Director of Housing Finance

Organization: Build Change
Date Posted: 6/3/2022
Country: United States
Primary Category: NALHFA

 

Description & Details

WORK FOR AN AWARD-WINNING NON-PROFIT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

Job Title: Director of Housing Finance
Industry: Non-profit/International Development
Job Location: US – Remote (frequent travel) 
Reports to: Vice President of Programs
Start Date: Immediate
Term: At-will
Salary: $75,000 - $90,000

WHO WE ARE

Founded in 2004, Build Change is an innovative international nonprofit social enterprise whose mission is to save lives in earthquakes and hurricanes. We do that by designing disaster-resistant houses and schools; training homeowners, builders, engineers and government officials to build them; working with governments to develop and implement building standards; partnering with the private sector to improve building materials quality and create jobs; and facilitating access to incentive-based capital for reconstruction and retrofitting by partnering with financing institutions and government subsidy programs.

Build Change is the recipient of multiple awards, including a 2017 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship, 2016 OpenIDEO Urban Resilience Challenge Winner, and was a top three finalist in IBM’s inaugural Call for Code Developer Challenge in 2018.

To learn more about us and our programs in Indonesia, Colombia, Guatemala, Philippines, Nepal and the Caribbean, visit www.buildchange.org.

YOUR NEW OPPORTUNITY

As the Director of Housing Finance, you will utilize a combination of your exceptional housing finance experience and your project management, advocacy, and program development skills to provide strategic direction for Build Change’s housing financing programs in the United States and abroad, including the Caribbean, Latin America, Indonesia and The Philippines. In this role, you will manage a variety of responsibilities towards the ultimate goal of facilitating access to financing for low-income families to improve the resilience of their homes. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the conception and execution of Build Change’s housing finance strategy, and advocate and collaborate with micro finance partners and government agencies. You will lead on developing tool kits for partners to implement resilient housing loan programs, engaging in product development, roll-out, marketing, scaling and monitoring and evaluation.

You are excited by the idea of representing Build Change with project partners and collaborating with them to achieve shared outcomes. You are a self-starter who can be attentive to detail without losing the strategic perspective for the larger mission of the organization. You believe in participatory projects where solutions are driven by the people you are trying to serve. You also understand that innovation and risk are required to increase resilience in housing.

As a member of the senior management team, you will work in partnership with colleagues from the engineering, technology innovations, business development, and program departments, as well as Build Change staff in other countries. You will report to the Vice President of Programs.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

You have:

  • A University degree in a related field with additional real-world experience.
  • Familiarity with the housing finance environment in the United States and abroad, especially as it applies to lower income clients, and emerging economies.
  • A collaborative mindset capable of understanding the technical and social requirements for financing housing resilience improvements.
  • Strong communications skills in English (written and spoken), and additional language such as Spanish, French, Bahasa, or Tagalog is a plus.
  • A strategic and project management mindset that includes ownership over milestones, work plans, and familiarity working and reporting using tools such as Google suite and Microsoft Office.

Your experience includes:

  • Minimum five years working experience in the housing finance sector in the US and/or internationally.
  • Experience designing and rolling new financial products out to market successfully.
  • Using human-centered design or other participatory or community-led approaches to design products or interventions.
  • Working in communities with a low-income socioeconomic makeup.
  • Experience with non-income generating financial products is a plus.

You are able to:

  • Lead strategic planning and scaling of Build Change’s resilient housing finance initiatives.
  • Represent Build Change in the public and private sector financing communities, leading advocacy efforts in housing finance.
  • Document learnings for dissemination within Build Change and externally, contributing to reporting.
  • Work independently, set priorities and follow through on commitments and deadlines on time.
  • Work successfully in a team environment across technology, engineering, training and administrative disciplines and deliver outcomes on time.
  • Communicate financing concepts to non-financing people using simple, accessible language.
  • Quickly iterate on project activities and work plans based on insights and feedback gathered.
  • Support the development of new project ideas, including defining work plans and levels of effort.
  • Proficiently use MS Office Applications such as Excel and Word, email and the internet.
You would describe yourself as:
  • An excellent communicator who is comfortable and capable of speaking in front of varying audiences, including management, clients, partners, donors, government agencies.
  • Creative, organized, drama-free, optimistic, flexible, patient, and having a good sense of humor.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?
Then please visit www.buildchange.org/about/careers and select the link for this position. Applications will be accepted until filled and will be reviewed as received. Build Change is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified women and citizens of Build Change’s program countries are strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No calls, please.

How to Apply / Contact

To apply, click here. Applications must include the below information in order to be considered:

  1. A Cover Letter telling us why you are interested in this role with Build Change.
  2. A most up to date resume
  3. Contact information of three professional references
  4. Salary requirements