Assistant Vice President, Economic Mobility

New York, New York, United States

Our Vision: To make New York City the global model for inclusive innovation and economic growth, fueled by the City’s diverse people and businesses.   

Our Mission: Creating a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. 

Position Overview: The Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Economic Mobility is an exciting opportunity for a business-and social impact-minded, highly collaborative individual to help build out NYCEDC’s Economic Mobility strategy. As part of the Equity and Community Impact Division, the AVP will develop and manage relationships and partnerships with businesses, workforce development providers, CBO’s, SBS and academia to advance NYCEDC’s priorities across verticals. These include urban planning and community development, real asset management, and industry growth (e.g. life sciences, tech, green economy, creative etc.).   

While the AVP will engage with a diverse set of stakeholders, topic areas, and project types, their main area of focus will be on delivering EDC’s placed-based strategy, advancing workforce development projects within priority neighborhoods. Candidates will own the execution of the portfolio of projects currently underway and identify additional opportunities to connect EDC’s programmatic and industry initiatives with various local workforce development needs. Candidates should have deep familiarity with the workforce development sector (e.g. the latest trends, key actors, etc.) and a commitment to increasing access to economic mobility pathways for Disadvantaged Communities and underrepresented New Yorkers. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Stakeholder Engagement:
    • Build relationships with workforce development service providers and other community-based organizations to create awareness of EDC programs and initiatives and identify mutually beneficial collaboration opportunities.  
    • Liaise with key stakeholders including relevant City agencies and advocacy and professional organizations (ie: Mayor’s Office of Talent & Workforce Development, Dept. of Small Business Services, NYCETC) to ensure alignment on workforce development activities. 
  • Program Management:
    • Maintain project management plans, outlines, and schedules. 
    • Help lead on the implementation of the organization’s economic mobility planning, placed-based strategy and engagement efforts in key cross-departmental projects.  
  • Research:
    • Conduct primary and secondary quantitative and qualitative research to develop data-driven hypotheses and deliver clear, effective recommendations to address complex problems.  
  • Partnership development:
    • Design partnership frameworks and proposals based on an analysis of a prospective partner organization’s mission and their objectives, capacity, and alignment with EDC’s priorities.  
  • Communication:
    • Provide subject matter consultation to project teams across the organization on a variety of workforce-specific topics (e.g., placed-based strategies for neighborhood revitalization plans and city rezoning agreements; industry-specific workforce priorities for EDC’s high-growth innovation sectors). 
    • Create and deliver presentations and memos that effectively communicate project milestones, findings, and recommendations to various audiences (e.g., senior EDC staff, City Hall, partners, etc.). 
    • Serve as a spokesperson, representative, and ambassador of EDC at workforce development events, panel presentations, conferences, community board meetings, and other community engagement events. 
  • Additional:
    • Other duties as assigned. 

Requirements:

  • Undergraduate degree and 5+ years of relevant experience in workforce development, project management, and partnership creation.
  •  Demonstrated communication skills, including verbal, written, presentation and public speaking skills.   
  • Proven track record of developing and maintaining strong professional relationships with internal and external senior clients and parties, including successful cross-functional collaboration. 
  • A strategic thinker with the ability to look at the big picture and search for insightful, creative solutions, including cutting through red tape. 
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects against tight timelines and provide creative, innovative and effective solutions. 
  • Proficiency in creating client-ready slides and writing concise memos on project status or research findings. 
  • Demonstrated quantitative skills a plus, e.g., reading/interpreting financial models, excel proficiency, working with data sets. 
  • Expertise in equitable economic development preferred.  
  • Experience in strategy, management consulting, public policy, social enterprise, and/or innovation is highly preferred. 
  • New York City residence is required within 180 days of hire. 
     

Salary Range

$100,000 - $103,000 USD

About Us: New York City Economic Development Corporation is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization that works for a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. We take a comprehensive approach, through four main strategies: strengthen confidence in NYC as a great place to do business; grow innovative sectors, with a focus on equity; build neighborhoods as places to live, learn, work, and play; and deliver sustainable infrastructure for communities and the city’s future economy. 

NYCEDC is committed to offering competitive benefits to support employee health, happiness, and work-life balance.  We offer comprehensive benefits and unique perks to ensure NYCEDC employees flourish in their professional and personal lives:  

  • Generous employer subsidized health insurance 
  • Medical, dental, and pharmacy plans  
  • Vision and hearing benefits
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care  
  • Short term and long-term disability coverage
  • 100% employer covered life insurance and supplemental life insurance coverage
  • Up to 25 vacation days
  • Floating Holidays and Summer Fridays
  • Parental leave - up to 20 paid weeks
  • Retirement savings programs
    • Company-paid 401(a) defined contribution plan
    • 457(b) tax-advantaged retirement savings plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement program
  • Continuing education and professional development
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer
  • College savings plan
  • Backup childcare  
  • Gym membership discounts
  • A Calm.com membership for mindfulness and mental health support  
  • Employee discounts through Plum Benefits, Student Loan Servicing tools, and much more   

Benefits listed above may vary based on the length and nature of your employment with New York City Economic Development Corporation. These benefits are subject to be modified at any time, at the discretion of the organization. 

The New York City Economic Development Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Social Responsibility Mission is to create a People First strategy by attracting, retaining, and engaging a diverse and talented workforce. Like the city of New York, NYCEDC knows our strength comes from each of our connected parts, making the fabric of our organization better and stronger because of our unique employees' talents. 

For more information, visit our website at edc.nyc. 

 

 

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