Government Affairs Representative jobs in Brooklyn, NY

Government Affairs Representative supports the implementation of strategic plans and engagement objectives to develop and maintain productive relations with all levels of government authorities to achieve business goals. Liaises with government entities (federal, state, provincial, or local) that regulate or influence business activities. Being a Government Affairs Representative collaborates with industry groups and organizations with complementary objectives to achieve objectives. Monitors and analyses proposed legislation, emerging issues, and trends and prepare reports and informational documents to inform and support business leaders. Additionally, Government Affairs Representative requires a bachelor's degree in public policy, public administration, business or equivalent. Typically reports to a manager. The Government Affairs Representative work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. To be a Government Affairs Representative typically requires 4 -7 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Director of State Government Affairs
  • NYC Careers
  • New York, NY FULL_TIME
  • Director of State Government Affairs

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    Director of State Government Affairs

    • Agency: HOUSING PRESERVATION & DVLPMNT
    Posted on: 03/22/2024
    • Job type: Full-time

    Location

    NYC-ALL BOROS

    • Title Classification: No exam required

    Department

    Government Affairs

    Salary range: $105,000.00 – $105,000.00

    Job Description

    About the Agency:

    The New York City Department of 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 Office of Government Affairs works with city, state, and federal officials, agencies, policy makers, advocates and planners in the public and private sectors to assess housing policy, land use and planning issues, and manage the City's affordable housing legislative agenda.

    Your Impact:
    HPD seeks a highly motivated individual with exceptional communication skills to serve as the Director of State Government Affairs on the State policy in HPD's Office of Government Affairs. The Director of State Government Affairs serves to assess, craft, and secure legislative changes needed at the State level to implement HPD's goals of creating and preserving affordable housing, protecting the quality and safety of the City's housing stock, and engaging communities in planning for the future of their neighborhoods.

    Your Role:

    The Director of State Government Affairs will be a senior member of the Division of Government Affairs team, and plays a critical role, working closely with the Agency’s senior team, Agency partners, and the Mayor’s Office in creating and advancing the Agency’s State legislative and policy agenda.

    Your Responsibilities:

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

    • Lead the Agency’s response to relevant State legislation, providing analysis, and oversee engagement and negotiations with the State Legislature and City Hall;
    • Develop an engagement strategy and timeline for promoting department priorities through the state budget process;
    • Work closely and collaboratively with senior staff to develop, draft, advocate for, and implement HPD’s State legislative agenda;
    • Monitor and analyze State legislation and advise on the agency’s position and response;
    • Provide key political analysis and strategic advice to the Commissioner and senior agency leadership;
    • Manage inquiries from City Hall, other city agencies, elected officials, and constituents regarding housing issues; coordinating responses with key staff from across the agency;
    • Cultivate and maintain relationships with elected officials, advocates, housing groups, and agency partners, including proactively managing regular communication about the work of the Office, both internally and externally;
    • Regularly interface with State elected officials to advance key Agency priorities;
    • Research, draft, and edit public testimony for the Commissioner and other senior staff to deliver at legislative hearings;
    • Coordinate regular meetings the Commissioner and department leadership to provide updates on state legislative engagement;
    • Develop a portfolio of written materials to explain and promote HPD legislative priorities;
    • Lead briefing sessions with the Commissioner and Senior staff to familiarize them with materials that promote state legislative priorities and prepare them for meetings with advocates and legislators.
    • Create briefing documents for key members of the state legislature
    • Travel to Albany for in-person meetings with state legislative staff and state representatives as necessary
    • Prepare the Commissioner and other senior staff to testify and respond to questions at public hearings.
    • Responsible for special projects assigned by the Deputy Commissioner of External Affairs and Assistant Commissioner of Government Affairs as needed.

    Preferred skills:

    • 3 years of experience working on legislative issues or intergovernmental affairs at the state level
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
    • Flexibility, creativity, and the ability to work well under pressure.
    • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple complex tasks.
    • Knowledge of affordable housing, HPD programs and service, and housing policy broadly.
    • Ability to problem-solve on a wide range of issues.

    Minimum Qualifications


    A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of responsible full-time paid experience developing government subsidized housing programs, or performing responsible staff work in the field of housing for a legislative body. Graduate work in an appropriate field may be substituted on a year for year basis. Up to two years of the experience required or education and/or experience equivalent to above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described above


    Public Service Loan Forgiveness

    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 https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
    Residency Requirement

    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.
    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.


