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Deputy Director, Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA)

City of New York

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At a glance

Compensation
$75–127K/yr
Location
New York, NYHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Deputy Director, Intergovernmental Affairs supervises borough liaisons and coordinates responses to concerns from community members, elected officials, and community boards. The role supports community consultations, outreach, and communication about construction codes, zoning, development, and enforcement matters. It also coordinates across Department units and prepares reports and correspondence. Candidates must meet one of the stated education-and-experience pathways, including administrative or policy-making experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Community LiaisonCommunity OrganizationCommunity RelationsProgram PlanningProgram OrganizationProgram CoordinationProgram DevelopmentProgram EvaluationProgram Administration

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or EquivalentFour-Year High School DiplomaCommunity Experience or Education EquivalentTwo Years Administrative Experience

Full job description

Job Description

Under the direction of the Director, Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA), the Deputy Director, IGA will:

  • Supervise IGA liaisons in their assigned borough(s).

  • Manage, prioritize, and troubleshoot issues and concerns as they arise from community members, elected officials, and community boards.

  • Attend community board and civic association meetings and visit locations that are the subject of community interest.

  • Prepare weekly and quarterly reports on the unit’s activities.

  • Prepare for annual Borough Consultations with relevant community boards.

  • Assist in the resolution of community and elected official concerns and inquiries regarding compliance with the New York City Construction Codes and Zoning Resolution.

  • Brief the Director on hot topic enforcement and development matters relevant to their assigned borough(s).

  • Engage internally across Departmental units to coordinate follow-up items from community meetings.

  • Work with Communications staff to maximize impact of outreach campaigns.

  • Engage directly with homeowners, construction workers, contractors, and other stakeholders to promote the work of the Department, including conducting outreach in the field.

  • Coordinate distribution of neighborhood specific materials to better inform the public about certain construction work occurring in their community.

  • Actively identify the needs of non-technical stakeholders concerning new laws, rules, and policies that may affect them.

  • Prepare correspondence to elected officials, community boards and other interested parties concerning matters under the Department’s jurisdiction.

  • Assist with other tasks and special projects at the direction of the Director and Communications & IGA leadership.

CIVIL SERVICE STATUS

Only permanent Administrative Community Relations Specialists, applicants who are reachable on the Administrative Community Relations Specialist open competitive list, and applicants as indicated below will be considered.

Candidates who are permanent in comparable civil service titles may be considered for title change under rule 6.1.9 of the Personnel Rules and Regulations of the City of New York.

REMOTE WORK

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.

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NOTE: ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.

ADMIN COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPEC - 1002F

Qualifications

  1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and four years of satisfactory, full-time community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibility for planning, organizing, coordinating, developing, evaluating and/or administering a large community service program or activity; or

  2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described in "1" above, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in "1" above; or

  3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Undergraduate education above the high school level may be substituted for the community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in "1" above, at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 4 years. Graduate education beyond the baccalaureate degree may be substituted for the community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in "1" above, on the basis of 30 graduate credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 2 years. However, all candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational

equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in "1" 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.

Salary Min: $ 75,244.00

Salary Max: $127,162.00

How this job compares

Set against the 530 open Public Affairs jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–127K/yr
  • New York median$145–206K/yr29 salary ranges
  • US median$160–232K/yr404 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $101K, is 39% below the New York median midpoint ($165K) — in the lowest quarter of Public Affairs salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 37 open Public Affairs jobs in New York and 530 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Public Affairs postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 486 postings).
Education
124 of the 530 open Public Affairs jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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