What are the responsibilities and job description for the Undergraduate Summer Intern, Economic Opportunity position at NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development?
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.
The Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance (EORC) Intern will have the unique opportunity to work on a variety of projects within the new Office of Compliance and & Risk Management (CRM), specifically focusing on work with the Division of EORC. CRM is centralizing various compliance, oversight, and hearing functions from across the agency critical to ensure fairness, consistency, and equity in both our external and internal engagement. CRM will collaborate 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:
Your Impact
CRM is responsible for coordinating the agency’s compliance programs, 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.
Your Role
Internships at HPD provide students with a robust, dynamic, and engaging professional experience and the experience is often the foundation of a career in housing, economic, and urban development or a variety of government opportunities. The Compliance Intern will give students a strong understanding of how compliance can support and strengthen the agency’s work.
Key Responsibilities
The EORC Intern will support compliance operations within EORC as well as other areas throughout CRM and the agency. Under direction of the Assistant Commissioner and other key EORC staff, they will manage a portfolio of projects including, but not limited to, revisiting and revising EORC program dashboards, mapping and documenting data sources/definitions/etc. for specific compliance requirements, coordinating with programs to improve our understanding of the economic impact on individuals through HPD’s work, and other special projects.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To Assisting With
The Compliance Intern must be detail oriented, able to perform administrative tasks, and have strong interpersonal and communication skills. We are looking for a flexible and collaborative team player with project management, organizational, and analytic skills.
SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN - 10234
Minimum Qualifications
As of June of the Program year the prospective intern must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).
NOTE: Appointment to this title is only valid for the duration of the Program, June - August each year.
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.
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.
The Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance (EORC) Intern will have the unique opportunity to work on a variety of projects within the new Office of Compliance and & Risk Management (CRM), specifically focusing on work with the Division of EORC. CRM is centralizing various compliance, oversight, and hearing functions from across the agency critical to ensure fairness, consistency, and equity in both our external and internal engagement. CRM will collaborate 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:
- Division of Adjudications
- Division of Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance
- Public Information
- Audit Support
Your Impact
CRM is responsible for coordinating the agency’s compliance programs, 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.
Your Role
Internships at HPD provide students with a robust, dynamic, and engaging professional experience and the experience is often the foundation of a career in housing, economic, and urban development or a variety of government opportunities. The Compliance Intern will give students a strong understanding of how compliance can support and strengthen the agency’s work.
Key Responsibilities
The EORC Intern will support compliance operations within EORC as well as other areas throughout CRM and the agency. Under direction of the Assistant Commissioner and other key EORC staff, they will manage a portfolio of projects including, but not limited to, revisiting and revising EORC program dashboards, mapping and documenting data sources/definitions/etc. for specific compliance requirements, coordinating with programs to improve our understanding of the economic impact on individuals through HPD’s work, and other special projects.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To Assisting With
- Record management and documentation related to specific compliance requirements
- Coordination and organization of data and/or materials for select projects, particularly associated with EORC and other compliance dashboards
- Assist with external correspondence as needed
The Compliance Intern must be detail oriented, able to perform administrative tasks, and have strong interpersonal and communication skills. We are looking for a flexible and collaborative team player with project management, organizational, and analytic skills.
- Strong analytical, research and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Comfortably analyzing and visualizing data
- Strong proficiency in MS Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel)
- Detail-oriented, multi-tasking, self-starter
SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN - 10234
Minimum Qualifications
As of June of the Program year the prospective intern must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).
NOTE: Appointment to this title is only valid for the duration of the Program, June - August each year.
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.
Salary : $17 - $20