Role OverviewThe Housing Assistant will perform work of ordinary difficulty and responsibility related to the administration and management of NYCHA's Leased Housing Department within the Fraud and Abuse Unit. The selected candidate must effectively communicate verbally and in writing in Spanish with clients who have limited English proficiency, as well as in English with clients who speak English.
What You Will Do
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: interviewing tenants and landlords for potential fraud investigations, recalculating tenant rent shares for unreported income, preparing tenant stipulation payment agreements for monies owed to NYCHA, and testifying in court and NYCHA hearings with the Law Department.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This position requires a candidate fluent in Spanish, and candidates must pass an oral Spanish proficiency test. The selected candidate must effectively communicate verbally and in writing in Spanish with clients who have limited English proficiency, as well as in English with clients who speak English.
Requirements
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
- An associate degree or sixty semester credits from an accredited college and one year of satisfactory full-time experience in housing management
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and three years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in "1" above
- Oral proficiency in a foreign language required by New York City's Housing Authority
Benefits
- A choice of medical coverage plans
- Deferred compensation plans
- A defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees' Retirement System
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