Senior Program Coordinator - Real Estate

The Department of Housing Services is currently looking for its nextSenior Program Coordinator - Real Estateto serve the mission ofcreating pathways out of homelessness, promoting housing stability, and investing in affordable communities for Washington County and our residents.

Are you passionate about creating lasting solutions to housing affordability and homelessness? As a Senior Program Coordinator with Washington County, you'll take the lead on some of the region's most impactful affordable housing initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to manage complex real estate development projects from concept through completion-working with public, nonprofit, and private partners to bring deeply affordable and supportive housing to Washington County. You will oversee the strategic use of local, state, and federal funding sources-including LIHTC, HOME, CDBG, and Supportive Housing Services (SHS)-to finance and implement housing developments that serve our most vulnerable residents. You will also help shape housing policy, guide entitlement processes, and ensure projects align with community needs and access and opportunity goals. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of housing development, public service, and systems change.

Ideal Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

The ideal candidate is a missiondriven housing professional with experience in affordable housing, real estate development, public financing, and/or related community development work. They have supported or led projects involving site acquisition, design coordination, entitlements, financing, and construction, and they understand how these components fit together over the life of a development project. This candidate brings strong project and team management skills. They know how to plan and budget projects, solicit and administer contracts, and coordinate teams. They excel at balancing the needs of diverse partners-including developers, service providers, funders, and community members-while maintaining compliance with local, state, and federal housing requirements. They are capable of managing housing development across various phases, including acquisition, predevelopment, construction, and conversion to permanent operations. They thrive in collaborative, crossfunctional environments. Experience with shelter, transitional housing, or permanent supportive housing is a plus, but not required.

Candidates with comparable or transferrable experience - and an interest in working in a mission-oriented environment - are encouraged to apply. Qualified backgrounds could include roles in community development, urban planning, public sector or nonprofit project management, capital project delivery, or other missiondriven fields that require coordinating multistakeholder initiatives, navigating regulatory processes, managing complex funding streams, and ensuring strong fiscal and contractual oversight.

To review the complete classification, including the full list of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) associated with this position, use this link: Senior Program Coordinator.

About the Department/Division:

The Department of Housing (including the Housing Authority of Washington County) is an innovative organization responsible for rent assistance, affordable housing development, and homeless services programming across our community. We are a dynamic team that highly values a culture of access and inclusion, diverse perspectives, and life experiences. We embrace collaboration, work-life balance with a hybrid work environment, and a supportive workplace environment, and are passionate about the work we do to serve and support our diverse community. For more information, please click here.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a health, social service, business, or related field;ANDthree (3) years of work experience in program administration, development, evaluation, and/or contract administration.OR

• Seven (7) years of work experience in program administration, development, evaluation, and/or contract administration

Special Qualifications:

• Must possess a driver's license valid in the State of Oregon and have an acceptable driving record per Washington County policy. To review Washington County's Driver's License and Record Policy:Driver's License & Records Policy(Vehicles - Section 800).

• Must pass a criminal history check in accordance with Oregon Administrative Rules.