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Senior Director of Housing Initiatives

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

This is a full-time exempt level position in San Jose, California.  

All employees are required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination.  New employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination (up-to-date vaccination) prior to onboarding.  New employees can be considered for a medical or religious accommodation by providing the appropriate accommodation documentation.  Documentation is provided upon request to Human Resources. 

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Director of Housing Initiatives will be a highly visible and community-facing professional who will seek financial and development partnerships with affordable housing developers and public and quasi-public agencies throughout Santa Clara County.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Beyond development activities, the Director will also be responsible for supporting the existing supportive housing system’s growth, stability and continuous improvement with community partners. Specific work in this area may include:
    • Advising development partners on community engagement strategy, including messaging, outreach approach and elected official engagement
    • Ongoing relationship-building and cultivation with project managers and development teams
    • Ad-hoc/on-call support to troubleshoot emerging situations
    • Coordinating with Destination: Home’s community engagement team to mobilize public support for prospective developments
    • Participating in and leading community and stakeholder processes, with awareness of relevant public policies affecting affordable and supportive housing
    • Advance strategies needed to improve the effectiveness of the supportive housing system as a whole. Specifically, create new quality assurance standards for project-based PSH/RRH system-wide and funding to support partners in the implementation of any changes.
    • Support capacity building for local jurisdictions to create housing policies and plans that are in alignment with the Community Plan and advance homelessness prevention and production of extremely low-income housing and permanent supportive housing

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree in real estate, planning, business administration, or a related field. 
  • Have 7-10+ years’ experience in affordable housing development, finance, lending, housing construction, community engagement, real estate development or multi-family land acquisition.
  • Have a demonstrated history of working to develop new programs and policies that contribute to the field of affordable housing, homelessness and other related areas  
  • Be experienced with managing staff and consultants in the progression of land development from acquisition through construction closing; 
  • Be experienced in effective community engagement strategies, working with a broad array of stakeholders including elected officials, business, non-profit and philanthropic leaders, public sector partners, developers and community members
  • Be familiar with or experienced in public and private financing sources for affordable housing
  • Be familiar with or experienced in competitive affordable housing funding programs 
  • Be familiar with or experienced in affordable housing loan programs 
  • Be familiar with the Santa Clara County Supportive Housing Systems 
  • Be familiar with supportive housing and the wrap-around services which enable its residents to thrive.
  • Be familiar with the programming and design of supportive housing developments and tenant services.
  • Demonstrated dedication to Destination: Home’s mission of ending homelessness in Santa Clara County. 
  • Ability to foster long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships with developers and builders who share a passion for our mission. 
  • Business and financial acumen, including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • High degree of independence, initiative, responsibility and accountability.
  • Experience soliciting and supervising industry-specific consultants.
  • Experience giving public presentations.

To learn more and apply, view the full job description on the Silicon Valley Community Foundation* website.


*Note: Destination: Home is a supporting organization of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. All job recruitments are conducted in partnership with SVCF and all candidates must apply via the SVCF website.

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