Compliance Specialist, Fair Housing
About The Position
The Compliance Specialist (Fair Housing) supports DGCD’s responsibilities in funding applicants who provide safe, decent, affordable housing and economic opportunities, free from discrimination. This role ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations for programs administered by the Department of Grants & Community Development. The Compliance Specialist (Fair Housing) provides subject matter expertise on fair housing, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and disability laws; works on fair housing policies, practices, and compliance; ensures timely processing of reasonable accommodations requests and responses to any allegations of non-compliance with civil rights laws. This role also leads coordination and implementation of proactive efforts to affirmatively further fair housing; monitors compliance with civil rights laws; coordinates trainings to ensure all DGCD staff and subrecipients are aware, knowledgeable, and compliant with civil rights laws; and advises on changes or proposed changes to laws and regulations that may impact DGCD’s fair housing duties.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Relevant work experience with government entitlement programs and mortgage underwriting experience, loan servicing and intake, credit counseling, banking, and federal program management experience
- A degree can be substituted with relevant work experience in federal program management, mortgage underwriting experience, loan servicing and intake, credit counseling, banking, and federal program management experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in a related field
- At least three years of direct experience in federal grants management related to HOPWA, HOME, ESG, CDBG, Section 8 Moderate Rehab, underwriting, and fiscal management.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the development and applicable revisions to DGCDs civil rights and reasonable accommodations policy
- Review tenant selection criteria for construction projects prior to lease up
- Monitor compliance with the DGCD civil rights and reasonable accommodation policies
- Coordinate DGCD compliance with fair housing laws, Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act, and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Coordinate the response to reasonable accommodation complaints for applicants and/or participants federally funded by DGCD
- Investigate, collect data and facts, interview involved parties, and prepare DGCD responses to housing discrimination complaints; work directly with the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and other parties to resolve filed complaints.
- Work with property management and maintenance staff to ensure implementation of approved reasonable accommodation and/or modifications occur in a timely manner
- Monitor subrecipients’ compliance with reasonable accommodation requests through limited scope monitoring
- Develop and institutionalize the tracking, status, and storage of- reasonable accommodation/modification requests and civil rights complaints
- Serve as subject matter resource for staff and subrecipients
- Build DGCD’s compliance capacity through clear communication, information sharing, and mentoring DGCD staff
- Identify areas of non-compliance; prepare detailed summaries of findings with supporting documentation and notify Compliance Management; Remedy non-compliance
- Coordinate, conduct and track Fair Housing, Reasonable Accommodation, VAWA and other related staff and subrecipient training
- Update training curriculum and provide follow-up training as needed
- Develop and implement processes and procedures for tracking, documenting, and reporting civil rights work
- Prepare and distribute annual summary of reasonable accommodation and modification requests for DGCD
- Coordinate response to reporting requirements related to fair housing, Section 504, and/or ADA.
- Maintain confidentiality
- Fulfill all duties and responsibilities with a high level of integrity, honesty, and adherence to agency policies and rules
- Establish and maintain effective professional working relationships with co-workers, management, partner agencies, and the community stakeholders
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
