Chief of Staff (New York)

Chief of Staff

The New York City Mayor's Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. Previously, Mayor Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, state senator, and Brooklyn borough president. The Adams' administration is leading the fight to serve the people of the greatest city in the world, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, working to make New York City's economy stronger, reducing inequality, improving public safety, and making the city more affordable that meets the needs of all New Yorkers. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.

The Office of Food Policy (Food Policy) is a Mayoral office that works to advance the City's efforts to increase food security, promote access to and consumption of healthy foods, and support economic opportunity and environmental sustainability in the food system. The Office has a critical role to play in integrating an equity frame into food policy priorities and solutions and ensuring an equitable and sustainable economic recovery in the food sector. To accomplish this mission, the Office acts as a thought leader, facilitator, and convener.

The Problems You'll Solve

Food Policy is looking for a detail-oriented Chief of Staff to oversee the Administration and External Relations of the office. The role is focused on ensuring consistent understanding and utilization of administrative policies and processes by the team, contract management with City agencies and private funders, as well as ensuring clear and effective communication strategies.

The ideal candidate will have experience with people operations and / or human resources, communicators, and strong organizational and relationship management skills. The Manager will report to the Executive Director and will have the following responsibilities :

• Personnel Systems Management
• Procurement and Budgeting
• Communications Strategy, Special Projects, and Office Culture Support

About You

You have a Bachelor's degree, in addition to 6 years+ of professional experience, and / or a Master's Degree, in addition to 4 years+ of professional experience. You have experience building successful systems, processes, and protocols for various audiences. You have the ability to think creatively, embrace new approaches for solving complex operational problems. You are highly organized with keen attention to detail. You are flexible, comfortable with ambiguity. You are self-driven, entrepreneurial, and willing to ask questions. You have strong written and verbal communication skills. You have strong relationship-building skills and high emotional intelligence. You have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other MS Office applications. You have experience using cloud-based applications such as Airtable. You have a strong plus, but not required :

Qualifications

1. Do you have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university? 2. Do you have an associate degree from an accredited college or university along with two (2) years of experience with administrative, analytic, coordinative, supervisory or liaison responsibilities? 3. Do you have a four-year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent approved by a state's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question 2 above? 4. Do you have a satisfactory combination of education and / or experience equivalent to that described in questions 1, 2, and / or 3 above?

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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.