Job Overview
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal seeks a Community Affairs Liaison to join a collaborative, energetic, and innovative team serving Manhattan's neighborhoods.
The liaison represents the Borough President's office in Community Boards 9 & 10 (Central and West Harlem), working under the supervision of the Director of Community Affairs and the Deputy Borough President.
Duties include assisting staff at events, representing the office at community meetings, maintaining relationships with community boards, block associations, tenant associations, nonprofits, business improvement districts, and schools, identifying new and emerging community groups, and guiding the office's response to community issues.
The role also involves conducting outreach around office initiatives, town halls, and press conferences, and drafting testimony, correspondence, briefings, and talking points.
Qualifications: a baccalaureate degree plus one year of administrative experience in social work or community organization, or equivalent; at least two years of public service experience strongly preferred.
Bilingual Spanish is a plus; flexibility for nights and weekends is required.
Original company posting: https://cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/community-affairs-liaison-in-manhattan-jid-39687