Disaster Recovery Grant Manager

• Job Category:
  Policy, Research & Analysis
• Salary Band: $100,000 to $125,000
• Compensation: USD 98,140 - USD 110,000

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.

The Disaster Recovery Grant Manager will be a key member of the Compliance & Strategy Team within the agency’s Office of Compliance & Risk Management (CRM). This office includes various compliance, oversight, and hearing functions to ensure fairness, consistency, and equity in both our external and internal engagement. CRM collaborates with programs across HPD to ensure the agency and its partners comply with laws (federal, state, and city), regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures.

The Office includes the following Divisions and units:

• Compliance & Strategy
• Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance
• Audit Support
• Adjudications
• Public Information

CRM is responsible for overseeing the agency’s compliance and risk management functions, liaising with the units and staff responsible for relevant compliance responsibilities, audit responses, site standard adherence for financed construction work, public-facing appeals and hearings, and managing risk for the agency. The Disaster Recovery Grant Manager will be responsible for supporting teams across the agency in managing programs funded by grants received by HPD, with a specific focus on Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants [NJ2.1][GM2.2]provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after a qualifying disaster, such as Hurricanes Sandy and Ida.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Compliance & Strategy, the Disaster Recovery Grant Manager will manage cross-agency programmatic and reporting obligations, assist with policies and procedures, and provide technical assistance for CDBG-DR[NJ3.1][GM3.2] grant funded programs within HPD. The person in this role will work closely and liaise with Offices and Divisions throughout HPD, as well as external partners.

• Coordinate between programs administering CDBG grant funds across the agency as well as external partners, which may include the NYC Office of Management & Budget (OMB), NYC Housing Recovery Operations (HRO), NYC Law Department (Law), NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ), and HUD.
• Carry out the infrastructure already set in place for monitoring, documenting, and reporting internal, contractors’, and subrecipients’ compliance with all applicable governing regulations for CDBG-DR [NJ4.1]programs and help implement for new CDBG-DR programs.
• Supervise a CDBG-DR Grant Compliance Manager
• Collaborate with administrative and program staff in the implementation of plans, policies, and strategies to ensure effective compliance with federal and program policies, including but not limited to the Offices of Neighborhood Strategies (ONS), Development (DEV), Asset & Property Management (APM), Policy & Strategy (OPS), Finance & Administration (OFA), and Legal Affairs (OLA).
• Provide guidance and…