Housing Authority Manager
About the role
The City of Anaheim is seeking an accomplished, collaborative, and strategic Housing Authority Manager to lead one of the City’s most critical housing functions and advance housing stability for Anaheim residents. Reporting to the Housing Services Manager or assigned designee, the Housing Authority Manager provides leadership and management oversight for the City of Anaheim Housing Authority’s rental assistance programs and related housing initiatives. This highly visible leadership position is responsible for the planning, administration, compliance, and continuous improvement of complex federally assisted housing programs, including the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program, and other rental assistance programs. The Housing Authority Manager leads a team of approximately 40 supervisory, professional, technical, and administrative employees and works closely with senior leadership, City departments, elected and appointed officials, developers, nonprofit organizations, community partners, and federal, state, and local agencies. The position plays a key role in ensuring housing assistance programs are effectively administered, financially sound, compliant with applicable regulations, and responsive to the evolving needs of the community.
Responsibilities
- Plan, administer, ensure compliance, and drive continuous improvement of complex federally assisted housing programs, including the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program, and other rental assistance programs.
- Provide leadership and management oversight for the City of Anaheim Housing Authority’s rental assistance programs and related housing initiatives.
- Lead a team of approximately 40 supervisory, professional, technical, and administrative employees.
- Work closely with senior leadership, City departments, elected and appointed officials, developers, nonprofit organizations, community partners, and federal, state, and local agencies.
- Ensure housing assistance programs are effectively administered, financially sound, compliant with applicable regulations, and responsive to the evolving needs of the community.
Qualifications
Experience: Responsible experience in the management of housing authority programs including supervision and development of supervisory, professional, technical and clerical employees. Bilingual skills desirable.
Knowledge of: Operational characteristics, services and activities of multiple, complex housing programs; organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies and operational needs; modern and complex principles and practices of program development and administration; public housing theory, principles and practices and their application to a wide variety of housing authority programs; policies and procedures of Section 8 rental assistance, Home Investment Partnership Act (HOME), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) or the Emergency Shelter Grant and other federal, state and local laws, regulations and codes including applicable Housing and Urban Development guidelines; methods and procedures of program auditing and contract management; basic computer programs and software used in a housing authority environment