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Description

Description

Housing Forward Oklahoma, LLC ("Housing Forward"), a fund of the Tulsa Community Foundation, is dedicated to advancing the preservation and expansion of affordable and workforce housing opportunities in Tulsa. We achieve this through non-partisan policy initiatives, robust research, market data, and comprehensive capacity-building efforts. Housing Forward was founded with initial investment from The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation.

Formed in response to the 2024 Tulsa Housing Strategy— a community-driven framework to address the city's unmet housing demand of 13,000 units over the next decade—Housing Forward is the region's leading resource for housing development. Our focus includes systems transformation, policy alignment, and innovative housing partnerships. Our work amplifies the importance of affordable housing, shaping policies, programs, and initiatives that increase the supply of affordable, workforce, and mixed-income housing across the region. Initial efforts include collaborating with national consultants to evaluate City housing processes, advocating for revisions to the 2025 Qualified Allocation Plan with the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, and engaging new developers in the Tulsa area.

Job Purpose

The Senior Program Director will lead Housing Forward's outcome-driven housing initiatives. Collaborating with the Executive Director, this role translates experience and knowledge from the housing and community development field into data-informed program development and implementation. The Senior Program Director will manage third-party consultants and lead housing program development and consulting services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the coordinated management of multiple, time-bound projects to ensure excellence in program implementation and housing development.
• Formulate program-related goals, objectives, policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards, and priorities.
• Build strong partnerships and provide strategic implementation expertise for impactful, efficient, and effective program implementation.
• Serve as a project liaison between internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage project implementation, reporting, contracting, technical content, budgeting, and evaluation.
• Support annual budget development processes.
• Perform duties commensurate with the position.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Familiarity with federal, state, and local community development programs, and private resources for community development, with specific knowledge of housing development and finance preferred.
• Proven project management and organizational skills, particularly in managing teams or organization-wide efforts requiring interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Experience working with City, State, or Federally directed community development programs.
• Proven ability to manage key third-party consultants through effective planning, organization, decision-making, and motivation.
• Demonstrated experience in contract and consultant administration.
• Professionalism, diplomacy, composure, flexibility, and adaptability.

Requirements

Education

• Undergraduate degree required. Master's degree in business, public policy, economics, urban planning, or real estate strongly desired.
• Minimum of seven (7) years' experience in relevant fields such as community development, public policy, government, banking and finance, non-profit, or real estate development.

Desired Strengths and Abilities

• Effective communicator with strong oral and written proficiency, adept at conflict resolution and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build relationships and create alignment with staff and stakeholders from diverse perspectives.
• Creative mindset with the ability to proactively respond to a changing environment.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with high self-motivation.
• Deep understanding of challenges facing affordable and workforce housing development, with a passion for advancing public and private initiatives.

Hours and Location

• Hybrid office environment with in-office and flexible schedules based on business needs and staff readiness.
• Must live in or be able to relocate to Tulsa, OK or the surrounding area.
• Full-time position with an expectation of working 40 hours per week.
• Typical hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with occasional work outside these hours for events and meetings.

Benefits and Compensation

As part of our overall compensation package, we offer work/life flexibility, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, and generous retirement contributions designed to support your and your family.

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and long-term disability for full-time employees, with options to add vision and dependents.
• 401K employee and employer contributions.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Employer-paid AD&D life insurance, with an option to add supplemental life insurance.

Salary

• Salary range commensurate with experience. Relocation assistance may be available.