Overview
Associate Director of Housing Development Jobs in Los Angeles, California, USA at Venice Community Housing
Venice Community Housing (VCH), a community-based, nonprofit organization, supports and builds equitable andinclusivecommunities by providing affordable housing with supportive services,education, employment programs, and public policyadvocacy. With housing development as its core service, VCH believes that we must challenge the root causes of housing injustice and homelessness, and actively confront all forms of racism, in order to ensure equitable communities with access to healthy, safe, and affordable homes for all.
Just as it is important for low-income and unhoused people to have access to stable housing, it is also important that our Westside communities beinclusiveand restore access for communities of color that have been forcibly removed. We unite our community with passion and commitment to equity.
Currently, VCH is engaged in a variety of housing and community development programs, owning and managing 346 units of affordable and supportive housing. As part of a nationwide focus on the crisis of homelessness and housing affordability, VCH is in a growth phase with an additional 400 units in the predevelopment/construction stages. Our vision is that our compassionate approach to these solutions will serve as a model to other communities across the country.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Associate Director of Housing Development, under the general direction of the Senior Director of Housing Development, is responsible for the overall creation of VCH’s affordable and supportive housing developments and providing support and oversight on housing development projects. Key responsibilities include supervising and training housing development team members, providing strategic direction for and overseeing housing development projects, assisting with new business development to build VCH’s pipeline, working with the full Housing Development team to identify and mitigate risks and meet VCH’s strategic plan and financial goals.
The Associate Director of Housing Development is also responsible for staying abreast of policy and regulations impacting the development of permanent supportive housing and maintaining relationships with regulatory agencies, partners, and policy makers.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Supervise and mentor 3 to 4 housing development staff:
Supervise staff to take projects from original concept through completion, and support project managers withproject managementduties during high volume periods.
Review and monitor performance expectations of assigned housing development staff as well as make recommendations for promotions.
Improve team performance by building cohesiveness, leading, mentoring, training and motivating to ensure project efficiency.
Actively participate instaff training, including leading some trainings, and organizational functions and activities as needed.
Supervise and provide strategic direction regarding assigned development projects:
Review budgets, draws, change orders, contracts; attend meetings;problem-solvingwith the project team to solve problems and mitigate risks to the project and VCH; help project managers keep their projects on track.
Ensure project scope, project proforma, construction budgets, cashflow projections, capital outlay, operating budgets costs and development timelines for assigned projects are updated at least bi-monthly and that they are accurate and reflective of authorized changes and development strategies.
Support project managers in proactively managing projec…
Title: Associate Director of Housing Development
Company: Venice Community Housing
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Category: Management, Non-Profit & Social Impact
