Deputy Assistant Director / Assistant Director - INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Deputy Assistant Director / Assistant Director - INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Full-time

Agency : OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Job Category : Legal Affairs

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor's expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities. The Intergovernmental Relations Task Force monitors the legislative processes and executive actions of the City, State, and Federal governments to assess and evaluate their impact on the City budget. IGR staff evaluate pending City, State, and Federal budget documents for City budget impact and communicate with other OMB Task Forces, agency staff, and the Mayor's legislative offices on legislative issues. In addition, IGR staff respond to various legislative proposals and track legislation in assigned issue areas. Reporting to the Associate Director, the duties of the Assistant Director for Intergovernmental Relations encompass independent performance, and direction of a task force, in the following activities :

• Prepares the State Agenda as part of the Mayor's Budget and actively pursues these initiatives to meet budgetary goals;
• Coordinates the evaluation of State budgets and legislative changes or proposed changes to determine their fiscal impact on the City's budget;
• Acts as OMB's liaison to the Directors of the Mayor's Legislative Affairs Offices and serves as OMB's representative and advocate on all fiscal matters in Albany;
• Develops legislative timetable to assure OMB involvement at appropriate points in the state legislative process; assures the flow of key information to OMB State officials;
• Regularly briefs senior staff, the Budget Director and other high-level City officials on legislative and budget issues;
• Drafts position memoranda, fiscal impact statements and testimony on the State Budget and on pending legislation;
• Develops work objectives for staff, monitors performance of staff and initiates corrective action where warranted, provides staff training to develop necessary skills.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.

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.