Affordable Housing Development Project Coordinator

Company Biography
- Please Note: This is a temporary position for the estimated duration of 18 months*

The County of Lambton is an urban-rural area in southwestern Ontario that is home to over 126,000 residents. The Corporation's seven divisions operate programs and services for the residents of Lambton County such as land ambulance, provincial offences court, three Long-Term Care Homes, 25 library branches, two museums, an art gallery, archives, local roadways, public health services, housing services, social services, building services and planning and development services. Lambton County is a community dedicated to economic growth, environmental stewardship and an enhanced quality of life through the provision of responsive and efficient services and collaborative efforts with its municipal and community partners.
Position Overview
Leads strategic engagement of the affordable housing sector in the community, including but not limited to non-profit, supportive and transitional housing providers, the philanthropic sector, land use planners, property developers, rental housing owners and affordable homeownership proponents.

**Responsibilities**:
Affordable Housing Development Duties
- Provides leadership, collaboration, and facilitation skills to work cross-departmentally with senior management, County staff and key community stakeholders to incorporate recommendations to Council on strategies and implementation approaches on delivering the best possible housing outcomes.
- Provides senior level policy support to the County to enable informed decision making regarding affordable housing and to provide context for planning and resource deployment.
- Pro-actively builds and maintains positive relationships with key stakeholders and develops options for implementing innovative strategies by forming and enhancing networks and collaborations with community partners, national housing experts, business leaders, appropriate provincial and federal agencies, and other levels of government.
- Provides leadership, visioning, and strategic direction responsible for working with a wide variety of community stakeholders to develop, design, and implement policies, processes and programs that drive positive changes along the affordable housing continuum within the identified four pillars: acquisition, development, retention and supports.
- Collects data and assesses the community need for a streamlined process including how well the current configuration of services meets those needs; identifies changes that may be warranted. In consultation with senior leaders, develops a vision of enhanced service and provides strategic leadership in the transformation of current practices, ensuring recommended policies and long-range strategies are based on evidence and a clear understanding of inherent risks.
- Provides expertise in change management and project management to enable partners to plan and lead their staff through transformational changes in a large complex project including service delivery, process improvement and redesign, as well as the realignment of supports and resources that will meet future local needs and the provincial vision for a housing development plan.
- Designs and implements project strategy; creates, executes, and controls project plans through project communications, management, and change management plans; and manage risks. Ensures all phases of project delivery are performed within standards, timeframes, and budget requirements.
- Sets priorities for resources among multiple programs, service providers and projects and implements modifications to respond to changing circumstances. Reports regularly on the status of programs, projects and tasks, program evaluations and other team activities.
- Develops and implements strategies for building community consensus through collaborative partnerships.

Communication
- Attend meetings in person and virtually and interact with federal, provincial, and municipal staff, community agencies, developers, landowners, and the public.
- Prepare committee reports and on occasion make presentations to County Council Committee or partner municipalities’ Council.

Technology
- Develop and maintain records, reports, and statistics necessary for program functioning, evaluation, and funding.
- Use the required County of Lambton programs such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.

**General**:

- Incumbents must keep up-to-date on all relevant legislation, collective bargaining agreements, County Policies and Procedures, etc. ensuring that these are implemented as prescribed.
- Incumbents must possess the physical ability to meet the duties and responsibilities of the job description and/or the requirements identified within the position's Physical Demands Analysis.

These describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbents in this classification. They are not an exhaustive list of all job duties in the classification. Other duties may be assigned.

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