Assistant Economic And Community Development Agent

Description

• Identifies economic, housing and/or community development resources available to a wide variety of customers and coordinates services;
• Learning and applying federal, state, and local housing codes, program guidelines, and funding requirements.
• Coordinates and tracks proposals through departmental approval process;
• Assists in negotiating financial packages with customers relying on departmental approval process;
• Identifies and assesses customer needs and evaluates customer financial capacity and reliability;
• Assists in preparing commitment letters, financial, statistical, technical and administrative reports as needed;
• Advises municipalities in developing community development plans;
• Participating in training sessions, site visits, and team meetings to build knowledge and skills in housing inspection and program administration.
• Assists in providing technical assistance to a wide variety of customers within and outside state;
• Reviews plans and proposals for conformity with statutory, regulatory and department requirements;
• Performing thorough inspections of housing units and developments funded by HOME, NHTF, and FLEX programs, assessing structural integrity, health and safety conditions, and habitability standards.
• Assists in project management activities;
• May monitor programs and projects to ensure compliance;
• maintain records and prepare reports;
• May monitor and support activities to maximize benefits of negotiated agreements;
• Stay Connected! Log in daily to your JobAps Personal Status Board to track your status and check email (including spam/junk folders) for updates and tasks.
• May monitor work performance of consultants;
• Provides technical assistance with grant applications;
• Underwrites proposals and makes appropriate recommendations;
• Assists in developing, coordinating and conducting workshops, conferences and seminars;
• Performs a limited range of duties in promoting and coordinating economic, housing and community development activities and programs;
• Collaborating with property owners, developers, and contractors to communicate inspection results and facilitate timely resolution of deficiencies.
• Assists in marketing or promotion of economic, housing and/or community development programs and projects;
• Conducts feasibility reviews;
• Documenting inspection findings accurately, preparing detailed reports, and making recommendations for necessary repairs or corrective actions.
• May act as a liaison among customers, business institutions and financial organizations and government agencies;
• Assists communities in planning, developing, publicizing and promoting economic, housing and community development projects;
• Assisting in monitoring ongoing projects to ensure continued compliance throughout the affordability period.

Requirements

• Knowledge of
• budgetary and financial principles and practices;
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
• Ability to
• Experience using Microsoft Office products.
• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• public relations principles;
• interpersonal skills;
• economic, housing and community development principles and practices;
• Experience managing competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Experience in drafting detail-oriented reports.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
• oral and written communication skills;
• Referral Questions: This posting may require completion of additional Referral Questions (RQs), which must be completed by the questionnaire’s expiration date. If requested, RQs can be accessed via an email sent to you after the job close date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section).
• utilize computer software.
• A Master's degree in a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

Benefits

• A healthy work/life balance to all employees
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• Full Time, 40 hours per week
• local, state and federal economic, housing and community development programs and resources;
• economic, housing and community development assistance programs and financing;

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance