Program Manager- Housing and Community Development at City of Jacksonville, FL

About the Department

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The  Neighborhoods Department is actively seeking a Program Manager- Housing and Community Development.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

This position reports to the Community Development Assistant Administrator and is responsible for the programming, planning, supervising, and coordinating the activities of social service programs or projects.  Directs the work of others involved in program or project functions and activities.

Position Duties

• Plans, develops, establishes, and manages assigned programs and projects in compliance with local, state, and federal funding source(s), regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Collects data, monitors, and evaluates program effectiveness, and prepares reports.
• Recommends, interprets, implements, and administers laws, rules, regulations, policies, practices, and procedures governing assigned programs and projects.
• Coordinates preparation of short, long range and statistical plans, and applications for funding.
• Analyzes budgetary and fiscal data, recommends operating budgets, authorizes, and monitors expenditures, and prepares financial reports and summaries.
• Prepares correspondence; preparation and maintenance of administrative records, files, and reports; compiles data and prepares technical, strategic, and annual reports for programs managed.
• Provides professional and technical guidance and instruction to staff, programs and projects volunteers, and client staff.
• Plans, develops, and presents programs to large groups, public officials, and the media concerning program or project services, objectives, needs, activities, and achievements.
• Establishes and maintains record keeping systems including spreadsheets and other software applications to track and evaluate program statistics.
• Operates standard office equipment such as personal computers using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and other related software, peripheral and electronic devices, copiers, calculators, and scanners.
• Performs first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures as required.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the City of Jacksonville's competencies.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Other Qualifications

• Eight years of education and/or experience which includes two years professional level experience in providing social services assistance or developing senior citizen programs or projects, which includes at least one year in a supervisory capacity. 

• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution with a major in social work, sociology, or psychology is preferred. 

LICENSING/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:

• A valid driver's license Is required prior to appointment and must be maintained during employment in this class.

• Must qualify for prior to appointment, obtain, and maintain during employment in this class a City of Jacksonville certification as a public driver.

• Depending on assignment, CPR and First Aid Certification is required within six months of appointment and must be maintained.

A FULLY COMPLETED ONLINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. Apply at www.jacksonville.gov. Work history is required for all employment/volunteer work in which qualifications are being based. When meeting/basing qualifications on education, a copy of your college transcript, with your social blacked out, is required with your application. Transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school’s name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred.   

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Certain servicemembers and veterans, and the spouses and the family members of such service members and veterans, receive preference and priority, and certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements, in employment and are encouraged to apply for positions being filled.

If claiming veteran's preference, you must attach a DD-214 (Member Form-4 copy) or military discharge papers, or equivalent certification from the Department of Veterans Affairs listing military status, dates of service and character of discharge. You must also attach the Veterans Preference Certification Form and if applicable, the additional forms as noted here: http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services/veterans-preference.

If a candidate believes he or she was not afforded veteran’s preference, he or she may file a written complaint, within sixty (60) calendar days upon receipt of notification of the hiring decision, requesting an investigation to:

Florida Department of Veterans Affairs

Attention: Veterans’ Preference Coordinator

11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K  

Largo, FL 33778-1630 

Email: [email protected]