Investigator (Employee Discipline) Office of Investigations and Labor Relations, Division of the First Deputy Commissioner

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 Investigations and Labor Relations (OILR), part of the Office of the First Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, supports the agency’s mission by serving all divisions and offices to address a wide range of operational and personnel matters across the organization.

Your Impact:

HPD administers the fifth largest Section 8 Program in the nation, also known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The Section 8 Program provides Federal rent subsidies to eligible low-income families for decent, safe, and affordable housing. HPDs Section 8 Appeals Unit manages and conducts informal hearings and reviews, which are the mechanisms through which Section 8 Program participants/applicants appeal Program decisions concerning their eligibility for rent subsidies. The candidate will be expected to perform highly confidential and sensitive investigations concerning misconduct and incompetence of agency employees, including within the Section 8 Program.

Your Role:

Your role will be to conduct preliminary research, examine and analyze evidence and records, including employee records, telephone records, and any other records derived from law-enforcement databases and City agencies.

This position is ideal for a candidate who is inquisitive, resourceful and has the ability to analyze documents, records, and data. The successful candidate will be conscientious, creative, detail-oriented, self-motivated and flexible enough to perform effectively both independently or as a team.

Your Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities will include conducting interviews, taking statements and complaints, as well as coordinating and performing field surveillances. In addition, the Investigator will conduct personal service of various notices and other documentation, and produce written reports and internal memoranda concerning findings, with recommendations. Substantiated findings of misconduct may result in prosecution and the Investigator will be responsible for assisting in trial preparation and may be required to testify at hearings and other court proceedings.

Preferred skills:

Prior experience in conducting or assisting in disciplinary investigations. 2. Solid writing ability. 3. Strong communication skills, excellent judgment, and confidence to discuss the results of your analysis. 4. Highly detail oriented and organized with the ability to multi-task. 5. Ability to prioritize. 6. Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance. 7. Ability to exercise discretion on sensitive and confidential matters.

CANDIDATE MUST:
1. Possess a NYS Driver’s License. 2. Be willing to perform filed work involving early morning and late-night flexibility. 3. Have excellent computer and writing skills.

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Qualification Requirements

1. A baccalaureate degree from accredited college; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in one or more of the fields of accounting, auditing, correction administration, criminal justice administration and planning, forensic science, inspection, law enforcement, personnel administration, police science, and security, or in a major operational area of the agency in which the appointment is to be made; or
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to “1” or “2” above.

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.