Finance & 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.

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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 ensuring compliance with other relevant state, federal regulations, and codes related to housing. Works under the direction and reports to a Deputy Director of Neighborhood Development Services.

Preferred hiring range: $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. This position is also eligible for the following benefits:

• Choice of retirement plan:
  • Defined Benefit Pension Plan: Provides a monthly benefit upon retirement, calculated using a defined formula based on earnings history, years of service, and age. The plan includes a 5-year vesting period and requires an employee contribution of 5% of salary.
  • Defined Contribution 401a Plan: Employer makes fixed contributions to an individual account, which are invested, and returns are credited to the account. The account balance is used to provide retirement benefits. Vesting occurs at 33% after one year, 67% after two years, and 100% after three years of service. No salary contribution is required.
• Voluntary 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
• Eligibility to purchase prior service credit under the Defined Benefit Plan

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…