The City of Bozeman is seeking a proactive and community-focused Community Housing Program Manager to lead affordable housing efforts, administer HUD programs, manage strategic plans and budgets, and collaborate with community partners. If you're passionate about community housing and thrive in a role that blends policy, planning, and public engagement — apply today and make a lasting impact!

This is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference in your community by joining the City of Bozeman! You will be part of a passionate team driving positive change while enjoying a fantastic benefits package. Full-time City of Bozeman employees receive top-tier benefits including 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, 12 holidays, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, bilingual pay, excellent retirement options, comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, discounted ski tickets and gym memberships, and much more!

All candidates must attach a 1–3 page writing sample as part of their application. The writing sample should demonstrate your ability to communicate clearly and professionally. Relevant examples may include reports, memos, policy summaries, grants, compliance documentation, correspondence, etc.

Bargaining Unit: Non-Represented
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Exempt
Work Week: Typically, Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only)

• Develops, implements, and administers the City's affordable housing program, including the Affordable Housing Ordinance and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Planning & Development Programs, to achieve community housing goals;
• Plans, organizes, and manages program operations to achieve goals within available resources, ensuring compliance with standards, ordinances, and state, federal, and local regulations;
• Develops and implements strategic plans for housing resources, including the HUD Annual Action Plan, Comprehensive Housing Plan, HUD Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), and HUD Consolidated Plan;
• Manages relationships with community partners in the non-profit, public, and private sectors;
• Develops and implements public education and information activities including workshops, newsletters, and public presentations;
• Administers, manages, and oversees consultant contracts, including preparing Request for Proposal and Scope of Work documents, consultant selection, and contract compliance and payments;
• In collaboration with the Grants Coordinator, drafts and facilitates subrecipient and recipient grant agreements to comply with federal, state, and local requirements;
• Facilitates loan agreements process for recipients of federal, state, and local funding;
• Implements public policy related to affordable housing, evaluating established public policy related to affordable housing and making recommendations for improvement;
• Identifies and executes needed data collection and/or studies to enable the City to make informed decisions about the affordable housing program and the implementation and administration of changes;
• Assures that assigned areas of responsibility are performed within budget; performs cost control activities; monitors revenues and expenditures in assigned area to assure sound fiscal control; prepares annual budget requests; assures effective and efficient use of budgeted funds, personnel, materials, facilities, and time;
• Tracks and maps all affordable housing units and projects in the City and the region;
• Manages databases, including data entry, evaluation, and reporting of all federal housing and community development contracts;
• Compiles data and information for reports to be submitted to HUD and other agencies as required;
• Monitors recipients and sub-recipients for compliance with federal, state, and local requirements;
• Researches and prepares Environmental Reviews for compliance with HUD requirements;
• Develops compliance procedures for local housing projects/funds;
• Communicates with the public using websites, social media, printed materials, and other outreach tools;
• Researches grant funding opportunities and assists with grant writing proposals to enhance the City's affordable housing resources, implements grants as assigned;
• Provides information, data, and technical assistance to supervisor, businesses, staff, citizens, and the community;
• Prepares program proposals, web content, analyses, publications, visual aids, displays, newsletters, and activity progress reports;
• Serves as staff liaison for advisory boards as assigned;
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others fully and accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audiovisual materials to become and remain current on the principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas;
• Responds to citizens' questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner;
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
• Performs other duties consistent with the role and function of this classification;

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration, Planning, Finance, Business, Social Sciences, or a closely related field; and
• Considerable (5-7 years) experience in affordable housing programs, community housing, public policy, real estate finance or development, or business administration,; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications

• Must possess a valid Driver's License upon hire and obtain a Montana Class D Driver's License within 60 days of employment;
• Offers for employment are conditional upon satisfactory responses to a criminal background check.