Special Advisor, Neighborhood Investment

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day execution of GBC's 12-month vacant housing and neighborhood investment initiative
• Work closely with the President & CEO and Chief Strategy Officer to translate strategic priorities into actionable work plans, timelines, and deliverables
• Cook up progress across major workstreams, including investment strategy development, project pipeline creation, Funders' Consortium formation, governance activities, and implementation planning
• Maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, decision logs, and executive briefing materials
• Identify implementation risks, coordination gaps, and emerging issues, recommending solutions to maintain project momentum
• Ensure accountability across multiple partners and workstreams
• Serve as GBC's day-to-day and strategic project leader with Enterprise Community Partners
• Coordinate meetings, work products, information requests, and implementation activities
• Review deliverables to ensure alignment with GBC's strategic objectives and funder expectations
• Facilitate collaboration among Enterprise, GBC staff, public agencies, developers, financial institutions, philanthropic organizations, and other stakeholders
• Translate technical analyses into clear materials for executive leadership, funders, and civic partners
• Support GBC's Vacant Housing Steering Committee, Advisory Committee, and related governance structures
• Prepare agendas, briefing memoranda, presentations, meeting summaries, and follow-up materials
• Track recommendations, decisions, action items, and implementation priorities
• Support discussions regarding capital deployment, project prioritization, underwriting, sequencing, and implementation readiness
• Help maintain alignment among GBC leadership, committee members, public-sector partners, philanthropic organizations, and financial institutions
• Aid in the design, launch, and ongoing coordination of the Funders' Consortium
• Assist with preparing investment briefings, project summaries, presentation materials, and partner communications
• Coordinate consortium meetings and project review sessions
• Track partner interests, commitments, and follow-up activities
• Coordinate development of a prioritized neighborhood investment pipeline
• Organize information from developers, public agencies, community development organizations, and capital providers
• Support documentation of project readiness, capital requirements, neighborhood context, and implementation barriers
• Prepare materials connecting individual projects to the broader investment strategy
• Help ensure discussions appropriately reflect affordability, community benefit, family stability, neighborhood market restoration, and long-term investment goals
• Prepare and deliver polished materials for executive, board, philanthropic, and public audiences
• Draft partner updates, funder reports, presentations, briefing papers, and initiative summaries
• Translate complex housing, finance, governance, and investment concepts into clear and accessible communications
• Support preparation for meetings involving senior public officials, institutional partners, investors, and community stakeholders
• Ensure consistent messaging regarding GBC's leadership role, the Enterprise partnership, and the initiative's long-term objectives

Requirements

• 8-10 years of progressively responsible experience in housing, community development, real estate, urban planning, economic development, philanthropy, public policy, community development finance, or a related field
• Demonstrated success managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives
• Knowledge of affordable housing, vacant housing redevelopment, neighborhood revitalization, or public-private investment strategies
• Experience working with senior leaders across government, philanthropy, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, development firms, and civic organizations
• Exceptional project management skills, including managing multiple priorities, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder relationships
• Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Strong judgment, professionalism, diplomacy, and discretion
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and executive-level materials
• Highly organized and execution-oriented
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity
• Skilled at building trusted relationships across sectors
• Diplomatic, credible, and responsive
• Equally comfortable working on strategy and implementation
• Exceptional writer and communicator
• Experienced supporting senior executives and high-level governance bodies
• Motivated by Baltimore's long-term neighborhood revitalization and economic development goals