervising staff members. LSNYC offers numerous opportunities for growth and professional development, including access to their internal Justice Learning Center.

Requirements

• A minimum of 2-5 years of experience in grants and contracts management is preferred, ideally in the housing area
• Significant experience in developing systems for data collection, compliance monitoring, benchmarking and program reporting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong oral and written communication/editing skills
• Strong abilities in Windows, Microsoft Word and Excel, including the creation of hyperlinks, pivot tables (cross tabs), v-look ups, and data analysis and visualization
• An ability to work collaboratively within a high paced multidisciplinary environment with many competing priorities
• An ability to manage multiple priorities, work under tight deadlines and to exercise good judgment when supporting the borough offices’ grant management and reporting needs
• A strong attention to detail in all facets of the work

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Director of Grants & Contracts and work closely with the Citywide Housing Director and Deputy Director. Oversee all aspects of LSNYC’s citywide housing grants
• Supervise 3 Central grants staff members and the eviction prevention work of the Benefits & Veterans Grants Specialist
• Prepare Annual Citywide Housing Staffing Reports for Citywide Housing Funders
• Conduct periodic data runs and analysis in response to requests from the Citywide Housing Director and Deputy Director
• Supervise the preparation of data-clean-up reports, final UAC/RTC and AHTP/TRC reports to OCJ, review and correction of DHCIs, application for Benefit Verification Requests, income waiver application process, UAC/RTC and AHTP/TRC ‘roll-over’/case carryover process, tenant organizing CBO contracts, reporting and invoicing process
• Manage housing contract development, citywide housing audits by LSNYC auditors as well as funder audits
• Cover for Central Housing Grants Specialists and Associate when they are unavailable
• Manage the updating of the Reported Housing Cases (RHC) Screen in Legal Server
• Manage other related grants duties, as time permits, assigned by the Director of Grants & Contract Management

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with NYC and NYS grants supporting the provision of civil legal services preferred

Benefits

Exceptional healthcare, dental insurance, vision plan, vacation days (increasing to 28 days after the first year), sick days, and a Loan Repayment Assistance Program