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Tampa, FL

March 23, 2021

Full-time

City of Tampa

The city of Tampa believes in quality living for all and we are committed to ensuring that all our residents and communities live a safe and quality life. We are recognized as a culturally diverse, progressive city, where we value our residents and employees, believe that passionate, disciplined culturally responsive leaders make all the difference in the success of our residents/communities and the teams they manage. When you choose to work at the city of Tampa, you become part of the Tampa family.  You work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, who are excited to continue to grow, and work relentlessly to make life enjoyable. We are transforming our team with an inclusive mindset that recognizes differences, seeks different perspectives and promotes success through cultural and emotional intelligence. Tampa, the largest city in Hillsborough County (approximately 404,636 residents as of 2020), is the county seat, and is the third most populous city in Florida.  Centered on the west coast of Florida, we are within driving distance to Miami, Jacksonville, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, and Gainesville.  When you think of Tampa, think of sunny days, gorgeous sunsets, and family time.  With so many amenities, it is a great place to live, work, and play. We feel that the ideal community centric candidate to help build our foundation of success for all our residents/communities is likely someone you know. To learn more about the City of Tampa, visit our website at http://tampa.gov.  

The City of Tampa is currently seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as Housing & Community Development Manager.  As an established professional in the Housing and Community Development industry, we wanted to provide you information about this exciting opportunity.

The Housing & Community Development Manager is a critical leadership position with responsibility and authority to carry out the progressive housing agenda established by Tampa’s Mayor Jane Castor. We are looking for an individual to provide leadership, vision, and strategic direction to the division and to guide a talented team to achieve new goals and objectives for housing and program initiatives citywide. We are looking to build on the success of this department to date and bring new ideas and fresh perspective to align our growing resources with the needs of our community.

As a member of the Development & Growth Management leadership team, the Manager will help to set direction and provide the framework to achieve the department’s goals. The Manager will also lead efforts to implement the Mayor’s Housing Affordability Advisory report recommendations and the evaluation and adoption, as appropriate, of the 2020 ULI Advisory Report recommendations (both are available upon request).

The ideal candidate will cultivate an inclusive and engaged work environment for all staff with an emphasis on transparency and accountability, structured and continuous communication, a teamoriented approach to work assignments and responsibilities, and a commitment to a positive culture within the division.  Our City is continuing to grow and under the leadership of Mayor Castor is employing innovative strategies in Transforming Tampa’s Tomorrow, don’t miss an opportunity to join our team and share your talents with Florida’s 3^rd largest City!

For more information regarding the job and salary, please visit:

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COMPENSATION

Final compensation for the selected candidate will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The City of Tampa offers a robust benefits package.  Please see the provided link: City of Tampa benefits package for more information.

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURE

This position is open until filled. To be considered for this exciting career opportunity, applications should be submitted online and a resume and cover letter should be attached. Resume should reflect years of related employment, with an emphasis on related management experience, size of staff and budgets managed.

Please go to our website to submit an application: https://www.tampa.gov/careers .

For further information contact: careers@tampagov.net or call 813-274-8911.