Join Our Team
Community Housing Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Development Assistant
Temporary Contract Position
40 hrs/wk July - October 1, 2008
· Assists in planning and developing assisted and affordable housing and related programs;
· Work with the VP of Development to plan and implement development activities.
· Performs site evaluations to determine a property's appropriateness for assisted or affordable housing, makes recommendations for purchase, and completes HUD reports;
· General departmental support and packaging of various grant proposals and reports as needed.
· Assist with brainstorming, planning, and implementation of development activities.
· Reviews proposals requirements and develops checklists
· Review, edit and format proposals for preparation submission
· Conducts research for grant opportunities and maintains tracking system to identify and track grant and contact opportunities.
· Writes reports in response to funding source inquiries and to provide program information;
· Assists in writing funding proposals for assisted and affordable housing programs;
· Conducts research to determine the impact of federal regulations, to keep informed of new housing programs and to determine the need for housing in the local community;
· Interprets research findings and writes reports;
· Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
· Perform other related duties as required by the position or as assigned by supervisor.
· Researching prospective grant opportunities
Ability to:
· Comprehend and make inferences from written material.
· Learn job-related material primarily through oral instruction and observation. This learning takes place mainly in an on-the-job training setting.
· Produce written documents with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation and grammar.
· Keep abreast of changes in rules, regulations, and techniques affecting assisted and affordable housing programs.
· Work independently and make sound work decisions.
· Excellent interpersonal skills: telephone, person-to-person.
· Excellent computer skills: Word, Excel, database experience
· Reliable, dependable, mature attitude, welcoming demeanor to visitors and callers.
· Thoughtful about how to complete tasks; must be able to work independently on routine tasks.
· Be creative, innovative and decisive.
· Work well under minimal supervision.
· Be able to work independently in arranging and managing a heavy and varied workload, and take personal responsibility for achieving deadlines.
· Work quickly while demonstrating close attention to detail.
Send resumes to:
Community Housing Network, Inc.
Attn: Nicole Daoust, HR Manager
570 Kirts Boulevard, Suite 231
Troy, MI 48084
No phone calls please.