Vice President Of Real Estate And Development
AchieveAbility (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Are you passionate about helping disadvantaged persons and families develop skills and seize opportunities to achieve their potential and become successful?

Are you a natural at communicating and connecting with others, handling customer concerns, rallying and organizing people to accomplish objectives and showing appreciation and giving recognition for the good work of others?

Are you driven to achieve goals while able to get along well with all kinds of people, have fun and laugh a lot?

 

The Vice President of Real Estate and Development position at AchieveAbility may be just the job for you. We are seeking a person of integrity and achievement.

 

Responsibilities:

Housing Development

The position is responsible for the successful and timely completion of AchieveAbility housing development activities, from the concept or idea phase to the project close-out (lease-up or sale) phase. Some specific responsibilities are:

 

-Actively participate, along with other members of the Leadership Team and the Real Estate Committee, in the concept and idea phase. This includes evaluating AchieveAbility’s current real estate portfolio, AchieveAbility’s strategic plan and AchieveAbility’s needs, among other things. It also involves evaluation of AchieveAbility’s past and current real estate development activities and making recommendations for future activities.

 

-Guide project through due the diligence process up to closing of each project funding source, including low income housing tax credit syndicators, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA), the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (RDA), the Affordable Housing Program (AHP) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Generally, this involves submission of real estate, architectural, environmental, organizational, financial and project description documents, along with the contractual agreements with the various development team members.

 

-For low income housing tax credit projects, facilitate negotiation of the limited partnership agreement.

 

-Facilitate the voucher and payment process during development.

 

-Submit to various funding sources any and all documents necessary to complete the requirements thereof. This includes the tax credit placed-in-service package, as well as any requirements of the tax credit syndicator, RDA, AHP, HUD or any other funding source.

 

Property Management

Currently, AchieveAbility is the property management agent for six low income housing tax credit partnerships and AppleTree Housing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AchieveAbility. In addition, AchieveAbility also manages its own real estate. The combined inventory of these eight entities is about 160 units. In general property management includes maintenance, finance, marketing and leasing and legal and risk management. Compliance with the requirements of the various sources of development funding is included under administration.

 

About AchieveAbility: AchieveAbility is the Philadelphia Foundation’s 2006 Good Governance Awardee and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s 2004 Nonprofit of the Year. Our mission is to permanently break the cycle of poverty and achieve upward mobility and self-sufficiency for single parent, low income and formerly homeless families through education, supportive services, community and economic development, housing and accountability.

 

Additional qualifications:

At least 5 years experience in nonprofit management preferred.

Master’s degree required, in relevant field preferred.

Ability to pass background checks (FBI, child abuse, drug test, driving record).
Valid driver's license, insurance, registered vehicle available for use at work.
Interpersonal skills; Writing skills; Public speaking skills; Time management and organizational skills; Management skills; planning and plan implementation skills.

 

How to Apply:

Please e-mail to employment@achieve-ability.org the following items: (1) your resume; (2) references – supervisor, peer and supervisee; and (3) a cover letter stating (a) how you found out about this position, (b) your salary requirement, and (c) your philosophy regarding helping disenfranchised families.

 

For the subject line of your email, please indicate: VPRealEstate-First Name  Last Name