Bilingual Specialist, Multi-unit Housing Solutions (Halifax)

At CMHC, the work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to realize a future where everyone in Canada has a home that they can afford and meets their needs.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

About the role
Join the Housing Programs team in the Bilingual Specialist, Multi-Unit Housing Solutions position. In this role, you will provide expertise in client relationships, multi-unit real estate financing and leadership skills. You will play a critical role in creating and ensuring positive relationships with housing experts, promoters and developers while identifying opportunities to stimulate multi-unit development. Your experience leading intelligence-gathering efforts and providing strategic input into processes, policy and technology direction will help us make housing affordable for everyone in Canada. 

This is a temporary position of a duration of 24 months.

What you’ll do:
  

• Gather intelligence on local client needs and housing issues and communicate insights. 
• Work directly with housing providers (non-profit organizations, private developers, etc.) to find Housing Solutions that ensure both viability and long-term sustainability, guiding and supporting them throughout the planning and construction phases and ensuring desired outcomes. 
• Work closely with regional team, national teams, local partners and stakeholders to jointly develop strategies, identify policy improvements and collaborate on Housing Solutions. 
• Identify potential issues and ensuring appropriate risk awareness. 
• Develop and implement a key account approach for large borrowers, non-profit affordable housing providers, developers and other multi-unit partners. 
• Engage in business development and experience in managing a portfolio of clients with a range of service strategies/plans to help achieve CMHC program outcomes. 
• Identify new opportunities for innovative processes or enhancements to meet client housing financing needs with long-term consideration in addressing both risk and clients/borrower needs. 
• Participate in the development of client consultation processes, methodologies and conducts industry consultation interviews to inform the client strategy. 

  
What you should have:
  

• An Undergraduate (bachelor’s) degree in planning, policy, economics or real estate finance.
• A minimum of five years of experience in information dissemination, rental mortgage insurance products, sales or business development. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• A broad understanding of the Canadian affordable, social and private housing sectors as well as the various programs intended to assist these sectors. 
• A demonstrated experience and/or knowledge related to multi-unit residential real estate development and finance. 
• A sound understanding of the financing of housing projects demonstrating the ability to review financial proposals and assess their viability. 
• A comprehensive working knowledge of client relationship management, including key account and government relationship strategy. 
• The ability to build and maintain client relationships and recognize opportunities for improvement. 
• Bilingualism (English and French).

For more details and to apply, please visit our website: Bilingual Specialist, Multi-Unit Housing Solutions (Halifax)