    Minimum Qualifications


    A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of responsible full-time paid experience developing government subsidized housing programs, or performing responsible staff work in the field of housing for a legislative body. Graduate work in an appropriate field may be substituted on a year for year basis. Up to two years of the experience required or education and/or experience equivalent to above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described above


    Public Service Loan Forgiveness

    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 https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
    Residency Requirement

    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.
    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.


    Job ID

    631175

    Title code

    95570

    Civil service title

    LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT (HPD)

    Title classification

    Non-Competitive-5

    Business title

    Director of State Government Affairs

    Posted until

    2024-03-31

    • Experience level: Experienced (non-manager)

    Number of positions

    1

    Work location

    100 Gold Street

    • Category: Constituent Services & Community Programs
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Government Affairs Manager
  • Democracy Works
  • Brooklyn, NY FULL_TIME
  • Location: Remote within the US Salary Range: Most regions in the United States: $72,000- $78,750 California-specific: $72,000- $87,500 NYC-specific: $80,000- $87,500 Offers will vary based on experien...
  • 11 Days Ago

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State Government Affairs Manager
  • Consolidated Edison Company of New York
  • New York, NY FULL_TIME
  • Job Description Mission Statement Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to fo...
  • 18 Days Ago

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VP of Government Affairs & Policy
  • Remote
  • New York, NY FULL_TIME
  • The position This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a VP Government Affairs & Policy, leading and growing this team. What you bring Ex...
  • 1 Month Ago

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Administrative Assistant, Community & Government Affairs
  • LiveOnNY
  • Long Island, NY OTHER
  • Overview At LiveOnNY we save lives, provide comfort, and strengthen legacies through organ, eye and tissue donation for the 13 million New Yorkers we serve. Responsible for departmental administrative...
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Deputy Director of City Government Affairs
  • NYC Careers
  • New York, NY FULL_TIME
  • Deputy Director of City Government Affairs Apply Deputy Director of City Government Affairs Agency: HOUSING PRESERVATION & DVLPMNT Posted on: 03/21/2024 Job type: Full-time Location NYC-ALL BOROS Titl...
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Executive Secretary
  • The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Overview: Provides diverse and confidential administrative support for the General Counsel of the Hospital. The position...
  • 3/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Community Outreach & Enrollment Coordinator (Arabic Speaking)
  • Arab American Family Support Center
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • JOB TITLE: Community Outreach & Enrollment Coordinator (Arabic Speaking) EMPLOYMENT TYPE:Full-Time REPORTS TO: Director ...
  • 3/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Manager, National Alliance Delivery
  • Markle
  • New York, NY
  • **Manager, National Alliance Delivery** * **The Markle Foundation is seeking a Manager for National Alliance Delivery to...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Front Desk/Support Services Agent
  • Northshorechildguidance
  • New York, NY
  • *Benefits include comprehensive health insurance, generous paid vacation time and more!* ***Click on an available positi...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Onboarding Supervisor, Human Resources
  • CAMBA
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Who We Are: CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to buil...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Government Representative 2, Program Evaluator (Posting #136-24)
  • New Jersey Department of Children and Families
  • Tinton Falls, NJ
  • Job Description Job Description Government Representative 2 Program Evaluator (Posting #136-24) The Department of Childr...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Director, State Government Affairs - Remote
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals
  • Parsippany, NJ
  • Who we are Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) is a global pharmaceutical leader with a category-d...
  • 3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Estimating Manager - Construction
  • Metro Environmental Services
  • Deer Park, NY
  • Job Description Job Description Trusted since 2002, Metro Environmental Services (MES) is an industry-leading environmen...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

Brooklyn totals 97 square miles (250 km2) in area, of which 71 square miles (180 km2) is land (73%), and 26 square miles (67 km2) is water (27%); the borough is the second-largest in land area among the boroughs of New York City. However, Kings County, coterminous with Brooklyn, is New York State's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area. Brooklyn lies at the southwestern end of Long Island, and the borough's western border constitutes the island's western tip. Brooklyn's water borders are extensive and varied, including Jamaica Bay; the Atlantic Ocean; The Narrows...
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