Senior Housing Advisor – Citywide Home Repair Task Force bei City of Detroit, MI

About the Department

The Citywide Home Repair Task Force (CHRTF) is a collaborative initiative committed to addressing Detroit’s home repair crisis. Bringing together over 40 organizations, the CHRTF aims to develop more innovative, coordinated and effective solutions to meet Detroiters’ home repair needs. 

The Senior Housing Advisor is responsible for designing, driving, and sustaining the Citywide Home Repair Task Force’s multi-sector collaboration. The role provides strategic direction, coordination, and accountability for the City’s collective efforts to build a more effective, equitable, and data-driven home repair ecosystem – ultimately improving Detroiters’ experience when seeking home repair assistance.

The Senior Housing Advisor serves as the principal architect and convener of the Citywide Home Repair Task Force. Creating and maintaining excellent working relationships is critical to the success of this role, as the Senior Housing Advisor works in close partnership with executive leadership across City departments, philanthropic institutions, and community organizations, to manage and advance multiple workstreams in support of the overall CHRTF goal to improve Detroit’s home repair ecosystem.

Core responsibilities include: hosting and programming quarterly all-CHRTF meetings and up to 6 monthly Work Groups, including working collaboratively to annually establish and advance or achieve work-group-identified goals; leading the CHRTF’s outcome data collection and resulting communications and reports; representing the CHRTF locally and nationally, including building relationships with other home repair coalition efforts across the nation; advancing the CHRTF toward long-term, national funding opportunities. 

Position Duties

Strategic Leadership & Coordination

• Serves as the leader of the Citywide Home Repair Task Force, coordinating a multi-sector coalition of 40+ partners
• Develops and implements the CHRTF’s strategy, including working with co-leads and members to set and advance annual goals
• Guides and supports up to six Work Groups, in partnership with co-leads, including the determination of when Work Groups may pause or conclude to ensure adequate emphasis on continuing workstreams (Inter-organization Case Collaboration, Universal Intake & Data Share, Universal Assessment, Best Practices, Policy & Advocacy, Tenant & Landlord)
• Represents the CHRTF, ideally/often in partnership with members, to strengthen collaboration and attract investment
  

• Leads the development of a home repair data trust – resulting in the CHRTF Home Repair Census – to measure ecosystem impact and support strategic decision making
• Facilitates cross-organizational problem-solving to enhance resident experience through reduced duplication and improved efficiency
• Encourages initiatives to align intake, assessment, and referral processes across home repair programs and funding sources

• Builds partnerships with funders, utilities, and community organizations to align resources for collective impact
• Manages consultant engagements and project management activities tied to CHRTF deliverables
• Develops grant proposals and funding strategies that strengthen the home repair ecosystem
  

• Oversees publication of CHRTF reports, presentations, and public materials summarizing ecosystem progress and outcomes
• Leads recurring CHRTF communications, including monthly updates and other stakeholder briefings
• Ensures CHRTF results and recommendations are effectively communicated to City leadership, City Council, and local and national external partners

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Urban Planning, Public Administration, Business, or related field required; Master’s degree or related professional license preferred.
• Seven (7) or more years of progressively responsible experience in housing policy, program management, or cross-sector coalition leadership.
• Demonstrated success managing large, multi-stakeholder initiatives and partnerships with public, private, and philanthropic actors.
• Strong understanding of Detroit’s home repair ecosystem, home repair funding mechanisms, and data infrastructure.
• Exceptional facilitation, written communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex data into actionable policy and program insights.
• High degree of initiative, political acumen, and capacity for independent leadership.
• Commitment to advancing equity, transparency, and resident-centered solutions.