POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Associate Vice President, BC Builds, the Provincial Director, Public Partnership Development is responsible for promoting BC Builds’ role in the creation of new rental housing for middle income households to not-for-profits, sponsor groups, housing agencies, and government officials across the province and facilitating the delivery of a portfolio of project proposals.
He / She / They provides leadership to a team of professionals and identifies lands owned by local governments, First Nations, faith groups, and other public and community organizations to create an ongoing pipeline of development opportunities with low, nominal, or discounted land obtained through partnerships.
The position manages the review and evaluation of proposed partner project sites, designs, construction specification, cost estimates and development schedules, ensures successful project execution and coordinates the submission of project recommendations to various committees and approvers for public partnership projects.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
The successful candidate will have the following :
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :
- Bachelor’s degree in urban land economics, land use planning, real estate development and financing, or other relevant fields.
- Extensive project management experience in developing multi-unit residential housing and mixed-use developments.
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience acceptable to the Employer.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :
- Extensive knowledge of project management philosophies and practices, including project scope, budgeting and scheduling, quality assurance, and coordination of team activities.
- Extensive knowledge of multi-unit residential real estate financing and underwriting criteria.
- Excellent and effective consultative, facilitation, consensus building, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to examine, assess and synthesize complex data and information to identify risks, develop options and produce business cases and reporting for Executive Committee and any other approving authorities as required.
- Ability to learn the BC Builds’ and Commission’s mandate, programs, and policies.
- Ability to develop and analyze capital and operating budget pro-forma for multi-unit residential and mixed-use real estate.
- Ability to drive, coach, and motivate staff in a team setting.
- Ability to establish a high level of rapport with senior management, Executive, governments, industry housing, housing partners and other relevant stakeholders and funding partners.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment on complex housing projects involving multiple funding, financing, land, and development partners.
- Ability to manage multiple issues and projects concurrently, coordinate work with others and adapt to changing priorities.
- Ability to communicate and relate effectively with housing sector participants, the construction industry and other government agencies.
- Ability to analyze and solve issues and make effective decisions.
- Criminal Record Check is required.
Indigenous candidates are welcome to connect with an Indigenous team member in our organization to discuss the recruitment process and our workplace, please contact to arrange a call.
- Please Note : Successful applicant(s) are subject to a satisfactory criminal record search and are required to maintain Security Clearance throughout their employment.