Senior Program Coordinator

Senior Program Coordinator - Real EstateThe Department of Housing Services is looking for its next Senior Program Coordinator - Real Estate to serve the mission of creating pathways out of homelessness, promoting housing stability, and investing in affordable communities for Washington County and our residents. Are you passionate about creating lasting solutions to housing affordability and homelessness? As a Senior Program Coordinator - Real Estate, you'll take the lead on some of the region's most impactful affordable housing initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to manage complex real estate development projects from concept through completionworking with public, nonprofit, and private partners to bring deeply affordable and supportive housing to Washington County. You'll oversee the strategic use of local, state, and federal funding sourcesincluding LIHTC, HOME, CDBG, and Supportive Housing Services (SHS)to finance and implement housing developments that serve our most vulnerable residents. You'll also help shape housing policy, guide entitlement processes, and ensure projects align with community needs and equity goals. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of housing development, public service, and systems change. The position has the potential to work a hybrid schedule based on department need. The Department of Housing (including the Housing Authority of Washington County) is an innovative organization responsible for rent assistance, affordable housing development, and homeless services programming across our community. We are a dynamic team that highly values a culture of access and inclusion, diverse perspectives, and life experiences. We embrace collaboration, work-life balance, and a supportive workplace environment, and are passionate about the work we do to serve and support our diverse community.The ideal candidate is an affordable housing professional with a strong track record in real estate development, public financing, and government program oversight. They bring at least three to five years of experience managing complex housing projects, including site acquisition, entitlements, and layered financing (e.g., LIHTC, HOME, SHS, CDBG, HUD), predevelopment, construction, and stabilization. They are adept at navigating intergovernmental processes, managing contracts and grants, and aligning development timelines with regulatory and funding requirements. This candidate excels balancing the needs of developers, service providers, funders, and community memberswhile ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal housing policies. They demonstrate strong project management, budgeting, and contract administration skills. They are strategic and detail-oriented, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams. Experience with shelter, transitional, and permanent supportive housing development is a plus.For more information, please click here.To apply today, complete and submit an online application, which will be used to screen for minimum qualifications (MQs) and to determine starting pay in accordance with the provision of the Oregon Equal Pay Law. Human Resources will screen applications for MQs beginning the week after the posting closes. Additional preferred qualifications screening may be applied depending on the number of applications received. The timeframe to review will be the week of December 21, 2025. Your responses may be evaluated and scored by a panel of subject matter experts. Your total score for this examination will affect your placement on the eligible list (a list of candidates eligible for interviews). This process will begin the week of December 28, 2025 and may take up to 2 weeks. Generally, the top 6 8 candidates will be invited to participate in a panel interview. The top candidate will be required to successfully clear a third-party background check and driving check as pre-employment conditions. Candidates that are successful in the evaluation process may have their applications referred for additional vacancies in the same classification, or job family. If you are a veteran and would like to be considered for a Veterans' preference for this recruitment, please review instructions using this link: Veterans' Preference Points. Reasonable accommodation is available to anyone whose specific disability prevents them from completing this application or participating in the selection process for this recruitment. To obtain confidential assistance please contact Human Resources 503-846-8606, or e-mail at Careers@washingtoncountyor.gov at least 48 hours before any step in the recruitment and selection process for which you feel you need accommodation. You will be advised by e-mail of your status at each step in the application process, from initial application to final employment disposition. Please note that Washington County communicates with all candidates via e-mail.Gregory Garabedian, Talent Acquisition Business Partner Gregory_Garabedian@washingtoncountyor.govNew to GovernmentJobs.com? Visit for a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on the application process. For technical support, contact Government Job's Live Application Support at 855-524-5627.