Senior Project Manager or Project Manager, Real Estate Development (20502244)

What Our Team Is Looking For:

Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience likely to provide the required core competencies may be considered. A typical combination that is qualifying may include: 

Senior Project Manager: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in affordable housing, real estate finance, public or business administration or related field; and three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in residential property development, acquisition, and/or rehabilitation, with an emphasis on securing and closing affordable housing funding sources. This includes but is not limited to preparing Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) funding applications and managing financing processes for construction closings, lease-ups, and permanent conversions.  Experience directly supervising Project Managers with responsibility for affordable housing and development programs, budgets, activities, and staff is highly desirable and preferred.

Project Manager: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in affordable housing, real estate finance, public or business administration or related field; and two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in residential property development, acquisition, and/or rehabilitation, with an emphasis on securing and closing affordable housing funding sources. This includes but is not limited to preparing Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) funding applications and managing financing processes for construction closings, lease-ups, and permanent conversions. 

Possession of a valid California Driver's License and satisfactory driving record at the time of appointment is required as a condition of initial and continued employment only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than the employee's ability to get to/from various work locations in a timely manner, is necessary to perform the essential functions of the position.

Our Ideal Candidate:

The successful candidate will join a dynamic team of professionals and will possess the following skills:

• Leader & Strategic Capability – a mentor to inspire and motivate others, manages changes, adapts and influences others, has knowledge of the needs, functions, and goals of the organization.
• Exceptional Communicator - expresses ideas clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. Values the diversity and differences brought by others, build, and maintain interpersonal relationships.
• Judgement & Decision Making – a critical thinker and problem solver. Makes decisions in compliance with the law and Agency policies.

What WE have to offer YOU: 

• We are a mission driven local organization working to address one of the most significant crises our community faces.
• We are strategic and aspire to take small steady steps to achieve big impacts.
• We are a growing team with a growing pipeline, and a desire to expand our scope of work.

What YOU can do for US:

• Assumes full management responsibility for development staff and activities of the department, including acquisition, design, development, construction administration and/or rehabilitation of affordable housing units, and financing and refinancing of housing projects.
• Selects, trains, motivates, and directs assigned personnel; evaluates and reviews work for acceptability and conformance with department standards, including program and project priorities.
• Manages and oversees public and private financing activities, including taxable and tax-exempt bonds for financing, Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) deals and State and Federally funded programs for Agency projects.
• Structures, negotiates, and closes complex bond and tax credit financed transactions when the Agency or its affiliates are the borrowers.
• Transfers all completed projects to the Asset Management Unit.