Risk Analysis & Compliance Housing Program Specialist (Housing Program Specialist)

Job Appointment: Full time, limited term. Persons appointed to limited term positions will be designated as regular or temporary employees whose appointment shall not exceed two (2) years except for the extension of grants or funding from outside sources.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday. Alternate schedule may be available.
Work Location: Hybrid. In-person work to be conducted at 1900 SW 4th Avenue. Remote work must be performed within Oregon or Washington. For more information, click here.
Benefits: Please check our benefit tab for an overview of benefit for this position
Union Representation: This classification is represented by the District Council of Trade Unions (DCTU) collective bargaining agreement. You can view the labor agreement here: Current City Labor Agreements. Applicants start at the entry salary rate. If you are a DCTU represented employee, see labor agreement for additional information or talk to your union representative.
Please Note: If a regular City employee wishes to accept a temporary appointment in another City bureau, they must first get written permission from the Bureau Director in their home bureau to do so. If such permission is granted, the employee will have return rights to their current position in their home bureau at the completion of the temporary assignment. If such permission is not granted, the employee will not have automatic return rights to their home bureau, and will be deemed to have resigned their position in their home bureau.
Application Material:Please click APPLY to submit your application via the City of Portland's online portal. You will need respond to the supplemental questions and attach a resume.
Position Summary
The Limited Term Risk Analysis& Compliance Housing Program Specialist is part of PHB's Risk Analysis & Compliance (RAC) team, which monitors the City's affordable multi-family housing stock through the terms of regulatory and loan agreements. The RAC team includes a manager, three Housing Program Coordinators, three Housing Program Specialists, and two Housing Assistant Program Specialists.
As a RAC Housing Program Specialist, you will:

• Perform annual compliance testing on multi-family affordable housing projects, which may include analyzing tenant, property, and financial data to determine compliance with regulatory and loan agreements.
• Research, develop, recommend, and implement project plans to meet overall program goals established by the Bureau.
• Maintain knowledge of affordable housing practices.
• Prioritize a large volume of tasks, which often have simultaneous or conflicting deadlines.
• Utilize Microsoft and Adobe programs, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint, proficiently.
• Commit to the City of Portland's Core Values: Anti-Racism, Equity, Transparency, Communication, Collaboration, and Fiscal Responsibility.

As a person, you are:

• Collaborative: A professional who values partnerships and develops and supports relationships to get things done.
• Strong Communicator: Someone who builds trust and strong relationships through frequent, transparent, and clear communications.
• Solutions-Oriented: Uses strong communication skills to work with a variety of internal and external partners to create, implement, and document solutions.
• Value Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): Uses DEI concepts to guide and inform your work.
• Emotionally Intelligent: Motivated, passionate, team-oriented, and empathetic.
• Adaptable: Flexible in the face of changing circumstances and see opportunity above obstacles, prepared and proactive.

About the Portland Housing Bureau:
Since 2009, the Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) has worked toward a vision that "all Portlanders can find affordable homes...and have equitable access to housing." To that end, we are charged with developing citywide housing policy, delivering programs that increase the supply of affordable housing and promote stable homeownership, and administering a broad range of federal and local resources. Through our policies, plans, and funding, PHB works to stabilize families in their current homes, provide new affordable housing opportunities, and foster equitable, integrated, and diverse communities.
The mission of the Portland Housing Bureau is to solve the unmet housing needs of the people of Portland. The bureau accomplishes its mission by building and preserving quality, affordable rental and owner-occupied housing; supporting and sponsoring programs that help low-income Portlanders find, rent, buy, retain and repair their homes; bringing together partners and leading them to assess the city's housing needs, choose sustainable solutions to efficiently meet them, and identify how best to pay for them; and reaching out to Communities of Color to ensure their participation in the economic opportunities that quality housing investments create.
Questions?

The following minimum qualifications are required for this position:

1. Experience interpreting and applying laws, regulations, ordinances, polices and contracts.
2. Ability to collect, evaluate, and interpret data, both quantitative and qualitative.
3. Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
4. Ability to use strong communication skills, both written and verbal, especially when communicating complex topics to a general audience.
5. Ability to effectively collaborate across multiple teams and professional disciplines.

• Resume
• Answer to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the questions)

• Veteran documents to request for Veteran Preference (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc.)

Application Tips:

• Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
• Your resume should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
• Salary Range/Equity Pay Analysis: Please note per the Oregon State Pay Equity Law your salary is determined based on the experience and education listed in your resume/application. It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience (paid or unpaid regardless of how recent) to ensure your offer is reflective of all directly related and equivalent experience.
• Do not attach materials not requested.
• All completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than on the closing date and time of this recruitment.
• All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process. E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.

• An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their resume and supplemental questions, weighted 100%.
• Your resume and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
• You have 14 days from the notice of the minimum qualification evaluation results to let us know if you like to review and discuss your evaluation result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
• Additional evaluation may be required prior to establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.

• Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.

• Hiring bureau will review and select candidates to interview.
• Please note, the selection process may take up to 90 days from the notification of being placed on the eligible list.

• A start date will be determined after all conditions of employment have been met.

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• Veteran Preference
• ADA, Pregnancy, and Religious Accommodations
• Work Status
• Equal Employment Opportunity
  

Employment Type: Limited Duration