Housing Development Director

The Director of Housing will develop and own the long-term strategy of our Affordable Rental Housing Assets, in line with the overall HSI Mission and Strategy, and will be the key Housing Development advocate with external organizations and agencies. This position is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective provision of affordable housing solutions to individuals and families in need spearheading efforts to expand our housing portfolio.

As a member of HSI's leadership team, this role serves as the liaison to the Board of Trustees' Housing Committee working directly with that committee's Chairperson to guide the committee for recommendations and/or presentations to the full board.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in affordable housing advocacy and development and community engagement, leadership skills and demonstrated experience in operational and program management.

This full time, exempt position reporting to the CEO is onsite at our Cedar Knolls headquarters offices, offering flexible scheduling and potential for limited hybrid remote work, based on management discretion.

Position offered in the range of $120K - $130K annual salary.

All applications must be made through the following link:

https://homelesssolutions.pshire.com/jobs/

Responsibilities include:

• Collaboration with community organizations, government agencies, and other stakeholders to address housing needs, advocate for affordable housing policies and raise awareness about HSI's affordable rental housing program.
• Ownership of the full cycle related the organization's efforts to expand affordable housing development including identification of housing sites to securing financing, leading design and development in collaboration with outside contractors and consultants and managing project timelines and budgets.
• Fiscal accountability for the Housing Development department operation budgets.
• Oversight of the Housing Development department operations including staffing, training, planning and process, including direct management of the facilities and maintenance staff and process.
• Active, productive and positive participation as part of the Senior Leadership team of the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as urban planning, public administration, business administration, real estate development, or related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in affordable housing management, property management, housing development, or related field, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
• Strong knowledge of New Jersey affordable housing regulations, rental laws, affordable housing finance and development processes.
• Demonstrated experience in financial management, budgeting, and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience managing staff, and evidence of strong staff/people management skills, including communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced growth environment, both self-directed and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholder, including tenants, staff, board members, community partners and development professionals.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and property management software(preferred). Experience with the MRI software is highly desirable; or ability to achieve functionality in the first year at HSI is required.
• Satisfactory results of periodic background checks.
• Willing and able to attend occasional off site and off hour meetings and events as required by the role.
• Physical abilities as noted in full job description

Full time permanent staff of Homeless Solutions are eligible to enroll in fully paid medical, dental and life insurance coverage plans in accordance with HSI policies. In addition, all staff are eligible immediately upon hiring to participate in a 401k retirement savings plan, including up to a 6% company paid match. Generous PTO plans include paid personal, vacation and sick leave as well as 10 floating holidays annually.

HSI is an equal opportunity employer, and we appreciate and celebrate the diversity of our staff. We believe that diversity not only includes race and gender, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of an individual's identity. HSI recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates and administers all policy and actions with equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The points of view of all of our staff are important, and supporting a culture of inclusion is everyone's responsibility.