Senior Program Coordinator - Real Estate

The Department of Housing Services is currently looking for its next Senior Program Coordinator - Real Estate to serve the mission of creating pathways out of homelessness, promoting housing stability, and investing in affordable communities for Washington County and our residents.

Are you passionate about creating lasting solutions to housing affordability and homelessness? As a Senior Program Coordinator - Real Estate, you'll take the lead on some of the region's most impactful affordable housing initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to manage complex real estate development projects from concept through completion-working with public, nonprofit, and private partners to bring deeply affordable and supportive housing to Washington County.

You'll oversee the strategic use of local, state, and federal funding sources-including LIHTC, HOME, CDBG, and Supportive Housing Services (SHS)-to finance and implement housing developments that serve our most vulnerable residents. You'll also help shape housing policy, guide entitlement processes, and ensure projects align with community needs and equity goals. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of housing development, public service, and systems change.

The position has the potential to work a hybrid schedule based on department need.

The Department of Housing (including the Housing Authority of Washington County) is an innovative organization responsible for rent assistance, affordable housing development, and homeless services programming across our community. We are a dynamic team that highly values a culture of access and inclusion, diverse perspectives, and life experiences. We embrace collaboration, work-life balance, and a supportive workplace environment, and are passionate about the work we do to serve and support our diverse community. For more information, please click here.

The ideal candidate is an affordable housing professional with a strong track record in real estate development, public financing, and government program oversight. They bring at least three to five years of experience managing complex housing projects, including site acquisition, entitlements, and layered financing (e.g., LIHTC, HOME, SHS, CDBG, HUD), predevelopment, construction, and stabilization. They are adept at navigating intergovernmental processes, managing contracts and grants, and aligning development timelines with regulatory and funding requirements. This candidate excels balancing the needs of developers, service providers, funders, and community members-while ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal housing policies. They demonstrate strong project management, budgeting, and contract administration skills. They are strategic and detail-oriented, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams. Experience with shelter, transitional, and permanent supportive housing development is a plus.

Senior Program Coordinator - Real Estate is a worker title. For a full listing of job duties and knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position, please follow this link: Senior Program Coordinator.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a health, social service, business, or related field; AND three (3) years of work experience in program administration, development, evaluation, and/or contract administration. OR
• Seven (7) years of work experience in program administration, development, evaluation, and/or contract administration.

• Must possess a driver's license valid in the State of Oregon and have an acceptable driving record per Washington County policy. To review Washington County's Driver's License and Record Policy: Driver's License & Records Policy (Vehicles - Section 800).
• Must complete a criminal history check post offer.

Please be clear and specific in the applicable sections of the employment application about how your background is relevant. This information must also be consistent with your supplemental question responses. Please note: Answers to the supplemental questions are typically evaluated separately from your application.

Our commitment to you:
Washington County is an equal opportunity employer committed to using a merit-based system in which recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees is based on knowledge, skills, and abilities. Our organization embraces innovation, collaboration, and work-life harmony. We promote employee development and offer an award-winning benefits and wellness program as well as an opportunity to serve and support our vibrant community.

Selection Process:

2. Minimum Qualifications (MQ) Review: Human Resources will screen applications for MQs beginning the week after the posting closes. Additional preferred qualifications screening may be applied depending on the number of applications received. The timeframe to review will be the week of December 21, 2025.

3. Subject Matter Expert (SME) Review: Your responses may be evaluated and scored by a panel of subject matter experts. Your total score for this examination will affect your placement on the eligible list (a list of candidates eligible for interviews). This process will begin the week of December 28, 2025 and may take up to 2 weeks.

4. Panel Interviews: Generally, the top 6 - 8 candidates will be invited to participate in a panel interview.

5. Conditional Offer: The top candidate will be required to successfully clear a third-party background check and driving check as pre-employment conditions.

Please note: candidates that are successful in the evaluation process may have their applications referred for additional vacancies in the same classification, or job family.

Veterans' Preference:
If you are a veteran and would like to be considered for a Veterans' preference for this recruitment, please review instructions using this link: Veterans' Preference Points.

Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act:
Reasonable accommodation is available to anyone whose specific disability prevents them from completing this application or participating in the selection process for this recruitment. To obtain confidential assistance please contact Human Resources 503-846-8606, or e-mail at: Careers@washingtoncountyor.govat least 48 hours before any step in the recruitment and selection process for which you feel you need accommodation.

Status of Your Application:
You will be advised by e-mail of your status at each step in the application process, from initial application to final employment disposition. Please note that Washington County communicates with all candidates via e-mail. If you "opt out" or "unsubscribe" of e-mail notification from notices in NEOGOV it will impact our ability to communicate with you about job postings.

Questions (?) Regarding This Recruitment
Gregory Garabedian, Talent Acquisition Business Partner
Gregory_Garabedian@washingtoncountyor.gov

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