Job Information
City of New York Supervising HQE Inspector in New York, New York
Job Description
About the Agency:
The NYC Department Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.
We maintain building and resident safety and health
We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.
HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.
Your Team:
The Division of Budget and Program Operations (BPO) within the Office of Housing Access and Stability provides support services to the Division of Housing Opportunity, Division of Tenant and Owner Resources, the Division of Housing Stability, and the Division of Policy and Program Innovation. BPO assists with monitoring and supporting program budgeting and planning, including both staffing and procurement support. The Division also manage the Housing Quality Enforcement and related inspection functions for the Office. In addition, the BPO team coordinates technology initiatives and analytics across the Office in coordination with key technology stakeholders across the agency, providing support on key systems to internal and external stakeholders.
HPD and NYCHA are both designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") as Public Housing Authorities ("PHAs") for purposes of administering the federal Housing Choice Voucher ("HCV") program in the City of New York. NYCHA received approval from HUD to convert certain public housing units to the tenant-based assistance Housing Choice Voucher Program (the “Non-Public Housing Units”) which are located in twenty-one (21) State and City-Aided Developments. For the PHA-owned units receiving assistance under the tenant-based HCV Program, the PHA must obtain the services of a HUD approved independent entity to perform certain PHA functions for such PHA-owned units including Housing Quality Standard (“HQS”) inspections; HPD is a separate entity that has expertise in performing Section 8 HQS inspections and NYCHA has obtained HUD's approval for HPD's role in performing such HQS Inspection Services in NYCHA’s Non-Public Housing Units.
Your Impact:
A Supervising Housing Quality Enforcement Inspector in the Division of Budget and Program Operations (DBPO) manages, coordinates and supervises the inspections to dwellings that have been converted to public housing units. Monitors and supervises HQE inspectors who conduct Vacant, Initials and Biennal inspections for non public housing units utilizing NYCHA’s electronic handheld equipment. A Supervising HQE Inspector plans, directs and coordinates the activities of a unit of HQE inspectors engaged in determining the assessment of the various supplies, materials and products used to ensure adherence to inspections according to HUD rules and regulations.
Your Role:
Supervise and train inspectors performing inspections independently as to the condition of the dwelling
Supervise and manage a team of inspectors conducting sixteen (16) inspections per day provided that NYCHA schedules the day’s inspections for each inspector in a single development or neighborhood
Supervise, coordinate and track the collection of all data from the inspectors in order to enter information into Elite Data System
Ensure the inspectors have the tools, equipment and uniforms needed to perform inspections
Responsible for ordering supplies for inspectors, including materials, tools, electronic handheld equipment from NYCHA and any other tool and equipment needed.
Communicating with Director if any issues arise in order to resolve them in a timely manner
Responsible for allocating city vehicles to inspectors and managing the Vehicle fleet, ensuring cars are being maintained and fueled
Responsible for the overall management of the “city/state MOU” and the “PACT MOU” that HPD and NYCHA executed
Responsible for tracking and allocating all expenses associated with the two NYCHA MOUs and coordinating with Fiscal and other departments to create the quarterly billing invoice to be sent to NYCHA
May be required to assist with inspection related projects for HPD’s DTR including but not limited to special projects such as bedroom verification inspections, data entry, coordination with BLDS and Code Enforcement
May be required to attend meetings
May be required to work evenings and weekends and perform inspections, if necessary
Preferred skills
Computer knowledge
Possess Interpersonal Skills
Knowledge of rental subsidies or Section 8 subsidy preferred
Bilingual a plus
Qualifications
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.
Additional Information
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.