Government Affairs Coordinator

Your Team

The Division of Government Affairs works with City, State, and federal elected officials, as well as agencies, policy makers, advocates, and other stakeholders to assess, craft, and secure legislative changes needed to implement HPD's goals of creating and preserving affordable housing and protecting the quality and safety of the City's housing stock.

Your Role

The Governmental Affairs Coordinator represents the Division and Agency at meetings with elected officials, government agencies, industry and community stakeholders, and members of the public, manages the Division's handling of constituent cases referred by Elected Officials and provides support in responding to requests from elected officials and other governmental agencies.

Your Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner of Government Affairs, the selected candidate will be responsible for the following duties:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of external relationships with elected officials, government agencies, industry and community stakeholders, and members of the public
• Tracking and responding to constituent inquiries from elected officials, external partners, and the public, ensuring that each inquiry is logged, prioritized, researched, and responded to in a timely and thorough manner
• Assisting with planning and implementation of community outreach activities
• Supporting the Government Affairs Team in preparation for legislative hearings and housing events
• Drafting memoranda, correspondence, briefings and talking points
• Representing HPD at public hearings, public forums, meetings with elected officials, and other housing events
• Assisting with office administration and intern supervision, as needed
• Other duties and special projects as assigned

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including editing and proofreading skills
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with strong attention to detail
• Strong time management skills with demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple complex tasks
• Strong customer service orientation with an ability to deal professionally and tactfully with all levels of staff and external partners
• Intermediate or above level proficiency in Google products, as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Bilingual/multilingual proficiency a strong plus

Minimum Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in government affairs, community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
• High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in government affairs, community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above.

Qualifications & Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
• High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.