Program Director
About The Position
The Program Director will play an essential leadership role in HCR’s Office of Community Renewal. This is an exciting opportunity to build upon previous experience with housing, community development and government grant administration. This role will be a hands-on administrator for OCR program areas. Under the direction of the President or Vice President of the Office of Community Renewal, the Program Director will lead a portfolio of housing grant programs including but not limited to Access to Home, RESTORE and the Mobile & Manufactured Home Replacement Program. Responsibilities will include program design and development, direct project management, fiscal oversight and regulatory compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to adapt quickly to solve problems and overcome roadblocks.
- Demonstrated interest in the relationship between housing development and community revitalization.
- Understanding of how to work effectively in and with diverse communities.
- Demonstrated experience working independently and exercising good judgment without constant supervision; Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with attention to detail and professionalism in all communications.
- Well organized and self-motivated with ability to work under pressure, while prioritizing and managing multiple tasks and projects.
Nice To Haves
- Masters’ degree preferred.
- four years of specialized experience or associate degree and two years of specialized experience may substitute for bachelor’s degree; J.D. or master’s degree may substitute for one year of specialized experience; Ph.D. may substitute for two years of specialized experience.
Responsibilities
- Recommend and draft comprehensive written policies and procedures.
- Launch funding opportunities, review and score program-related applications, and handle award notification/declination process.
- Provide and direct technical assistance to program applicants and awardees to ensure comprehension of program regulations, requirements, and the application, award and funding processes.
- Manage all grant administration activities for awarded portfolio of projects including training, technical assistance, budget monitoring, processing payment requests and compliance monitoring.
- Lead long-term projects to improve administrative and technical operations.
- Collaborate with government, private, and not-for-profit partners to deliver program improvements.
- Produce professional, technical documentation, including but not limited to project status memos, policy and procedure manuals, correspondence, reports, presentations, or other documents as needed.
- Carry out routine administrative office activities.
- Attend, participate, conduct presentations and/or assist with preparation for meetings, conferences, webinars and workshops.
- Supervise and mentor junior grant project managers.
Benefits
- Participation in New York State’s Health Insurance Program
- New York State & Local Employees’ Retirement System
- Promotional opportunities for dedicated professionals.
- Work-life balance benefits including a 37.5-hour work week
- Opportunity for compressed scheduling
- Paid time off benefits (vacation, sick, personal days, and federal holidays).
- 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
- Paid Family Leave.
- Eligibility for Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
