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Community Housing Program Manager

Salary

$120,348.93 - $132,250.31 Annually

Location

City Hall, 121 N. Rouse Ave.

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

00768

Department

Economic Development

Opening Date

07/22/2025

Closing Date

8/10/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

N/A

+ Description

+ Benefits

Position Summary

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 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

+ Substantial knowledge of affordable housing issues, concepts, and practices;

+ Considerable knowledge of federal grant management and compliance, Montana land use laws, city planning, and community and economic development programs and issues;

+ Considerable knowledge of applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures that may affect the building industry, especially those related to affordable housing;

+ Some knowledge of HUD housing programs, including Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), and Environmental Review responsibilities;

+ Some knowledge of real estate financing and development, building, and housing development;

+ Some knowledge of applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures that may affect the building industry, especially those related to affordable housing;

+ Some knowledge of or ability to quickly learn the function of services within the public sector, preferably within a municipal government;

+ Some knowledge of or ability to quickly learn related local, state, and federal programs to promote affordable housing;

+ Some knowledge of or ability to quickly learn the overall functions, duties and responsibilities of assigned Departments/divisions;

+ Ability to make public presentations on complex issues and represent the organization in a professional capacity;

+ Ability to think creatively and be innovative in problem-solving, including the formulation of recommendations;

+ Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook;

+ Knowledge of proper language usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary;

+ Excellent verbal and written communications skills;

+ Ability to work both independently and in a team environment;

+ Ability to prepare correspondence, memoranda, white papers, and minutes of meetings;

+ Ability to exercise good judgment, flexibility, creativity, and sensitivity in response to changing situations and needs;

+ Ability to lead assigned projects to successful completion;

+ Ability to analyze, interpret, and develop solutions promptly using independent judgment and initiative;

+ Ability to visualize abstract concepts and effectively communicate them to others;

+ Ability to exercise sound, independent judgment and work with minimal supervision;

+ Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and data;

+ Ability to interpret and apply Federal, State, and local policies, procedures, laws, and regulations;

+ Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and nontechnical language;

+ Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures and instructions;

+ Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations on all facets of planning operations;

+ Ability to operate a networked personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned tasks;

+ Ability to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and/or oral instructions;

+ Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines;

+ Ability and willingness to quickly learn and use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology;

+ Ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.

+ Consistently performs assignments in accordance with the City’s Core Values of Integrity, Leadership, Service and Teamwork.

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.

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 robust benefits package. Full-time City of Bozeman employees receive these best-in-class benefits:

+ 15 Paid Vacation Days increases with years of service

+ 12 Paid Sick Days

+ 13 Paid Holidays

+ 8 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

+ Bilingual Pay Incentive ($300/month)

+ Montana Public Employee Retirement system plan options with 9.07% employer contribution and option to enroll in a 457 Retirement Plan

+ Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance including a HDHP option providing 100% employer-paid family coverage.

+ Annual Wellness Screening with participation incentives

+ Discounted Bridger Bowl Ski Tickets

+ Discounted Gym Membership

+ Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Eligible Employer

+ Employer Paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance for employees and dependents.

Employer

Bozeman, City of (MT)

Address

121 N Rouse Ave. Bozeman, Montana, 59715

Phone

406-582-2367 406-582-2970

Website

https://www.bozeman.net

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