Development Manager

Toronto Community Housing

Toronto Community Housing is the largest social housing provider in Canada, providing housing to over 164,000 families, seniors, singles and special needs tenants. We are committed to healthy communities, equity and a strong learning culture. Our commitment is to build on the strength of our organization - our tenants and staff - to create good places to live and to work. The portfolio includes more than 57,500 units of housing in over 2,800 buildings and houses across the city of Toronto.

Development Manager

File#:	TCHC#10DVE20
Salary:	$85,445.51 – $104,201.85
Location:	931 Yonge Street
Division:	Development
Class:	Management – Grade Level 8
Positions Available:	1

(TWO (2) YEAR CONTRACT WITH POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION)

Toronto Community Housing is looking for an experienced Development Manager with strong leadership abilities and experience in residential land development. The successful candidate will be a key player on a multi-disciplinary team committed to the start up of community revitalization projects and development opportunities assessments.

Toronto Community Housing is engaged in a Housing Works Strategy that focuses on Revitalization of existing communities. Our driving development vision is to "Build Great Neighbourhoods". Great neighbourhoods mean more than just housing. It means creating a range of housing, including rental, affordable homeownership and market priced units; providing economic development opportunities for our residents and the broader neighborhood. New housing may be developed in partnership with private developers or under direct construction contracts with residential builders.

Responsibilities:

• Project management of development projects which may range from master-planned communities to stand alone residential or mixed-use buildings;

• Prepares site analyses including, but not restricted to, site capacity, planning approval issues, valuation, site servicing requirements and community impacts;

• Prepares development proposal reports for review and approval for both Toronto Community Housing sites and sites proposed for acquisition;

• Plans, prepares and executes public and community based meetings, workshops, charrettes, including presentations at community meetings;

• Prepares project assessments and project business plans (cash flow requirements, equity investment requirements, funding requirements, operating pro-formas, etc.);

• Develops and manages proposal calls;

• Facilitates and negotiates partnerships with local business, developers, senior levels of government, business associations and related agencies with respect to specific housing development projects;

• Initiates and maintains relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including senior management in other departments, community-based groups, businesses and government agencies; and

• Other related duties to site assessments and the development of new housing may be assigned from time to time

Qualifications:

• Post secondary degree in planning, architecture, project management or related degree or equivalent combination of education and experience;

• Minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in residential development including a range of types and scales of infill development;

• Demonstrated understanding of real estate development financial aspects and project budgets;

• Demonstrated community organization skills and the ability to forge partnerships that develop affordable mixed-income housing;

• Knowledge of issues pertinent to the reuse of residential lands, buildings and revitalization of residential areas;

• Knowledge of green buildings technologies and sustainable development;

• Experience in private, public and/or non-profit process related to residential development;

• Excellent knowledge of the relevant legislation and by-laws affecting housing development;

• Knowledge of project communication issues management and the maintenance and updates to communication plans;

• Demonstrated ability to conduct research and analysis;

• Demonstrated ability to work independently in the delivery of assigned responsibilities;

• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively in a team environment; and

• Proficiency with electronic spreadsheets, word processing, presentation and database software programs

Toronto Community Housing is committed to equity in employment. Our goal is a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from women and men, people from racialized communities, sexual minorities, persons with disabilities and aboriginal persons.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to human.resources@torontohousing.ca.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Applications must be received by March 17, 2010 at:

Human Resources Division
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
931 Yonge Street 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4W 2H2
Fax: (416) 981-4260
E-mail: Human.Resources@torontohousing.ca

Posting Date: March 4, 2010