Manager Housing

Regular Full-Time (Exempt)

**About Us**

One of BC’s Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community. As the sixth largest city in BC, we are home to more than 150,000 residents. Our diverse municipality is a great place to work as it continues to grow through innovative urban design, inspiring arts, culture and recreation programs, and state-of-the-art transportation systems. Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner, while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre. We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you

**About You / What We Are Looking For**

Reporting to the Director of Urban Planning and Design, the Housing and Social Policy Manager will be responsible for overseeing and leading a team in preparing and implementing policies, plans, initiatives, and strategies in the focus areas of housing and social planning. This includes exciting work in the delivery of market and non-market housing policy and projects, undertaking housing needs assessments and developing new policy in alignment with identified needs, coordinating actions on homelessness, enhancing community wellbeing, building social policy, supporting childcare policy, and responding to emerging social issues.

**Minimum Qualifications**

Other Requirements include:

- A willingness to join and excel with a dynamic team and growing municipality that is full of opportunity.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to provide strategic advice, counsel and guidance on critical issues that have social and community impacts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to negotiate, influence, and liaise effectively with contractors, consultants, community groups, members of the public and external agencies.
- Advanced project management, research, analytical and problem solving skills, with an ability to interpret and act on emerging issues and exercise judgement in complex problem solving.
- Ability to prepare reports / recommendations to senior management, boards of directors and/or City Council.
- An understanding of and a desire to promote the strategic direction of the City.
- Attendance at occasional evening Council, committee and public meetings is required for this role.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Strong related knowledge of public engagement, policy development, land economics, grant writing and management, industry practice, municipal governance, provincial legislation pertaining to housing, and federal and provincial housing strategies/programs.

**What We Offer**:
This excluded position has an annual salary range of $137,991 - $155,221. The rate of pay is based on a variety of factors including qualifications, knowledge, experience and skills.

You will have the chance to join a rapidly growing and diverse team dedicated to supporting the local community, and be able to engage in variety of learning and development opportunities. Additionally, there is an opportunity to participate in a flex day program. This position is based in Coquitlam with some flexible, hybrid work options available. The City offers an attractive vacation and extended benefits package, including the ability to contribute to the Municipal Pension Plan.

**Accessibility / Equal Opportunity Employer**

The City of Coquitlam is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer working towards enhancing equitable practices in our recruitment and retention processes. As an organization we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment to support our growing and diverse work force. To learn more about what equity, diversity, and inclusion means, and the City’s efforts in support of these principles, please visit coquitlam.ca/edi for more information.

Applicants under consideration may be required to undergo a police information check (with no adverse reports).

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