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Everyone deserves a home.
Abode Services’ mission is to end homelessness – doing whatever it takes to help those who need it most.
Position Summary: This position is responsible for the development and ownership of multi-family affordable and supportive housing projects for formerly homeless, special needs, and extremely low-income households in the San Francisco Bay Area. Position will be based in San Leandro, with potential flexibility for remote work for up to 4 days a week.
Abode’s Benefits & Perks:
- $155k – $175k per year
- 100% paid health, vision, and dental options
- 19 PTO days & 12 Holidays per year
- Voluntary benefits: FSA, EAP, Commuter Checks, Life Insurance, Legal, and more
- 3% retirement match/contribution
- Professional Development Trainings and Opportunities, Leadership Academy Programs, and All Staff Events
- Dynamic, mission-driven culture and supportive leadership. We support you in supporting others
How You Make An Impact:
- Develop and/or periodically review and update policies and procedures for various housing development related processes including how housing development relates to finance, property management, asset management, compliance, services and communications.
- Train Housing Development team on relevant components of the housing development process.
- Work collaboratively with finance, property management, asset management, compliance, services and communication teams to ensure that processes are followed, that feedback is incorporated, and that communication between teams is consistent and clear.
- Supervise a team of 1 to 3 project assistants, associate project managers, project managers while providing higher level project management oversight to 2-3 Abode Housing Development projects.
- Analyze new housing development project sites and Requests for Proposals for feasibility, risk and competitiveness and then recommend which projects to pursue to Chief Real Estate Officer and Housing Development Committee. Lead team on preparing proposals for RFPs that are financially feasible and meet organizational mission.
- Create and oversee the creation of financial proformas for new projects including capital sources and uses for total development costs, operating income and expenses, and potential debt and equity.
- Monitor and report progress summary of development activities to Chief Real Estate Officer for projects overseen by this position.
- Support community engagement events to solicit community input on projects.
- Track potential external development impacts such as legislation, changes in funding requirements, cost escalation, report to management on potential advocacy efforts, and draft advocacy documents and/or directly advocate for advantageous changes. Actively participate in housing advocacy and policy groups to advocate for Abode Housing Development’s interests in the affordable housing industry
- Other duties as assigned.
How You Meet Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Business, Finance, Urban Studies, Planning, Architecture or related field.
- Positive track record in developing projects, processes, and relationships to further the development of affordable and supportive housing
- Minimum 10 years experience in housing development related work, at least 5 years of which were direct affordable housing development project management.
- Exceptional interpersonal, organizational and communication skills, integrity, respect for confidentiality, sound judgment and decision-making skills. High degree of emotional intelligence, cultural humility, with a proven track record to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English.
- Strong financial pro forma skills and experience in financial feasibility, design, construction, land use, and housing policies. High degree of independence, initiative, responsibility, accountability as well as capability in a team environment. Highly organized with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks within multiple projects.
- Computer proficiency in a windows environment using MS Office.
- Working understanding of fair housing laws, tenant laws, and relocation laws.
- Working understanding of accounting principles and prevailing wage requirements.
- Reliable transportation, current and valid CA Driver’s License and Insurance required.
- BIPOC and/or female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Abode requires full vaccination for Covid 19 as a condition of employment for all employees. Reasonable accommodation for documented medical or religious beliefs can be requested.
Abode Services is a CARF accredited organization that is committed to diversity and equity. We believe that we make better decisions and provide quality services when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. People of color make up nearly 70% of our workforce and we strive to recruit and retain employees from all backgrounds.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)