Role Description
Join a dynamic team dedicated to increasing housing affordability and stability in our community. The City of Raleigh Housing and Community Development Department seeks an experienced and forward-thinking Homeless and Community Programs Supervisor to lead a fast-paced team addressing some of the city’s most challenging housing issues. The position reports to the Department’s Assistant Director.
The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, proactive, and resilient housing professional who can lead a high-performing team, design and implement homelessness initiatives, manage budgets, and ensure regulatory compliance. Working closely with leadership within the Housing and Community Development Department and other City departments, as well as community partners like Wake County and nonprofit organizations, you will lead programs and projects to end and prevent homelessness in Raleigh.
If you roll up your sleeves to find solutions rather than waiting for a handbook and know your stuff on evidence-based best practices within the homelessness and housing fields, we want you on our team!
Duties and Responsibilities
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Lead the Department’s Homeless and Community Programs team, which is responsible for planning, implementing, and managing programs and projects to end and prevent homelessness.
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Supervise, manage, and evaluate direct reports; prioritize and assign work; and make decisions about hiring, development, and discipline of employees.
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Conduct research/data analysis and recommend evidence-based and best practices for ending and preventing homelessness.
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Participate in Wake County Continuum of Care (CoC) to include meetings, committees, supporting assessment of the homeless response system and agency performance.
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Manage the allocation processes for local and federal funds to address homeless and housing needs, including Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) and Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), by issuing Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs), contracting with and monitoring subrecipients and funding, and overseeing HUD reporting.
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Monitor project implementation, meet with agencies/providers to ensure that projects are on track, identify potential risks to the project and/or to the City, and ensure that applicable federal and City funding requirements are being met.
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Develop and maintain strong working relationships with homeless service providers and other partners.
Qualifications
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Bachelor's Degree in Real Estate, Urban Planning, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field; 3 to 5 years' experience in community development, affordable housing, or a related field.
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Any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted.
Preferred Qualifications
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Master's Degree in Social Work, Public Policy, Public Administration or related field.
Knowledge of
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Evidence-based best practices in reducing homelessness.
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Relevant federal funding programs and applicable federal, state, and local laws including Fair Housing law and Reasonable accommodations.
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Modern office practices and procedures including the use of standard office equipment and computer applications such as word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications.
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Supervisory principles, practices and techniques and skills in training and coaching staff.
Skills in
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Excellent problem-solving, strong solutions orientation, and ability to overcome obstacles.
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Excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, other departments, community partners, elected officials, the media, and the public.
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Excellent project/program management, including planning, organizing, evaluating and implementation, and skill in budget creation, fiscal management, and resource allocation.
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Excellent written and verbal communication, including public presentation skills.
Ability to
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Operate in fast-paced, ambiguous settings.
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Maintain confidentiality working with protected individual data and to maintain complete and accurate records.
Work Environment and Physical Effort
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Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
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Work is typically performed in an office or similar indoor environment. Employees may occasionally work outdoor environment, in a vehicle, or on a construction site.
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Employees may occasionally interact with individuals who are hostile or irate or individuals with known violent backgrounds.
City of Raleigh is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.
