Supervising HQE Inspector

About the Agency:

The NYC Department Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the citys housing and diversity and strength in the citys 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 10year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the citys history. This investment coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers is a multipronged strategy to tackle New York Citys 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 tenantbased assistance Housing Choice Voucher Program (the NonPublic Housing Units) which are located in twentyone (21) State and CityAided Developments. For the PHAowned units receiving assistance under the tenantbased HCV Program the PHA must obtain the services of a HUD approved independent entity to perform certain PHA functions for such PHAowned 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 HUDs approval for HPDs role in performing such HQS Inspection Services in NYCHAs NonPublic 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 Biennial inspections for nonpublic housing units utilizing NYCHAs 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 days 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 HPDs 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 :

1. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department
of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and three years of fulltime satisfactory
experience in:
(a) the building trades as a journeyperson or helper or as a maintenance mechanic
performing repairs to building hardware and equipment; or
(b) the inspection of repairs to buildings; or
(c) monitoring contractors performing building repairs for compliance with contract
specifications; or

2. An associate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of fulltime satisfactory experience as described in 1 above; or

3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and one year of fulltime satisfactory experience as described in 1 above; or

4. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above.
College credits obtained from an accredited college or university may be substituted for experience on the basis of 60 college semester credits for one year of fulltime
experience. However all candidates must have at least a fouryear high school diploma or its
educational equivalent and one year of fulltime satisfactory 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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime