Are you passionate about building strategic partnerships and making a meaningful impact in your community?
At Habitat for Humanity of Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties, one of the largest Habitat affiliates in the country, we’re looking for dynamic, solutions-oriented professionals who thrive in fast-paced environments, embrace challenges, and are dedicated to generating a lasting impact on affordable homeownership in the Puget Sound. Since 1986, we’ve created 1,000 housing solutions for more than 2,600 people and successfully advocated for fair housing policies at the city, county, and state levels. As we set our sights on doubling our impact and serving an additional 2,000 people by 2030, we need the right team members to help us get there.
Join us as a Director of Real Estate Partnerships, where you’ll manage and advance real estate development opportunities, fostering key partnerships across King and Kittitas Counties.
Your Impact:
- Engage with community partners on complex real estate development opportunities. Offer direction and support on partnership agreements, ownership structures, financial modeling, entitlement process, design, and construction.
- Work specifically to build real estate development capacity in community partner organizations.
- Perform due diligence activities on development sites including cost and schedule analysis, land use investigation, best and highest use, feasibility, risk assessment, and design exploration.
- Recruit, vet, and engage with design consultants through all phases of entitlements, design, and permitting.
- Lead all facets of community engagement on large scale complex real estate developments to include outreach efforts, hosting public community meetings, and dialoguing with community members and stakeholders.
- Lead contract negotiations with landowners, key partners, and consultants.
- Engage with city officials and utility providers in creation and execution of Development Agreements across multiple jurisdictions and counties.
- Actively source new development sites and partnerships for affordable housing projects in King and Kittitas Counties.
- Weigh development strategies and goals with public funding parameters.
- Regularly engage with Habitat leadership on project goals and developments.
What You Bring:
- 5 years’ experience serving as lead real estate developer on multifamily new construction projects from due diligence and feasibility through entitlements, design, and permits.
- Proven experience leading complex community engagement efforts with multiple stakeholders.
- Proficient in development agreement creation between project partners, city officials, and public funders.
- Experience with land use code, design parameters, infrastructure requirements, and construction financing.
- Proven success in contract negotiations with landowners, partners, and consultants.
- Versed in condominium developments, associated risks, and ownership / sale structures.
- High level of professionalism in all communications to internal and external staff and partners.
- Self-motivated professional able to handle significant responsibility and tight deadlines.
Our Mission: We build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter.
Our Vision: A world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Core Values: Lead with service. Respect all people. Build community. Deliver results.
Our people are our greatest asset and a vital part of achieving our mission. We offer generous benefits, including: medical, dental, and vision insurance along with vacation and sick leave, short and long-term disability coverage, 401(k) with employer matching, and opportunities for professional development.
Join our team and make a difference in our community!
