Finance & Compliance Coordinator

Housing Finance And Compliance Coordinator

Join a mission-driven team shaping the future of affordable housing in Charlottesville. As the Housing Finance and Compliance Coordinator, you'll play a key role in advancing the City's Affordable Housing Plan by ensuring that housing development projects meet Inclusionary Zoning requirements, affordability commitments, and state and federal regulations. This impactful position blends program oversight, housing finance review, data tracking, and partnership coordination to support equitable housing opportunities across the community.

The Housing Finance & Compliance Coordinator position performs responsible work assisting with the implementation of the Affordable Housing Plan by monitoring, tracking, and ensuring compliance with the City's Inclusionary Zoning provisions, proffers, preparing grant and loan agreements for housing development partnerships and other housing-related assistance programs, and ensuring compliance with other relevant state, federal regulations, and codes related to housing. Works under the direction of and reports to a Deputy Director of Neighborhood Development Services.

The preferred hiring range for this position is between $31.62 - $38.87 an hour ( $65,769.60 - $80,849.60 Annually). This is a full-time, exempt position that offers a comprehensive benefits package, including 13 paid holidays plus one floating holiday, vacation and sick leave, health insurance with employer contribution, employer-paid life insurance, gym membership reimbursement, tuition assistance, and professional development opportunities.

The City of Charlottesville manages its own retirement system and does not participate in VRS; however, a Portability Agreement is available for eligible employees. For additional details, please refer to the "Benefits" tab within this posting or visit the City's Employee Benefits webpage.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations will be considered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential functions of the job are not limited to those listed in the job description. The City retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.

• Enforces and monitors compliance with Inclusionary Zoning provisions, affordable housing proffers, and applicable state and federal regulations for housing development projects.
• Conducts field inspections of existing and new construction to ensure compliance with Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) requirements.
• Monitors and tracks affordability periods, housing unit production, and overall program compliance for housing projects.
• Prepares and maintains accurate inspection records and reports on a variety of data, compliance, program performance, and other related areas.
• Coordinates the administration of affordable housing programs, including supporting the implementation of housing plans and assisting with the development, tracking, and monitoring of funding sources such as the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund (CAHF), Capital Improvement Program (CIP), and other housing-related fiscal activities.
• Facilitates preparation of grant and loan agreements for housing development partnerships and other housing-related assistance programs, including but not limited to intake and review of due diligence materials and legal review.
• Monitors and tracks compliance and processes of grant and loan disbursement requests.
• Maintains and updates databases, records, and tracking systems related to affordable housing programs, proffers, and supported units; collects and analyzes data, conducts surveys as needed, and generates reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Participates in the research, development and evaluation of housing programs, policies, and ordinances; prepares reports, presentations, and supporting materials, and responds to inquiries related to housing initiatives.
• Coordinates Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) review and selection committees as requested.
• Serves as a point of contact for developers, consultants, contractors, and grantees regarding administrative procedures and compliance requirements; communicates issues to appropriate staff.
• Serves as an initial point of contact for public inquiries related to affordable and workforce housing programs; provides general information and refers inquiries to appropriate resources as needed.
• Performs annual review and updates for the Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit (ADU) Manual.
• Assists in the preparation of reports and/or makes presentations to City Council, City Manager, and others as necessary.
• Attends and participates in professional group meetings; keeps informed of new trends and innovations related to the affordable housing field.
• Responsible for appropriate use and maintenance of City equipment, tools and other resources, including work time.
• Regular and reliable attendance.

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