Affordable Housing Manager

Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage Affordable Housing Work: Leads a team responsible for the development and implementation of the City’s affordable housing work, including development and preservation projects and programs and policy efforts.
• Track Our Progress: Monitors and reports progress for the affordable housing components of the department’s performance management systems, including work plans, learning and development plans, and performance measures.
• Team Leadership: Supervises members of the Affordable Housing team, conducts employee performance evaluations, supports department recruitment efforts; and participates in the hiring process and onboarding for new employees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Organizes, prioritizes, and manages workload and timelines for self and others.
• Supervises and monitors performance for a regular group of employees.
• Communicates clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with coworkers, residents, vendors, and community partners.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, planning, or community development.
• Six years of professional program administration and/or analytical experience in area of assignment.
• Two years of supervisory experience.
• A valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License is required, or must be obtained within sixty (60) days of hire.

Knowledge

• Affordable housing tools and strategies.
• Development finance, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).
• Relevant federal, state, and local ordinances, policies, and procedures, including HUD guidelines for affordable housing and community development.
• Management and supervisory principles and practices.

Ability

• To organize, prioritize, and manage workload and timelines for self and others.
• To supervise, train, and evaluate assigned staff.
• To communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, residents, vendors, and community partners.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Master's Degree in a related field.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

ADA And Other Requirements

• Work is performed in an indoor office environment, with occasional local travel to external organizations and locations.
• Sedentary work involves sitting much of the time. Walking and standing are required occasionally. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Requires occasional reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Benefits

• Full-Time Employees: 12-13 paid holidays per year, 13 standard work days of vacation per year, 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement, 2 weeks paid military leave per year, medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans, State and City retirement plans, short and long term disability plans, paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions, City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System, paid funeral leave, Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling, paid life insurance equal to annual salary, 48 hours for volunteer work each year*, 4 hours parental leave each year.
• Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year): 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary), State retirement plan.
• Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period): 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary), State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire, Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire, Dental and life insurance, after one year of service, Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, part-time holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service.

Required Question

• Where did you first hear about this opportunity?
• If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
• How many years of supervisory experience do you have?
• How many years of professional program administration and/or analytical experience do you have in affordable housing programs or development finance?
• Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.
• Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license?
• Briefly describe your experience in the field of affordable housing.
• What do you believe is local government's role in addressing affordable housing?
• How would you rate your experience level with Microsoft Office applications?