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job description DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE, INTERIM HOUSING LOCATION: Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles 90012 TERMS: Full-time, Exempt SALARY: $80,367.48 - $117,533 (Mayoral Aide VI) The Mayor’s Office of Housing Mayor Bass’ Office of Housing will address the housing needs of all Angelenos from the unsheltered through to homeownership, using the city’s financing, land use control and land resources, innovating in delivery and cutting red tape, and leveraging partnerships with other public agencies, the private sector and philanthropy. The Housing Program is centered on access to high quality housing in communities that have access to basic daily needs and high quality transit, and to driving racial equity and creating the opportunity for all communities to thrive. The Housing Program will be realized through 5 key areas, each with a multi-faceted work program that is a mix of policy and program development, and working in conjunction with the City Council, City departments, the development community, academia and other stakeholders. These are: (1) Interim Housing; (2) Permanent Affordable Housing; (3) Tenant Protections and Code Enforcement; (4) Homeownership; and (5) Special Projects. Summary Under the direction of the Director of Real Estate and situated within the General Services Department, the Deputy Director of Real Estate will execute the Mayor’s Interim Housing program, including leasing and acquisition of motels or other appropriate properties and facilities that provide interim housing solutions. The Deputy Director will work on a daily basis with the Mayor’s Inside Safe Team, City Attorney’s Office and General Services Department to identify appropriate facilities, visit the sites, negotiate booking agreements and/or acquisitions, complete due diligence and execute final agreements. They will also work closely with the Mayor’s Senior Director of Interim Housing Solutions to ensure coordination of asset and property management services when the City takes possession of a site. Working Conditions The Deputy Director of Real Estate will work in an office environment five days per week and may be required to attend meetings and events outside of normal business hours. The position may require some local travel. Primary Responsibilities The responsibilities of the Deputy Director of Real Estate include the following: Coordinate with the Mayor’s Inside Safe Team on hotels identified by them for the Inside Safe Program; Conduct hotel site visits and negotiate with hotel owners on daily room rates and terms. This includes reviewing the terms and conditions in the Booking Agreement (for partial rooms) and/or Occupancy Agreement (entire hotel); Review the City’s standard ordinance requirements in the agreement and assist the owner in completing them and review insurance requirements and assist hotel owner to ensure completion and upload to CAO’s Risk Management website; Handle execution of Booking and Occupancy Agreements through hotel, City Attorney, GSD General Manager, attestation by City Clerk, provision of agreements to CA for their FMS upload and invoice/damage claim payments; Handle inquiries, issues on Inside Safe Program from hotel owners, coordinate with Mayor’s Inside Safe team (and service providers) on resolution, terminate agreements as needed; Establish contract and process for handling large damage claims and end of occupancy inspections; Prepare update reports as needed, participate in citywide Inside Safe meetings as needed; Support the Mayor’s Office and GSD team in motel acquisitions, including site visits, negotiation of terms, managing the due diligence process and drafting content for the City approval process. How to apply Skills and Experience The ideal candidate must demonstrate a passion for public service and experience with real estate principles around negotiations, leasing and acquisition. The successful applicant will have demonstrated at least three (3) years of full-time experience in real estate or a related field. Desired skills include: Ability to take initiative, prioritize tasks, and work independently. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Negotiation experience, in particular for real estate transactions Strong project management and organizational skills. Problem solving capacity Demonstrated flexibility, maturity and ability to juggle competing priorities. Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills Ability to maintain a calm, professional demeanor in the face of competing demands and external pressures. Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Amy Benson at amy.benson@lacity.org with “DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE, INTERIM HOUSING” in the subject line by June 30, 2023. This is an exempt, at-will position. The individual appointed to this position will not accrue any civil service tenure, contractual employment rights, or due process rights. The incumbent may be removed, without any finding of cause, by the hiring authority. The City of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to its programs, services and activities. Please call (213) 744-9300 if you need assistance. exempt employment If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process. General Information About Exempt Employment Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest. Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position. For candidates seeking initial City employment, in accordance with Los Angeles City Ordinance 187134, information regarding COVID-19 vaccination requirements as conditions of employment may be found at: https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2021/21-0921_ord_187134_8-24-21.pdf . Closing Date/Time: 6/30/23