Associate Director of Real Estate - April 2016 - Job Description

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Job Description for the Associate Director of Real Estate role in April 2016 at Urban Edge, reporting to the Director of Real Estate and supervising Project Managers. The position leads implementation of the Real Estate Development agenda, overseeing multi-phase development work across affordable multifamily, community, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Responsibilities include supervising staff performance and development, managing budgets and project milestones, creating proformas and complex schedules, securing financing, managing professional teams and consultant contracts, and closing real estate transactions. Qualifications require 5+ years of progressive experience and strong leadership, analytical, and public-approval and subsidy-program knowledge.

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Job Description April 2016 JOB TITLE: Associate Director of Real Estate DEPARTMENT: Real Estate REPORTS TO: Director of Real Estate SUPERVISES: Project Managers STATUS: Full-time exempt GRADE: 6 ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND: Urban Edge, is one of the largest community development corporations (CDC) in Massachusetts, has an active real estate pipeline and over 1,300 units of housing in the portfolio. Urban Edge is an innovative leader in the creation and preservation of housing and commercial development in Boston, with a current active pipeline of over 10 projects, including a mix of new construction, acquisition/rehabilitation, and commercial development. We are committed to developing and sustaining diverse urban neighborhoods of choice populated by resilient families and sustained by a dynamic web of community relationships. Since its founding in 1974, Urban Edge has grown from a small nonprofit homeownership counseling and real estate brokering organization to become one of the leading community development corporations in the country, with 30 staff and an annual operating budget of approximately $3.5 million. OVERVIEW: The Associate Director of Real Estate is a high energy, self-starting, results oriented individual who reports to the Director of Real Estate to implement Urban Edge’s Real Estate Development agenda that is set by the Director. The project management staff will directly report to the Associate Director. S/He has the ability and patience to oversee and complete over $90 million of development activity annually using the challenges ofthe development process to nurture talented project management staff to become stronger professionals. Real Estate staff at Urban Edge manage every phase of the development process including conception, acquisition, financing, permitting, construction, and/or renovation. They do this for a wide variety of project types that consist of affordable multi-family housing, community facilities, commercial, and mixed-use properties. This requires that the Associate Director not only has a solid project management background but the interest to work through staff to accomplish Urban Edge’s aggressive development agenda. All of this work is intended to meet Urban Edge’s long-term goal: To foster a diverse urban neighborhood of choice populated by resilient families and sustained by a dynamic web of relationships. The Real Estate Department works toward that goal through activities that ensure the built environment is affordable, exemplifies good urban design, and contributes to an environmentally sustainable community. S/He must be able to multi-task, plan and direct the work of others, elicit and support enthusiasm from colleagues, and possess the flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities while meeting deadlines. S/He works to ensure that projects are completed on time, on budget, and in accordance with Urban Edge’s affordability, green, urban design, financial, and resident engagement standards. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervisory The Associate Director is responsible for the supervision of all project management staff. 􀁸 Responsible for ensuring performance expectations are set, communicated, and reviewed for all Project Management Staff. 􀁸 Responsible for monitoring progress of Project Management Staff toward overall objectives and adjusting plans as necessary to accomplish them. 􀁸 Responsible for the direction and supervision of staff with regard to training, motivation, discipline, and development. Project Implementation The Associate Director is responsible for managing staff, budget, and meeting project milestonesand revenue projections. S/He completes the following tasks either by managing staff or directly. 􀁸 Independently create financial proformas, development budgets, and schedules for complex projects. 􀁸 Prepares applications and proposals to secure project financing from private, quasi-public, and public funding sour

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Who does the Associate Director of Real Estate report to, and who do they supervise?

The Associate Director reports to the Director of Real Estate and supervises Project Managers.

What are the core responsibilities for managing real estate projects?

The role manages staff, budgets, and project milestones by creating proformas and development budgets and schedules, securing financing applications and proposals, leading project teams, negotiating consultant contracts, and closing real estate transactions.

What qualifications are required for this position?

The candidate needs five or more years of progressive experience in residential and/or commercial real estate development and finance, including supervisory experience. Key skills include delegation and coordination, leadership in complex development projects, familiarity with approval processes, and strong quantitative and analytical abilities.

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