Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) fights poverty and seeks racial, social and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. For over 50 years, we have challenged systemic injustices that trap people in poverty and provided legal services that help our clients meet basic needs for housing, income and economic security, family and immigration stability, education, and health care.
LSNYC is the largest civil legal services provider in the country; our staff of more than 600 people in neighborhood-based offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs helps hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers annually. We partner with scores of community-based and client-run organizations, elected officials, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness. Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equity for all low-income New Yorkers.
LSNYC employees have numerous opportunities for growth and professional development, including access to our internal Justice Learning Center, which provides opportunities to earn free CLEs and gain experience as a trainer. Further, LSNYC prides itself on its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) efforts and aims to create a work environment where everyone can bring their full selves to the work.
All non-managerial staff at LSNYC are part of one union and enjoy a generous benefits and compensation package, including exceptional healthcare, dental insurance, a vision plan, 21 vacation days per year (increasing to 28 days after the first year), 18 sick days per year, and a Loan Repayment Assistance Program. LSNYC staff can work remotely up to 50% of the time, job duties permitting.
NOTICE OF JOB OPENING
Deputy Director (Housing), Grants & Contracts
Reporting to the Director of Grants & Contract Management, Central Office
Our Organization:
Legal Services NYC fights poverty and seeks racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. For more than 50 years, we have challenged systemic injustices that keep people in poverty and provided legal services that help our clients meet basic needs for housing, income, economic security, family and immigration stability, education, and health care. LSNYC is the largest civil legal services provider in the country; our staff of almost 700 people in neighborhood-based offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs helps over 100,000 New Yorkers annually. We partner with scores of community-based and client-run organizations, elected officials, law schools, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness. Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equity for low-income New Yorkers.
The Opportunity:
LSNYC seeks a Deputy Director (Housing) for our Citywide Grants & Contracts Unit at the Central Office to manage grants duties related to housing citywide and/or multi-borough grants and contracts, including the following:
The Deputy Director (Housing) will be located at the LSNYC Central Office in Manhattan and will report to the LSNYC Director of Grants and Contract Management.
The Deputy Director (Housing) will directly supervise 3 Central grants staff members—1) the Universal Access to Counsel/Right to Counsel (UAC/RTC) Grants Specialist; 2) the Anti-Harassment/Tenant Protection (AHTP/TRC) Grants Specialist; and, 3) the Grants Associate (Housing). They will also supervise the eviction prevention work of the Benefits & Veterans Grants Specialist. The Deputy Director (Housing) will also work very closely with the Citywide Housing Director & Deputy Director, Borough Housing Supervisors, and Borough Grant Managers and Specialists. The Deputy Director (Housing) may be expected to travel to various borough offices, city agencies, and funder offices for grants and contracts management-related duties. Along with the Deputy Director (General Practice) in Central Grants, the Deputy Director (Housing) in Central Grants will serve as one of the two administrators in charge of the Central Grants & Contracts team in the absence of the Director of Grants & Contracts.
The Deputy Director (Housing)’s job responsibilities will include the following: Partnering with the Director of Grants & Contracts and working very closely with the Citywide Housing Director and Deputy Director, the Deputy Director (Housing) will oversee all aspects of the LSNYC’s citywide housing grants—UAC/RTC, AHTP/TRC and others.
The Deputy Director (Housing) will also work closely with the Compliance Director and the Director of Intake on a variety of housing case data collection and compliance issues. They will also work closely with the Director of Data & Evaluation and other Grants staff focusing on housing data collection and coding to implement housing data collection and reporting changes. Specific duties will include the following:
• Along with the Citywide Housing Director, Deputy Director and Director of Grants & Contracts, serve as a key point person with citywide housing funders on a wide variety of issues, including but not limited to the following: requested reporting changes, OCJ and OCA case referrals; monthly case reporting; annual staffing reporting, audits, data integrity (failed cases), DHCI forms and other forms of income eligibility proof;
• Supervision of Central Housing Grants Specialists & Associates;
• 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;
• Supervision of the preparation of data-clean-up reports (including the “All Housing” report and eligible case reports) for both UAC/RTC and AHTP/TRC; • Supervision of the preparation of final UAC/RTC and AHTP/TRC reports to OCJ;
• Supervision of the review and correction of DHCIs and application for Benefit Verification Requests;
• Supervision of the income waiver application process;
• Supervision of the UAC/RTC and AHTP/TRC “roll-over”/case carryover process;
• Supervision of the tenant organizing CBO contracts, reporting and invoicing process.
• Supervision of the benchmarking (Goals v. Actuals) process;
• Supervision of the submission of housing case narrative summaries;
• Management of the implementation of new data collection and reporting requirements by housing funders;
• Problem solving around reporting issues related to building cases
• Co-manage housing contract development with the Director of Grants & Contracts;
• Manage 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;
• And other related grants duties, as time permits, assigned by the Director of Grants & Contract Management.
The Deputy Director (Housing) will work a hybrid schedule (half-remote and half in the office). We seek a candidate with good judgment and strong technical and communication skills. In addition, the successful candidate must have good problem-solving skills and a demonstrated initiative and capacity to complete self-directed tasks and the skills to work with and lead diverse teams. Finally, we seek someone who can both see the big picture and focus on the small details related to grants & contracts management.
Requirements include:
• A minimum of 2-5 years of experience in grants and contracts management is preferred, ideally in the housing area. Familiarity with NYC and NYS grants supporting the provision of civil legal services preferred;
• Significant experience in developing systems for data collection, compliance monitoring, benchmarking and program reporting;
• Significant technical knowledge of and experience with computerized case management systems, including but not limited to, the customization of case management systems, the running of reports, and an ability to extract data to answer questions posed by funders and/or management.
• 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 (borough legal managers and grant managers, directors of administration, supervising and staff attorneys, and intake staff, etc.) 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; and
• A strong attention to detail in all facets of the work. In addition, we seek a candidate with a: • Commitment to social justice and DEIB and interest and experience working with and supporting diverse, low-income communities.
Interested individuals should submit an application (resume, cover letter and writing sample) through the online Greenhouse platform which is accessible through this link: https://boards.greenhouse.io/legalservicesnyc/jobs/4363822006
Please write “Deputy Director (Housing), Grants & Contracts” in subject line.
Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No telephone calls. Additional information about the practice may be found on our website, www.legalservicesnyc.org.
Legal Services NYC is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, and people over the age of 40 are strongly encouraged to apply. All employees are strongly encouraged to continue to receive and maintain up-to-date COVID vaccinations unless they are unable to for medical or religious reason.
Job#48_2024; Posted: 05.2024 Salary Range (Based on years of experience): $102,584 - $152,73
Legal Services NYC is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, people over 40, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people are strongly encouraged to apply.
