Step into the mission-driven role as Program and Impact Manager with Housing Trust Silicon Valley, where you’ll join a passionate team in San Jose, CA, dedicated to creating lasting change in affordable housing solutions. In this hybrid position, you’ll work closely with the Chief Program and Impact Officer to develop and implement innovative programs that address community needs, while also creating and managing an organization-wide impact measurement framework. You'll take the lead on key initiatives, including managing grant programs, advancing DEI goals, and overseeing data integrity through Salesforce. If you’re looking for an opportunity to drive meaningful impact and collaborate with a positive, forward-thinking team, this role could be for you!

Another Source's client, Housing Trust Silicon Valley, is recruiting a Program and Impact manager to join their team in their San Jose office, or future satellite office in East Bay. This role works a hybrid schedule, on-site 3 days and remote 2 days for first 90 days, and on-site 2 days and remote 3 days after 90 days. 

Housing Trust is looking for exceptional people who believe that safe, stable affordable housing opens the door to better living for everyone. We embrace diversity. We nurture it and we thrive on it because it benefits our organization, our partners, and our community. We are seeking a mission and results driven individual for an amazing opportunity to join a highly respected organization.

Are you committed to making a positive impact on one of the most serious crises facing our region? Are you a strategic thinker with hands on management experience and a creative approach to community development lending? Are you motivated by growing a business and driving new opportunities? If so, Housing Trust is the place for you. This is an ideal opportunity for someone interested in creating new bodies of work in support of strategic initiatives. Someone who works independently and thrives in a fast-paced environment; enjoys working on a variety of projects; and takes ownership of coordinating and delivering results.

MISSION AND HISTORY: 

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. Since 2000, Housing Trust has cumulatively invested $615 million – creating over 27,200 affordable housing opportunities serving over 50,900 of our neighbors. Housing Trust has led the way in engaging local corporations and foundations in investing hundreds of millions of dollars to work with us to bring more solutions to the market all while experiencing several years of high growth in our lending business.

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.

Salary: The annual salary range for this position is $90,000 to $125,000. 

Benefits Overview: 

• 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%.  

• 3 weeks of paid vacation 

• Commuter Benefits including 100% paid parking 

• 12 paid sick days 

• Paid year-end shutdown 

• End of year bonus 

• Tuition reimbursement program and more... 

ABOUT THE ROLE:  

The Program and Impact Manager works closely with the Chief Program and Impact Officer (CPIO) and other key stakeholders to advance the organization’s strategic goals.  

This role is responsible for developing and deploying programs, as well as creating and maintaining an organization-wide impact measurement and management framework. A broad understanding of the Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) sector is essential, as the role involves managing grant programs, leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, supporting impact measurement efforts, and overseeing Salesforce data initiatives 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Program Development and Management: 

• Develop and maintain proficient knowledge of the industry and Housing Trust’s programs and history.  

• Develop, deploy and manage new and expanded programs responsive to community needs and aligned with the organizational mission, including the BIPOC Capacity Building grants, and other initiatives as developed. 

• Ensure initiatives are effectively implemented and aligned with organizational DEI goals. 

• Provide guidance to Housing Trust’s development team for project-specific grant requests. 

• Assist the CPIO in preparing memos, white papers, agendas, and other documentation for the Lending Innovation & Policy Committee. 

• Identify and secure subject matter guest speakers for team development sessions and committee meetings. 

• Foster a collaborative and high performing environment. 

Impact Measurement and Management: 

• Guided by CPIO, develop a set of standard impact measurements for each of Housing Trust’s program and lending areas that demonstrate outputs and outcomes. 

• Research best impact measurement and management practices and develop Housing Trust’s framework. 

• Lead initiatives for cleaning impact data within Salesforce, ensuring data integrity and accuracy to support informed decision-making across the organization. 

• Develop and manage data collection flow both into Salesforce from multiple teams and sources and out of Salesforce for staff for reporting, communications and presentations.  Understand reporting available from loan servicing and drive decision making for best data location and reporting including possibly BI solutions. 

• Manage impact-focused executive dashboards to provide real-time insights into key metrics and organizational performance. 

• Coordinate white papers, academic studies and similar think pieces replated to the outcomes of Housing Trust’s work and/or potential affordable housing finance related innovations, this includes defining project scopes, designing studies or surveys and managing a team of internal and external participants. 

• Lead internal and collaborative working groups focused on data management and Salesforce, fostering innovation and continuous improvement.  

• Lead team through impact tracking and goals.  

• Collaborate closely with Communications to uplift the impact of Housing Trust’s work. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Finance, Public Administration, Urban Planning or a related field (master’s degree preferred). 

• 5+ years of experience in one of the following: program development, grant management, budgeting, or nonprofit management, preferably within the affordable housing or CDFI sector. 

• Affordable housing experience preferred, particularly financing or lending. 

• Strong knowledge of DEI principles and experience managing DEI initiatives. 

• Expert proficiency in Salesforce and experience with data management and reporting. 

• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to analyze and work with data and effectively accumulate and present data and narratives (written and verbal).  

• Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks while exhibiting initiative, problem solving skills, strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.  

• Ability to articulate and integrate Housing Trust’s mission and values into everyday work. 

• Proven ability to interact effectively at all management levels and collaborate across various levels of diversity including race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, actual or perceived gender identity, age, or sexual orientation. 

Housing Trust is an equal opportunity employer to all regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, actual or perceived gender identity, age or sexual orientation. Housing Trust is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and our goal is to have a workforce (at all job levels) that is representative of the communities we serve. 

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