EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is an equal-opportunity, non-discriminatory employer. MTC provides all employees and applicants with an equal opportunity in every aspect of the employment experience regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical handicap, medical condition or marital status.

Be ready to rethink your assumptions about the public sector. Flexible hours? Flexible work location? A beautiful, well-located, high amenity building for on-site work? Yes, yes, and yes!

The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, experience, skills and abilities:  

Knowledge of and experience with:

• Affordable housing application and lease-up processes, including lotteries, area median income requirements, special needs designations, and fair housing standards
• The typologies and main funding sources of affordable housing, including federal subsidies (Housing Choice Vouchers/Section 8), low-income housing tax credits, and local inclusionary programs
• Bay Area jurisdictions’ specific occupancy preferences and how they are applied
• Property management protocols regarding re-leasing/selling at unit turnover
• Web application and cloud-computing technologies
• Product development life cycle, including system requirements, design, and testing
• Application security and data security
• Database and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, e.g., Salesforce

• Manage a multi-jurisdictional collaborative effort
• Expertly manage procurements, contracts, and projects, including creating a clear work scope for consultants that delivers the desired work product on time and on budget
• Build strong stakeholder support and committed partnerships across the region
• Explain highly technical system operations in language accessible to lay audiences
• Communicate and present clearly and effectively to diverse stakeholder groups, both verbally and in writing
• Work independently
• Keep accurate records
• Make sound decisions within established guidelines, including risk management
• Implement, explain, and apply applicable laws, codes and regulations
• Use initiative and sound judgment within established procedural guidelines
• Collaborate with colleagues and external stakeholders in a team- and solutions-oriented way

An appropriate combination of education and experience that has provided the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way of obtaining the required qualifications is:

Education: A Master's degree from an accredited college or university in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment such as transportation planning, project management, public finance, transportation engineering, economics, business or public administration.  (Applicants with a degree issued from an institution outside the United States must have their transcripts evaluated by an academic accrediting service and provide proof of equivalency along with their application.)     

Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible experience in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment.   

A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline and four years of relevant experience is an alternative qualification.

License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Class C driver's license and a safe driving record, or the ability to provide alternate transportation which is approved by the appointing authority.

Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:    

• Procuring and managing technical consultants skilled in the design, development, training, launch, and maintenance of the Doorway portal
• Collaborating with MTC’s Technology Services Section to create and manage the infrastructure and software for longer-term operations, including web hosting, system maintenance, and data privacy standards 
• Leveraging database and CRM systems to effectively store, organize, analyze, and report data collected from the portal to inform housing policy and funding decisions
• Coordinating with local jurisdiction staff launching and/or operating analogous local housing portals to ensure alignment, achieve efficiencies, and advance regional goals
• Promoting Doorway to local jurisdictions without analogous local portals to facilitate their participation in the regional system
• Successfully collaborating and cooperating with key stakeholders, including community members needing affordable housing; housing developers and property managers; equity-focused advocates; MTC/ABAG governing commissions and committees; city and county housing staff and elected officials; and potential funders
• Providing prompt and professional service to key stakeholders that results in their effective participation in Doorway and builds the lasting partnerships necessary to advancing regional housing goals 
• Performing contract management functions that include administering and monitoring multi-year project budgets, funding agreements and task orders; ensuring compliance with scope of work, budget, and schedule; and reviewing invoices to ensure accuracy and conformance to funding agreements and task orders 
• Communicating clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, and distilling detailed program or policy concepts into compelling, relevant, and understandable memos and presentations
• Representing MTC/ABAG in a variety of meetings and/or events 
• Performing other job-related duties as needed or assigned by the section