What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Housing Rehabilitation Specialist - City of Birmingham position at The Personnel Board of Jefferson County?
TARGET CLOSE DATE:
02/24/2025
PAY GRADE:
Grade 25
TYPE:
Full time
JOB SUMMARY:
The City of Birmingham is seeking a Principal Housing Rehabilitation Specialist to manage and oversee various housing assistance programs, ensuring compliance with Federal HUD guidelines. Key responsibilities include conducting on-site inspections, reviewing proposals, applications, and projects, and managing housing rehabilitation loan and commercial rehabilitation incentive programs. The role involves reviewing applications and documentation for compliance, monitoring fund dispersal, and conducting investigations to ensure proper fund usage. The Specialist will also interact with stakeholders, explaining policies, housing codes, and regulations, while supervising subordinate staff by reviewing work, monitoring progress, and providing guidance. The position requires adherence to professional standards with general direction provided as needed.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.Applications for this position will be considered for the following Merit System employing agencies. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency.
Birmingham $57,012 - $88,462
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:
- Driver’s license.
- Experience monitoring and executing housing rehabilitation and federal grant programs (i.e., HUD & CDBG).
- Experience conducting Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required full environmental reviews for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funded projects.
- Experience preparing construction-related bids and procurement in compliance with State of Alabama laws.
- Experience supervising and managing personnel.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by Merit System agencies. These qualifications may be considered by a hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Building Sciences or related field.
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:
- Plans and directs the work of programs engaged in a variety of housing assistance programs to ensure compliance with housing and related codes by establishing goals and timelines, delegating responsibilities, reviewing work, working with outside agencies and vendors, and completing various project reports.
- Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress and/or training.
- Conducts an environment review utilizing the HUD Environmental Review Checklist and eliminates any revealed barriers prior to starting rehab.
- Administers housing rehabilitation loan programs and commercial rehabilitation incentive programs.
- Creates bid proposals according to specifications for equipment, supplies, and services in order to meet the needs of the agency, and closes out projects.
- Administers housing assistance programs, which may include the critical repair grant programs and various housing rehabilitation loan programs and commercial rehabilitation incentive programs.
- Explains, counsels, advises, or reports issues such as housing code violations, program requirements, repairs required to comply with the minimum housing code, etc., to individuals such as property owners, tenants, landlords, and community agencies in order to assist or reassure.
- Conducts condemnation and demolition inspections to ensure compliance with applicable codes and ordinances, and initiates demolition process where appropriate.
- Prepares reports for supervisors, local, state and national government agencies regarding the status of funding and grant activities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Job involves physical exertion required for sustained periods of light physical activity such as walking or standing. May involve occasional lifting of items or objects weighing up to 75 lbs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is conducted both indoors in an office setting as well as during regular field visits to external places of business, residences, or construction worksites. Work involves the use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc. Work involves use of various hand tools such as hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, voltage meters, tape measures, and ladders, etc. May be exposed to weather conditions, such as extreme hot or cold temperatures.
EEO STATEMENT:
The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.
ACCOMMODATION:
To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at accommodationrequest@pbjcal.org or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.
NOTE:
This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.
DISCLAIMER:
This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.
Salary : $57,012 - $88,462
