Co-Governance Project Coordinator

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. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City's economy stronger. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. The Mayor's Office of Mass Engagement (OME) is responsible for strategizing, coordinating, and executing engagement that reaches the masses of everyday New Yorkers. We engage New Yorkers in shaping policy outcomes, demystifying government, and ensuring that the government remains accountable to serving the people of this great City. Our work is designed as a long-term project we are building the power of everyday New Yorkers, and we are building a City that works for all of us.

The Co-Governance Participatory Democracy Coordinator responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Drive the adaptation and launch of emerging participatory governance models, such as assemblies, neighborhood councils, and citywide popular democracy forums.
• Help develop the systems and infrastructure needed to bring co-governance to scale, including engagement tools, accessible public forums, digital deliberation platforms, and community facilitator training programs that grow local facilitation capacity.
• Coordinate logistics for mass governance projects, including landscape mapping, community collaborations, designing facilitation, and executing participatory processes.
• Engage and support community facilitators, neighborhood co-governance councils, and community leaders as frontline partners in the design and delivery of participatory processes.
• Identify emerging community issues, organizational dynamics, and political conditions relevant to the co-governance strategy and brief the Director.

About You:

• You are a committed organizer, passionate about ensuring that the public has a voice in the development and implementation of government policies and processes.
• You are a motivated self-starter who can manage complicated projects with minimal guidance.
• You are an enthusiastic collaborator.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and 3 years of experience in government and/or community organizing-centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
• High school graduation or equivalent and 4 years of experience in government and/or organizing-centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills:

• You are excellent at collaboration and building and maintaining a wide array of working relationships.
• You can stay calm under pressure, including at public events, in the case of emergencies.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness:

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement:

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of the interview.

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.