Program Specialist, Senior

Housing Program Specialist, Senior

Salary: $99,602 - $119,891 Annually The County of Santa Barbara's Community Services Department is accepting applications to fill one (1) full-time Housing Program Specialist, Senior vacancy in Santa Barbara. Under general direction, coordinates, implements, and maintains assigned federal, state, and local affordable housing, community development, and homelessness assistance programs including Federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME Investment Partnership, Community Development Block Grant, Continuum of Care, Youth Homeless Demonstration Program;

and State of California Housing and Community Development (CA HCD) Permanent Local Housing Allocation, Prohousing Designation and Incentive Program, and California Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funds. Facilitates public meetings, including advisory board/committee meetings; monitors and ensures regulatory compliance and reporting; provides project- and/or program-level leadership; provides technical expertise and training to internal and external parties; and performs related duties as required.

Housing Program Specialist, Senior is the advanced journey-level class in the Housing Program Specialist series. It is distinguished from Housing Program Specialist I/II in that incumbents at the Senior level act as project- and/or program-level leadership and provide oversight for Housing Program Specialists I/II and are responsible for coordinating the activities of major affordable housing/financing or community development programs. Incumbents perform complex professional-level work and exercise independent judgment and initiative.

Housing Program Specialist, Senior is distinguished from Housing Program Manager in that the Manager has overall responsibility for the Division program operations and staff. This position will be located in Santa Barbara; however, the incumbent(s) will need to travel throughout the County. Additionally, this position requires incumbents to primarily perform work in California and that when required to be in the office, employees are not provided lodging or travel expenses.

The Housing Program Specialist, Senior – Affordable Housing and Community Development, will focus on managing Federal, State, and local affordable housing, capital, loan, and grant programs, with responsibilities for the review and financial underwriting of single-family and multi-family housing development, and tax credit projects; provision of technical assistance to sub-recipients that carry out projects and programs; and collaboration and negotiation with housing developers, attorneys, lenders, title companies, and other professionals involved in complex real estate transactions.

Under the direction of the respective Program Managers, the Housing Program Specialist, Senior will assist with implementing and managing complex Federal, State, and local programs, including the application and funding award process, developing and implementing policy, developing priorities and timelines to meet deadlines, assisting with facilitating meetings with high-ranking government officials, business partners, service providers, and professional advisory and review committees.

This is a leadership role responsible for the coordination of Federal, State, and local affordable housing, capital, and services grant and loan programs, and programs created to address the needs of the public experiencing hardships related to Coronavirus. Responsibilities include acting as a liaison between program sites, coordinate and monitor service providers to ensure compliance with grants and loans, support capacity to achieve outcomes, and facilitate stakeholder groups.

The Housing Program…