PROJECT MANAGER

Location: Chicago, IL; Kalamazoo, MI; Detroit, MI

Salary: $101,000-$119,000; commensurate with experience

Benefits: Health, dental, vision, Simple IRA, PTO, short- and long-term disability, life and supplemental insurance, and more. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

**Communications regarding this position may include the company name "Banner Property" and should be deemed legitimate**

Full Circle Communities, Inc., is a mission-driven non-profit developer, owner, and manager of affordable housing. We achieve our mission collaboratively – with our residents, our communities, our industry partners, and our fellow employees. We look for committed and enthusiastic individuals who are energized by our mission and the challenges of creating and operating service-rich affordable housing. We invest in our team members’ growth as we expect them to invest in the growth of the organization.

Job Description:

Full Circle is seeking a Project Manager to join our Real Estate Development team to oversee all aspects of the development process, from initial concept through construction completion and initial occupancy for specific projects. The position reports to either the Executive Vice President or Vice President of Real Estate Development. A Project Manager will:

•  Lead select development projects (at least two)
  1. Pre-development
     • Assist senior staff in initiation, underwriting, and evaluation of opportunities
     • Analyze federal, state and local priorities for affordable housing
     • Assist with setting the project mission: identify target resident population, service provider partners, and potential Joint Venture opportunities
     • Lead financing applications and secure project financing commitments
     • Solicit and coordinate the work of project consultants, leading project partner selection and on-going evaluation process at discretion of officers
     • Build community support and lead entitlements process
     • Organize and lead closings
  2. Construction
     • Oversee the construction process to assure compliance with plans, specifications, and organizational goals
     • Review and manage development-related payment requests, budgets and accounting reports, requests for proposals, and contracts 
     • Monitor project funds, forecast cash flows, and coordinate loan draws
     • Obtain construction, architectural, and financing approvals
     • Coordinate with property management, prepare and implement relocation plans as needed
  3. Close-out and Hand-off
     • Lead transition from development to property management
     • Secure certificate of occupancy and other completion approvals
     • Lead conversion from construction to permanent financing with officer support
     • Oversee punchlist completion and remain involved in on-going warranty requests
• Community Outreach
  1. Lead outreach duties and public relations work as needed
  2. Act as primary FCC liaison for community meetings, outreach efforts, and special events with guidance and support from senior staff
  3. Participate in City / County / State policy planning and advocacy efforts
  4. Analyze demographic, market, and rent comparable data
• At discretion of the EVPRED or VPRED, contribute to department update reports.
• Provide direction and delegate work to junior staff, and supervise an intern as needed
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the EVPRED, VPRED, or President/CEO

Required Skills and Abilities:

The ideal team member will blend passion, creativity and an analytical mind in envisioning development concepts, and will be persistent in seeing them through to completion. They will have effective written and verbal communication skills, and be equally at home working on complex financial spreadsheets and communicating Full Circle’s mission and vision with the community. Candidates must have the following skills:

• Ability to work in service of FCC’s organizational goals and mission
• Ability to collaborate with senior staff ensuring adherence to a project’s mission and fit with FCC’s overall organizational goals
• Initiative, independence and the capacity to exercise considerable independent judgment over typical acquisition, financing, construction and design issues
• Ability to manage an interdisciplinary team and a project critical path
• Ability and willingness to collaborate closely with other departments and to provide direction to junior staff
• Strong understanding of affordable housing finance, construction management processes, and entitlements process
• Well-developed analytical, negotiation, and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with and lead a wide variety of individuals and groups
• Capacity to work productively under pressure with support from senior staff

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree; appropriate professional experience may be substituted for a degree
• 5 years of experience in the affordable housing field, 3 of which must be direct experience in affordable housing development.

Preferred Qualifications:    

• Sustained exemplary performance as an Assistant Project Manager, Development Officer, or similar OR
• Master’s degree and 4 years of direct experience in affordable housing development 

Full Circle Communities, Inc. currently has ownership/affiliated interests in and/or manages almost 2000 units in Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan. We are located in Chicago, Illinois, in the West Loop near UIC, but due to our growth in Michigan would gladly consider remote employment in the Kalamazoo or Detroit area. Our corporate office functions in a relaxed, business casual environment, with some work-from-home flexibility. Employees are encouraged to explore their interests and define their own growth, and Full Circle is a committed partner in their career development.

Full Circle is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and while we have a set of preferred qualifications listed, if you have other experience that you think is related, please apply.