Community Development Partnerships Manager

About the Employer

Homestead Community Land Trust is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building the ecosystem that makes permanently affordable home ownership and community-rooted development possible. The organization works to advance equitable development, anti-displacement strategies, and long-term community stewardship across the region.

Location:

Seattle, WA

Homestead Community Land Trust is seeking a strategic, relationship-centered professional to help build and strengthen the ecosystem of partnerships, technical assistance, community engagement, and collaborative initiatives that make permanently affordable home ownership and community-rooted development possible.

This role supports both place-based community development partnerships and regional technical assistance efforts with mission-driven organizations working to advance equitable development, anti-displacement strategies, and long-term community stewardship. The position plays a key role in coordinating collaborative initiatives connected to communities including Hilltop, Skyway, Rainier Beach, and other communities experiencing displacement pressure and barriers to long-term housing stability.

• Coordinate and strengthen strategic partnerships connected to collaborative development initiatives in Skyway, Rainier Beach, Central District, Hilltop (Tacoma), and other priority communities
• Coordinate technical assistance partnerships with community-based organizations, nonprofit housing providers, and mission-driven development partners
• Support partner organizations with project coordination, development process navigation, organizational capacity building, and collaborative problem-solving
• Help develop scopes of work, partnership agreements, workplans, timelines, and reporting systems supporting effective technical assistance delivery
• Coordinate internally with Homestead staff across stewardship, development, communications, home ownership, and operations functions to support partner success
• Support regional capacity-building efforts connected to permanently affordable home ownership, equitable development, anti-displacement strategies, and community-rooted development models
• Coordinate and support community education events and programs, peer learning, leadership development, and stakeholder engagement activities that increase understanding of permanently affordable home ownership and the community land trust model
• Create and maintain organized, transparent, and relationship-centered coordination systems that strengthen trust, communication, accountability, and long-term partnership effectiveness
• Serve as a lead project manager supporting collaborative efforts to secure public, philanthropic, institutional, and regional resources for permanently affordable home ownership and community-rooted development initiatives
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement, communications, follow-through, and relationship management related to major funding, partnership, and collaborative development opportunities
• Lead creation of briefing materials, presentations, partner communications, stakeholder outreach materials, and resource development support materials connected to major initiatives and investment opportunities
• Track funding-related action items, commitments, timelines, and next steps across collaborative initiatives and help ensure consistent follow-through and organizational alignment
• Increase strategic engagement with public agencies, funders, institutional partners, and regional stakeholders to advance policies, investments, and systems that expand permanently affordable home ownership opportunities
• Document and synthesize lessons learned, partnership models, tools, and emerging best practices to support replication, shared learning, and long-term regional capacity-building efforts

• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in affordable housing, community development, coalition leadership, nonprofit partnerships, public engagement, advocacy coordination, or related fields
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives involving community organizations,…