Faith Liaison

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.

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The Mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement (OME) is responsible for strategizing, coordinating, and executing on engagement that reaches the masses of everyday New Yorkers. We engage New Yorkers in shaping policy outcomes, demystifying government, and ensuring that the government remains accountable to serving the people of this great City. Our work is designed as a long‑term project – we are building the power of everyday New Yorkers, and we are building a City that works for all of us.

Liaisons represent the Mayor in each of their citywide communities and facilitate civic participation in their communities. Faith Liaisons represent the Mayor in relation to a specific faith community. Faith Liaisons serve as the direct link between their community, the Mayor, his administration, and City agencies.

• Maintaining key relationships with the citywide community of their faith.
• Attending relevant community events and representing the Mayor at community events.
• Developing meaningful, reciprocal, and trust‑reinforcing relationships with their faith community, community leaders, community‑based organizations, advocacy groups, non‑profits, and policy experts related to the community of faith.
• Communicating quickly, effectively, and compassionately with community members and community stakeholders in times of emergencies.
• Generating and executing campaign plans in coordination with other members of OME.
• Collecting and sharing community feedback and innovative ideas back from their community of faith with fellow OME staff, the administration, and/or relevant governmental entities.
• Creating pathways to make local government more accessible and understandable to their community of faith.
• Serving as constituent liaison when necessary, working with senior Administration staff to respond to questions.

• You are a committed organizer, passionate about ensuring that the public can meaningfully engage in the development and implementation of government policies and processes.
• You are a motivated self‑starter who can manage complicated projects with minimal guidance.
• You are passionate and knowledgeable about your community.
• You are an enthusiastic collaborator.

Special Assistant (MA)-MGRL - 0668A

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 3+ years of experience.

• Build and maintain a wide array of working relationships.
• Stay calm under pressure, including at public events, in case of emergencies.
• Have a good eye for identifying and developing leadership.

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 (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.