Innovation & Outreach Manager

The South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority (SC Housing) helps families across the state by creating safe, decent and affordable housing opportunities. Cultivating partnerships with a broad range of public and private partners, including legislative and governmental officials, helps us form vital connections to support affordable housing initiatives. We are looking to fill the critical position of Housing Innovation and Outreach Manager to support our growing portfolio of initiatives that require cross‑sector collaboration, partnerships and coordinated strategies to address the affordable housing needs of South Carolinians.

This position will focus on cultivating coordinated affordable housing pathways with a broad range of public and private partners in the healthcare, housing disaster recovery and workforce housing community. It will also explore collaborative partnerships that strengthen and support our Home ownership strategic initiatives, including our hallmark Made it Home Program, which earned a national award for stimulating the development of affordable starter homes throughout the state.

As the housing landscape continues to evolve, this position will play a key role in increasing awareness of agency programs and exploring opportunities for innovation, cross‑sector alignment and coordination of efforts to maximize affordable housing benefits for citizens.

In the role of Housing Innovation and Outreach Manager, you will support the agency’s expansion of home ownership opportunities to various constituent groups in the state. You will cultivate partnerships and establish vital connections that support the agency in expanding home ownership opportunities to South Carolinians seeking the American Dream of owning a home. You will partner with the Home ownership team to explore business development strategies that will close the affordability gap for a growing number of hardworking families who are finding their dream of owning a home out of reach due to rising home prices, high interest rates and other factors.

You will be responsible for facilitating discussions with partners to better understand obstacles to home ownership and present them with program options and opportunities.

In this role, you will also consult with the Strategic Communications Director who oversees the Housing Recovery Support (RSF) Function on behalf the SC Emergency Management Division and its network of partners. You will provide guidance, direction, planning and implementation support to facilitate the state’s housing recovery and resiliency planning activities with Federal, state and local partners involved in response and recovery to disaster events.

You will review Housing RSF reports tracking housing unmet needs and recovery activities. You will also retrieve, compile and interpret SC Housing data for inclusion in briefings and reports to SCEMD and SC Housing executive leadership throughout the Disaster Life Cycle. You will also serve as the agency’s co‑public information officer (PIO) for events, collaborating with the Communications team in messaging to the public using various communication channels during an active event.

Alongside the Strategic Communications Director, you may be asked to participate in field visit teams to impacted areas to gather information and assess survivor and community housing needs. You will also join the Communications team and other public and private partners participating in outreach events (Team SC) designed to connect survivors with available resources through a coordinated state effort. Review and/or prepare management reports and recommendations.

You will also prepare for and participate in scheduled Recovery…