Job Description

About Our Job

The City and County of Denver utilizes a hybrid model workplace that balances the responsibilities of public service with the benefits of a flexible work environment. Employees work where needed, at a city site and/or in the field and telecommute remotely at a designated workplace within the State of Colorado the remaining days.

At the Department of Housing Stability, we are committed to support Denver residents as healthy, housed and connected. We invest resources, create policy, and partner with various organizations to help keep residents in the homes that they already live in, quickly resolve an experience of homelessness, and connect residents to new housing opportunities. To support these efforts, the department helps to:

Stabilize residents at risk of involuntary displacement and connect residents to housing resources such as home repairs, rent and utility assistance, and legal support. This work is led by our Housing Stability and Homelessness Resolution Division

Support persons experiencing homelessness by connecting them to housing, shelter and other services to get stabilized quickly. This work is led by our Housing Stability and Homelessness Resolution Division

Create and preserve existing affordable housing and connect residents at any income level to new housing opportunities through programs such as down payment assistance or counseling services. This work is led by our Housing Opportunity Division

Support financial services, contracting and procurement, data analysis and strategic planning, administrative resources, and communications across the housing continuum. This work is led by our Operations Division

HOST Housing Opportunity is seeking a Program Administrator to administer and enforce Denver Revised Municipal Code Chapter 27 - Article XII - Prioritization of Income-Restricted Affordable Housing.

This position has the opportunity to create a program that ensures at least thirty (30) percent of income-restricted affordable units at applicable housing projects are made available on a prioritized basis to households that have been displaced or are vulnerable to involuntary displacement from Denver.

Job duties include:

Developing program parameters including: managing program design, establishing program goals, determining appropriate resource allocations and creating performance criteria

Creating Rules and Regulations necessary to implement and administer the Prioritization Program, including the creation of a schedule or range of civil penalties that may be imposed against any person that violates program requirements

Evaluating the program to determine if it is achieving its goals and objectives and meeting the needs of participants and the community

Reviewing applications for completeness, accuracy and appropriate documentation to determine program participant eligibility and income eligibility;

Maintaining a list of eligible household;

Developing a scoring system to manage to establish the ranked order of priority of eligible households.

Monitoring owner of an applicable housing project\xe2\x80\x99s good faith marketing efforts for program compliance.

Assuring units are marketed to eligible households for a minimum of fourteen (14) business days prior to being offered for sale or rent to other income-qualified households.

Reviewing owner of an applicable housing project\xe2\x80\x99s waiver requests and program reports.

Providing yearly Prioritization Program report

Additional Job Duties and Responsibilities include:

Ensuring compliance with ordinance and program rules and regulations

Reviewing certification application denials

Participating in meetings and formal hearings, as necessary

Investigating and resolving compliance issues

Maintaining statistical data

Preparing program performance reports

Developing and disseminating program information to variety of stakeholders

Cultivating, fostering, and maintaining positive working relationships

Developing recommendations for new or improved work processes

By position, supervise program staff

Reviews, develops, or modifies work plans, methods and procedures, determines work priorities and develops work schedules to provide adequate staff coverage

Assigns and distributes work, reviews work for accuracy and completeness and returns assignments with recommendations for proper completion.

Develops goals, documents performance, provides performance feedback and formally evaluates the work of the employee

Participate in disciplinary actions

Analyzes and prepares justification for equipment, staffing and funds

Other duties as assigned

About You

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

Knowledge of legal and real estate terminology

Skill in interpreting federal, state, and local laws and regulations

Interacts with customers in a friendly and professional manner

Possesses solution oriented problem-solving mentality

Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community

Composes, reviews, edits, and issues written materials for diverse audiences and communicates purpose in a succinct and organized manner that is appropriate for context, time, and place

Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively considering the audience and nature of the information, makes clear and convincing oral presentations, listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately

Knowledge of budgeting principles and practices

Ability to motivate and empower staff

Strong organizational skills with attention to detail

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and database experience

Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies

We recognize your time is valuable, so please do not apply unless you meet the following required minimum qualifications:

Education: Bachelor\'s Degree in a related field based on a specific position(s)

Experience: Three (3) years\xe2\x80\x99 experience performing full performance professional level duties within a specialized, functional area (This does not include clerical experience)

Education /Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post high school education

Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements

About Everything Else

Job Profile CA2307 Administrator I

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Position Type Unlimited

Position Salary Range $63,801.00 - $105,272.00

Starting Pay $70,000 - $84,536/year based on experience and education

Agency Department of Housing Stability

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

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