Housing Trust Silicon Valley is recruiting a Homebuyer Education Specialist to join their team in San Jose, California! You will work a hybrid schedule of three days on-site and two days remote. This is an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about safe, stable, and affordable housing. In this position, you will focus on key educational, administrative, and outreach tasks while being the first point of contact for potential clients and partners. Join a growing organization with great benefits, a thoughtful onboarding process, and a connection to their mission!

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Another Source’s client, Housing Trust Silicon Valley, is recruiting a Homebuyer Education Specialist to join their team in San Jose, California. You will work a hybrid schedule of three days on-site and two days remote. This is an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about safe, stable, and affordable housing.   

Here’s a little about Housing Trust Silicon Valley and the position they are recruiting for: 

Housing Trust is leading the effort to create a strong affordable housing market in the greater Bay Area as one of the region’s highest-volume nonprofit housing lenders. Serving people experiencing homelessness to renters to first-time homebuyers, we assist a wide range of residents with programs across the entire spectrum of housing issues.  

Housing Trust aspires to be a diverse and inclusive organization. We are committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting diversity in our workforce and leadership to reflect the communities we serve. We believe differences in lived-experiences, cultural backgrounds, and diversity of thought are our strongest assets and contribute to our success.  

Here’s a little about the position they we are recruiting for:  

The First-Time Homebuyer Education Specialist reports to the Homebuyer Programs Manager and is critical in the success of our First-Time Homebuyer program. This position will represent Housing Trust internally and externally and will be the first point of contact for potential clients and partners. The position will focus on key educational, administrative and outreach tasks to support the success of our downpayment assistance programs and will be key in delivering an exceptional customer experience to potential First-Time Homebuyers.  

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:  

• Manage interest forms and pre-screenings for homebuyer programs:  
• Manage a caseload of clients interested in becoming homebuyers.  
• Answer general inquiries about the homebuyer programs, including eligibility requirements, qualifications, benefits, and application process from homebuyers, realtors, lenders, and other community housing partners.  
• Assist with the development and maintenance of program materials and forms.  

• Keep abreast of the latest local, state, and federal down payment assistance programs, as well as other resources available to homebuyers and current issues in the home-buying market for low and moderate-income buyers.  

Presentations, Webinars/ Workshops, Outreach and Marketing  

• Coordinate, facilitate and/or lead virtual and in-person, community outreach events, prepare presentations, training, and workshops of Housing Trust’s down payment assistance programs, for homebuyers, lenders, and realtors.   
• Organize logistics, such as scheduling, preparing materials, setting up webinars, drafting e-blasts, managing registrations, answering inquiries, securing venues, etc.   

• Provide post-event follow-up, including updating participant databases, posting/emailing presentation slides, resources, surveys, etc.   
• Collaborate with other organizations to promote homebuyer programs and homeownership opportunities in the community.  
• Work closely with the manager, as well as the Development and Communication team, to ensure outreach and marketing campaigns are coherent and impactful.  

What’s in it for you:   

Housing Trust offers a comprehensive compensation and benefit package. The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $65,000- $75,0000 annually. 

Benefits include: 

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits fully covered for employees. Eligible dependents covered at 50%.  
• 401K employer contribution at 3% and additional match up to 2%.   
• Three (3) weeks of paid vacation  
• Twelve (12) paid sick days.  
• Paid year-end shutdown (for winter holidays) 
• End of year bonus program 
• Tuition reimbursement program and more...  

Another Source works with their clients, on a retained project basis.  We are committed to building inclusive candidate pools as we partner with hiring teams. Veterans, women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As you read through the job posting and review the list of qualifications (required and/or preferred), please do not self-select out if you feel you do not meet every qualification. No one is 100% qualified. We encourage you to apply and share your story with us.  

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