Special Projects Manager

City of Tucson

6d • $32 - $48

About The Position

The Special Project Manager position at the City of Tucson’s Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD) is primarily responsible for advancing the department’s Single Family Home and Asset Repositioning Strategies, facilitate selling properties to market, positioning properties for affordable homeownership, and working with staff across the department. They manage the associated community, stakeholder and resident engagement and manage the application, approval and reporting processes with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. They will also manage other high priority HCD projects. Work is performed under the supervision of the Business Operations Administrator. This position does not supervise.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• Three (3) years of relevant experience
• Valid and unrestricted Arizona Class D Driver License.
• Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

Nice To Haves

• Educational background in real estate, urban planning, civil engineering, landscape architecture, architecture, public administration, public health, or a closely related field.
• Master’s degree in Planning, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Public Administration, or a related discipline.
• Direct experience working with grant-funded projects.
• Professional experience in real estate, housing development and project management.
• Direct experience working with program participants, stakeholders and the public, including meeting facilitation, event planning and coordination, and delivering public presentations.

Responsibilities

• Initiates projects by outlining and documenting the project scope, identifying opportunities and constraints.
• Assists with developing potential project timelines.
• Conducts fieldwork to evaluate and document existing conditions and shares with City staff and consultants.
• Collaborates with consultants and City staff to refine the project scope and schedule.
• Monitors scopes, schedules, and budgets for multiple projects.
• Develops and implements public engagement strategies to reach relevant stakeholders and gathers community feedback for related projects.
• Attends and facilitates community meetings, plans and coordinates public meetings, delivers public presentations, produces promotional materials, prepares exhibits, and compiles and summarizes public input.
• Facilitates coordination among internal staff and external consultants to ensure assigned projects are completed timely and provides regular updates to HCD leadership on their progress.
• Engages effectively with residents to facilitate open collaboration and communication, and where needed, resident relocation.
• Manages federal or other regulatory agency requirements to include environmental reviews, applications, approvals and reporting.
• Oversees renovation and improvements of single-family homes for affordable home ownership.
• Performs other duties and tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• The City of Tucson offers a generous benefits package for benefit-eligible positions. The comprehensive, flexible, and affordable coverage is designed to optimize health and well-being, security and future, and peace of mind. Benefits begin with medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA coverage, surpassing your standard 401(k) program by offering a rich pension plan plus optional Roth and pretax deferred compensation savings. With your well-being in mind, our paid time off program provides new hires with 38 paid days off in the first year of employment, with time off increasing steadily in subsequent years. We offer twelve weeks of paid parental leave, paid tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, off- and on-the-job training, and opportunities to forge connections with peers and the community through employee resource groups and paid volunteer hours. You can learn more about our benefits at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Human-Resources/Employee-Benefit-Snapshot.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager