Senior Climate Analyst

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city’s housing, and diversity and strength in the citys neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health
• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, Mayor Adams comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the citys history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York Citys complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.

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Your Team:

HPDs Office of Policy & Strategy (OPS) leverages its expertise to guide and support HPD and its many Offices in their efforts to deepen their impact, optimize their efficiency, and become more data-driven, compliance-attentive, climate-adaptive, and mission-focused. To do so, the Office of Policy & Strategy collaborates with staff and senior leadership from across the Agency, as well as with representatives from other Agencies. OPS carries out its work through delivery of rigorous data, policy, and financial/credit analysis; technical and statistical research; compliance awareness and adherence; and techniques in program visioning and design to all of HPDs areas of practice.

The Office of Policy and Strategy is composed of four areas:

• Strategic Operations and Analytics
• Housing Policy
• Credit and Valuation
• Sustainability

HPDs Chief Sustainability Office (CSO), which is embedded in HPDs Office of Policy and Strategy, advances policies and practices that enhance HPD’s core objectives of healthy, safe and affordable housing while furthering NYCs ambitious climate goals. In doing so, we promote opportunities for NYCs most vulnerable and historically marginalized New Yorkers to participate in and benefit equitably from the green economy while reducing the burdens that disproportionately impact these communities. We do this by developing design standards and policies that incorporate best practices of sustainability, resiliency and equity; by building capacity for stakeholders to meet the standards; and by monitoring and providing data about projects to ensure that we are accountable to our climate, environmental justice and fair housing goals.

Your Impact:

HPD works to ensure that the City’s investment in affordable housing goes toward building and preserving energy efficient, sustainable, and resilient buildings. Aligning with NYC’s goals of carbon neutrality and climate resiliency, HPD ensures that our projects promote the health, safety, and prosperity of New Yorkers. Under Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, HPD committed to scaling up the equitable decarbonization and resiliency of our housing stock through our policies, programs and HPDs Design Guidelines.

Your Role:

The Senior Climate Analyst, in partnership with the Sustainability team, will work toward developing and overseeing the technical aspects of HPDs sustainability standards, policies, and programs, providing support to internal and external stakeholders, and overseeing research and analytics required to analyze external policies and support development of HPDs sustainability policies and programs.

Your Responsibilities:

The Senior Climate Analyst will be responsible for:

• Implementing the agencys climate initiatives by providing technical analysis and guidance;
• Providing support and guidance to buildings and teams doing work through HPDs programs
• Ensuring the integration and ongoing development of the Design Guidelines into the Department of Housing Preservation & Developments work scopes and enhance our protocols around this work.
• Coordinating with internal and external partners to develop capacity around low carbon and climate-resilient buildings and developing protocols and policies to support the decarbonization of the NYC housing stock.
• Identifying best practices from municipal, non-profit, and private sector efforts from across the country;
• Provide feedback on other policy proposals to ensure that the agencys policies and programs support the City of New Yorks climate agenda;

– Work on inner- and inter-agency special initiatives related to sustainability, resiliency and housing;

• Serving as a liaison between HPD, sister agencies, and external climate advocacy groups;
• Providing additional support to buildings in the HPD portfolio facing compliance with Local Law 97 and other climate legislation

Your Experience:

• Candidates with a bachelors degree in Engineering, Architecture, Sustainability/ Sustainability Management, or related fields are strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with climate, sustainable building design, and/ or sustainability management
• Experience with green building standards, including LEED, Enterprise Green Communities, and Passive House.
• Deep familiarity with new and emerging green and high-performance building systems and technologies, including HVAC, renewable energy systems, and high-performance/ low carbon building design.
• Familiarity with and interest in non-energy criteria for healthy, resilient buildings including embodied carbon and material safety.
• An understanding of affordable and/or multifamily housing development and climate-related financing initiatiaves (specific experience with climate incentive programs and grants a plus)
• Familiarity with NYCs building typologies, codes, and climate legislation.
• Ability to liaise with professionals on technical and financial aspects of project and program development related to sustainability and climate resiliency.
• Ability to research and analyze climate data.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to learn quickly.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; collaborative, team player with the ability to also drive things forward independently and engage with outside stakeholders.
• Applicant should be knowledgeable in Microsoft Word and Excel software and possess excellent writing and communication skills.
• Management experience preferred, but not required.
• Work samples may be requested.