The Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) plans and implements activities which prevent and correct problems that contribute to the physical decline of residential and commercial areas; ensures fair and equitable relations between landlords and tenants; increases the supply of affordable housing; and maintains existing housing in a safe and sanitary condition. DHCA is seeking an experienced manager to provide strategic program planning and management to ensure integrated and effective cross-DHCA operations including procurement, contracting, grant management, asset management, and loan servicing; and major Department initiatives including strategic program and business operations planning, and business process improvements.
The Section Manager of Grant and Asset Management reports to the Chief of Finance and Administration. The position works independently to plan, develop, and implement broad, operational, mission-related departmental/agency programs, functions, and/or services having critical impact on the accomplishment of DHCA goals and objectives.
Primary responsibility is to ensure regulatory compliance with all grant funding sources the Department receives particularly the HOME Program, CDBG Program and ESG Program. This includes drafting contracts, reviewing construction contracts for compliance and providing training and TA to staff and management as to requirements. It also includes serving as liaison to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Montgomery County’s Office of Procurement for departmental procurements and resolving impediments as they may arise. The position includes overseeing the grants award process from the Departmental assignment through issuance of Purchase Orders by Procurement. This position also oversees the asset management program, which actively monitors the department’s $300M in housing loans from local and federal funding sources, leveraging $1.5B in affordable real estate.
As a manager of unionized employees, this position has a responsibility for fostering a positive labor relations environment based on mutual respect, trust, and cooperation.
This position requires the ability to attend meetings or perform work at locations outside the office.
Additional Employment Information
OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.
Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to special.accommodations@montgomerycountymd.gov Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant’s responses in conjunction with his/her resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a “Lateral Transfer” candidate and may be considered for interview.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in a grants, asset management and/or contract management.
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted. Note: Based upon legislative requirements, some positions may be subject to different minimum qualifications.
Preferred Criteria
The applications of those individuals meeting the minimum qualifications will be reviewed to determine the extent, relevancy of training, and experience in the following areas :
- Experience drafting service and construction contracts, competitive procurement vehicles (RFPs, IFBs, etc.) in compliance with County and funding source requirements.
- Experience researching, interpreting and translating legal documents into “plain English” for staff and management.
- Experience managing and developing and extensive knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of loan operations, portfolio management, loan servicing and loan management.
- Experience planning, formulating, analyzing and implementing management and programmatic policies and strategies appropriate to organize and manage a section within the department.
- Experience managing and administering and extensive knowledge of grants and contracts from procurement to implementation.
- Experience establishing and maintaining working relationships with departmental administrators and managers, senior program management staff, representatives of public and private sector agencies, business and community groups and organizations.
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