Deputy Director

Position Title: Deputy Director

Reports To: Executive Director

Manages the following positions: Property & Compliance Manager, Admin Assistant

Position Summary:
The Deputy Director supervises a team of workers and oversees the daily functions of the Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services – both properties and the Healthy Homes programs. The position coordinates with FNHS Executive Director in preparing long-term strategies to achieve organizational goals; the deputy ensures goals are met through available resources. The deputy director largely oversees things internal, freeing up the executive director to focus on external matters such as new programs and the development and acquisition of properties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees the organization’s programs and related staff while ensuring that job responsibilities are clearly communicated and duties delegated appropriately among program staff
• Plan, direct, coordinate, and review the work plans for housing staff; assign work activities, projects, and programs; review and evaluate work products, methods and procedures; meet with staff to identify and resolve problems.
• Maintains adequate monitoring and reporting systems to ensure the adequacy, quality and timeliness of FNHS work. Conducts regular staff meetings.
• Ensures strict compliance of FNHS programs with applicable guidelines and regulations; researches and analyzes new guidelines as they pertain to housing and other programs.
• Participates in the development and administration of the budgets for properties and loans; participates in the forecast of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials and supplies; approves expenditures.
• Assesses and monitors workloads, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities for improvement; directs and implements change.
• Works with the Executive Director to develop/review internal administrative and operational policies and procedures.

Abilities:

• To oversee complex operations and pay attention to detail.
• Manage grants and contracts and associated reporting.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Operate office equipment including knowledge of computers, various software programs, spreadsheet applications, and maintaining and updating website.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with outside contractors.

Qualifications:

Experience-Five years of successful and direct operational management of people, regulatory, community partnering and building of partnerships, and effective financial operations in housing, community development, real estate or related field.

OR

Combined Education/Experience- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Public Administration, regional or urban planning, finance, applied economics, real estate, or a related field. The equivalent of four years’ full-time increasingly professional experience in a management of administrative capacity in a housing or community development field, which included responsibility for directing the activities of subordinate staff, program budgeting and management of housing and/or community development activities.

The candidate should be familiar with the structure and operation of non-profit organizations, fundraising techniques, grant application processes, and grant management. Applicant should have demonstrated experience in budget preparation and a familiarity with financial management systems. Excellent writing skills are desirable.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $78,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Work Location: In person

Salary : $65,000 - $78,000