The Agency You’ll Join:
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. For current job opportunities, visit our careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With:
The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs coordinates the City's interaction with the City, State, and Federal Legislative Affairs Offices, as well as the offices of the City Comptroller, Public Advocate, and Borough Presidents. The office keeps the Mayor and the First Deputy Mayor informed about intergovernmental issues and is the liaison between the City and other governments, seeking to foster constructive links between the Administration and these entities.

The Problems You’ll Solve:
The Advisor, Legislative Advocacy, will be the primary liaison between the Mayor’s Office and the advocacy community. This individual will communicate inquiries from advocate partners to the IGA team and its leadership and will steward legislative campaigns and partnerships on behalf of the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. This individual will work with other IGA staff to craft supportive strategies and to advance advocacy priorities as needed, and in service of the Mayor’s legislative agenda.

About You:
- You can handle special projects as identified by City Hall Executive Leadership.
- You have experience working with community advocates or within advocacy organizations.
- You have deep familiarity with New York City legislative processes and relevant entities.
- You have personal relationships with advocates and across various advocacy organizations.
- You understand how legislative agendas and campaigns function and advance across government entities and other interested parties.

Special Assistant (MA)-MGRL - 0668A

- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- 5+ years of experience.

- You have strong relational and communication skills. - You have excellent written, verbal, and listening skills. - You are adept at tracking City legislation and understand how legislation process advances. - You can connect advocate interests with City Hall legislative priorities. - You can work across teams and agencies to educate, analyze, and mobilize legislative priorities.

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/.

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 interview.

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.