Transaction Specialist

DCASs mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York Citys most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful daytoday operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed including:
Recruiting hiring and training City employees.
Managing 55 public buildings.
Acquiring selling and leasing City property.
Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
Leading the Citys efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS youre not just working for one agency but in service of them all. Its an opportunity to provide impactful support quality customer service and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

The Real Estate Services (RES) division of DCAS supports the operations of the government of the City of New York by providing services for the Citys real estate needs. RES is responsible for the space planning and management of 37 million square feet Citywide acquisitions (lease or purchase) sales and other dispositions of Cityowned real estate architectural design and project management zoning and land use analyses disposition of 15000 Cityowned lots property valuation and financial analysis of real estate transactions.

The RES Leasing unit is responsible for finding space for City agency operations and negotiating leases and licenses on behalf of the City as a tenant in buildings that are privatelyowned. Leasings mandate is to negotiate cost effective leases and license agreements and shepherd them through the DCAS process on a timely basis. The transactions must satisfy the client agencys requirements and must conform to the Citys policies and procedures.

We are seeking to hire two Transaction Specialist.

Responsibility #1: Work with Transaction Managers to research and analyze market comparables and other market data to assist in lease negotiations.
Responsibility #2: Assist the Transaction Managers in preparing requests and forms related to the lease or license process.
Responsibility #3: Maintain and update various department databases.
Responsibility #4: Assist in creating and distributing project status reports and other reports.
Responsibility #5: Prepare the closeout files related to leases or licenses that are fully executed.
Responsibility #6: Help Transaction Managers to organize meetings with internal staff agencies and outside entities.
Responsibility #7: Assist the Transaction Managers in drafting correspondence term sheets and other basic leasing items.
Responsibility #8: Participate in meetings to obtain information or provide updates to the attendees.
Responsibility #9: Assist in the follow up to obtain deliverables for meetings such as the ARC meetings.
Responsibility #10: Work on ad hoc Leasing Department initiatives and processes.
Responsibility #11: Assist Transaction Managers or other staff to prepare for City Planning public testimony regarding the acquisition of real property on behalf of the City.
Responsibility #12: Assist in the preparation and presentation of Acquisition Review committee (ARC) packages and its required documentation.
Responsibility #13: May assist in overseeing College Aides
Responsibility #14: Act as a Transaction Manager for assigned lease projects.
Responsibility #15: Review estoppel and SNDA requests for accuracy.


Flexible Work Update:

This position may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and CWA1180.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decisionmaking concerning program management or planning allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible experience as described in 1 above 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
3. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of
satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible experience as described in 1
above 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial
executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the
supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than
moderate difficulty; or
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above. However all
candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative managerial executive or supervisory experience as described in 1 2 or 3 above. Education above
the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative
experience (but not for the administrative managerial executive or supervisory
experience described in 1 2 or 3 above) at a rate of 30 semester credits
from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3
years.

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