City of Tampa

This is highly responsible administrative and managerial work involving community housing redevelopment programs and activities.

An employee in this class, under administrative direction, directs, coordinates, and performs tasks of unusual difficulty and responsibility involving housing rehabilitation, affordable housing programs, strategic acquisition for real estate for housing, and negotiating the inclusion of affordable housing units in development projects. The position requires the application of considerable initiative and independent judgment in planning, directing, and supervising redevelopment and housing affordability activities citywide, including eight (8) Community Redevelopment Districts; formulating and monitoring programs and programmatic, administrative, and escrow budgets; coordinating activities with other city departments and with public and private agencies; and negotiating and implementing programs with local lending institutions. Work is reviewed through conferences, reports submitted, and results achieved.

Plans and directs the efficient operation of the city’s Housing and Community development division, responsible for day-to-day operations of the division, including ensuring effective oversight and guidance for all personnel, budget, and administrative matters; continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service; use of metrics and data to manage performance of staff and programs; ensure division activity complies with federal and state legislation and programmatic requirements, including the adopted Community Redevelopment Plans for the City of Tampa’s eight (8) community redevelopment districts.

Direct and coordinates project development activities, programs, and initiatives including, but not limited to, evaluating housing needs and resources and monitoring housing statistics; directing the development of housing goals and objectives; owner-occupied and rental rehabilitation programs, first time home buyers down-payment assistance program; providing housing counseling and rehabilitation services; leads implementation of a multi-county program for those infected and affected by HIV and coordinates; oversees the City’s homeless outreach program; and administration of various affordable housing programs specific to each community redevelopment district.  

Leads the division in support of the City’s strategic vision for housing, initiate and support programs and direct efforts that support the Mayor’s strategic priority concerning housing affordability across the community, administer the Division’s federal and state housing programs.

Develop and administer policies and procedures related to construction requirements, loan processing and underwriting, housing counseling, and inspections for housing programs facilitated or directed by the Division.

Interprets federal and state housing program regulations; supervises the preparation of grant applications; implementation of federal, state, and local housing programs; development of sub-recipient agreements and vendor contracts; preparation of grant performance reports; develop performance metrics for Community Redevelopment Agency housing programs.

Develops, reviews, monitors, and submits federal, state, and local reports related to program participation and funding.

Participates and responds to all audit activity including internal, external, federal, and state; routinely assesses the performance of all initiatives to determine best use of resources; establishes and publishes performance metrics that reflect the City of Tampa’s housing priorities and progress toward Mayoral goals.

Prepares reports and correspondence; assigns, develops, and evaluates personnel, prepares, and manages Division’s budget and work processes, including integration of federal and state funding allocations and strategic alignment.

Directs the preparation of marketing materials for programs.

Oversees the coordination and collaboration of the City with external stakeholders including, but not limited to, The Tampa Housing Authority, the Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative (THHI) and with developers, realtors, mortgage lending institutions, and others on matters relating to community development and improvement.

Consults with nonprofit housing delivery organizations and coordinates housing plans and programs with participating organizations; interacts with lenders on various loan programs, lines of credit and escrow accounts; interacts with builders and developers on delivery of affordable housing; approves letters of loan guarantee, construction vouchers for payment, and grant payments and documentation.

Represents the city at regional, state, national and international levels concerning housing affordability; participates in Senior City Staff meetings when requested; Present to City Council on relevant housing and community development topics; support cross-collaboration and interdepartmental coordination on housing and community development related activities.

Performs related work as required.

Extensive knowledge of: federal and state housing program regulations; principles and practices of urban development and housing management; community redevelopment and housing programs, including public financing principles, loan processing procedures, and practices used in construction contracts; current federal, state, and local housing redevelopment rules and regulations; modern management practices and procedures; real estate practices, procedures, and laws; public and private agencies rendering social, economic, and related assistance.

Comprehensive and extensive knowledge of: housing, building and energy codes; procedures used in title search, property description and property assessments; applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules and regulations of the programs administered by the Housing and Community Development Division, including State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP), the HOME Investment Partnership(HOME) Program, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), and Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) housing programs and associated financial software systems.

Ability to: create and implement initiatives associated with federal and state housing and economic development and redevelopment programs; plan, assign, direct, empower and coordinate the work of professional, paraprofessional, and clerical employees in a manner that promotes full performance; provide strategic and tactical methods to achieve goals and objectives; write and speak clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings; establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with city officials, directors, managers, and employees, representatives of banks, credit unions and other lending institutions, nonprofit groups that support housing rehabilitation programs, and the general public; set clear objectives and measures and monitor process, progress and results; interpret rules, laws, and regulations applicable to redevelopment.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in urban planning, public or business administration, real estate, economics, or related area and five (5) years of experience relating to land acquisitions, housing rehabilitation, loan processing and contract administration, including three (3) years of supervisory experience.

Possession of a valid drivers' license required.

During periods when the Mayor issues an emergency declaration for the City of Tampa, all employees may be required to work in preparation, response or recovery activities related to the stated emergency.