Disaster Recovery Grant Manager

Cityofnewyork; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

City of New York’s HPD is seeking a Disaster Recovery Grant Manager within the Compliance & Strategy team to oversee CDBG-DR grant programs and ensure regulatory compliance across agencies.

The role requires coordinating with city and federal partners, maintaining audit-ready records, and guiding policy development and training related to HUD-funded projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate between programs administering CDBG grant funds across the agency and external partners (OMB, HRO, Law, MOCEJ, HUD).
• Monitor, document, and report compliance for CDBG-DR programs; assist new initiatives.
• Supervise a CDBG-DR Grant Compliance Manager.
• Collaborate with staff in implementing plans, policies, and strategies to ensure program compliance with federal and program policies.
• Provide guidance on requirements and develop policies, procedures, and training materials.
• Coordinate with Finance & Administration to track funding, disbursements, expenditures, and vendor compliance.
• Conduct risk analyses to identify compliance concerns and help develop best practices.
• Provide information to external parties including drawdown documentation and data requests.

Job description

About the Agency

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.

As the nation's largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York's tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.

Your Team

The Disaster Recovery Grant Manager will be a key member of the Compliance & Strategy Team within the agency's Office of Compliance & Risk Management (CRM). This office includes various compliance, oversight, and hearing functions to ensure fairness, consistency, and equity in both our external and internal engagement. CRM collaborates 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:

• Compliance & Strategy
• Economic Opportunity & Regulatory Compliance
• Audit Support
• Adjudications
• Public Information

Your Impact

CRM is responsible for overseeing the agency's compliance and risk management functions, 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. The Disaster Recovery Grant Manager will be responsible for supporting teams across the agency in managing programs funded by grants received by HPD, with a specific focus on Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants [NJ2.1][GM2.2]provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after a qualifying disaster, such as Hurricanes Sandy and Ida.

Your Role

Reporting to the Executive Director of Compliance & Strategy, the Disaster Recovery Grant Manager will manage cross-agency programmatic and reporting obligations, assist with policies and procedures, and provide technical assistance for CDBG-DR[NJ3.1][GM3.2] grant funded programs within HPD. The person in this role will work closely and liaise with Offices and Divisions throughout HPD, as well as external partners.

Your Responsibilities

• Coordinate between programs administering CDBG grant funds across the agency as well as external partners, which may include the NYC Office of Management & Budget (OMB), NYC Housing Recovery Operations (HRO), NYC Law Department (Law), NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ), and HUD.
• Carry out the infrastructure already set in place for monitoring, documenting, and reporting internal, contractors', and subrecipients' compliance with all applicable governing regulations for CDBG-DR [NJ4.1]programs and help implement for new CDBG-DR programs.
• Supervise a CDBG-DR Grant Compliance Manager
• Collaborate with administrative and program staff in the implementation of plans, policies, and strategies to ensure effective compliance with federal and program policies, including but not limited to the Offices of Neighborhood Strategies (ONS), Development (DEV), Asset & Property Management (APM), Policy & Strategy (OPS), Finance & Administration (OFA), and Legal Affairs (OLA).
• Provide guidance and resources to HPD staff and contracted parties on requirements and ensure execution in accordance with regulations, including:
  • Develop policies and procedures and training manuals/tools
  • Assist program oversight of vendor management of partners, including providing technical and procedural guidance in line with program terms, policies, and federal guidelines.
  • Assist programs with retaining and maintaining audit-ready records
• Coordinate and communicate with the Office of Finance & Administration to ensure that funding levels and budgetary requirements are followed appropriately as well as:
  • Troubleshoot CDBG-DR funding-related issues as they arise; track disbursement of funds
  • Track expenditures and vendor compliance
• Conduct risk analyses to identify potential compliance concerns and possible internal control processes within the procedures, operation of programs, and delivery of services, with the assistance of NYC OMB, Law, and/or other experts; Develop a set of best practices, as necessary to mitigate risks.
• Provide information to external parties including:
  • Documentation to support drawdowns for OMB
  • Assist with data requests and regular reporting related to CDBG-DR funded programs, including requests related to program status, vendor se