Compliance Specialist

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People’s Self-Help Housing seeks an experienced Compliance Specialist to join the Compliance team, overseeing HUD, LIHTC, TCAC, Public Housing, USDA, HOME and Bond requirements including audits. This full-time, onsite role is based in San Luis Obispo with regular travel along the Central Coast. Responsibilities include managing income certifications, training staff, ensuring 100 percent file compliance from move-in to move-out, and conducting annual property audits. Requirements: at least two years in multi-family affordable housing, current LIHTC or HUD certifications preferred, strong organizational skills, proficiency in Yardi and MS Office, ability to travel, bilingual Spanish a plus. Tips: tailor your resume to show hands-on compliance management, quantify improvements, and link your experience to PSHH’s mission.

Description

People’s Self-Help Housing (PSHH) is looking to hire an experienced Compliance Specialist to join the PSHH Compliance team. The Compliance Specialist, is well versed and current in all aspects of compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g. HUD, Project Based Section 8, TCAC, LIHTC, Public Housing, USDA, HOME & Bond Regulatory Agreements, Fair Housing). The position is based out of San Luis Obispo, but will include traveling the Central Coast area including Ventura, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and North County area on a regular basis.

With a mission to build affordable homes, with site-based services that offer opportunities to change lives and strengthen communities, People’s Self-Help Housing is a the longest serving nonprofit developer on California’s Central Coast. We serve low income working families, farmworkers, seniors and veterans and provide welcoming environments for those living with disabilities and for the formerly homeless. Along with building and managing beautiful and accessible neighborhoods in San Luis, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, we offer a broad array of programs to promote, health, education and connections to community-based resources.

This is a full-time position (40 hours per week, 5 days per week).

Salary DOE, with a very competitive benefit package including:

• Employer-paid Medical/Dental/Vision, LTD/STD
• Pension Profit Sharing Plan
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Employer investment in professional education and employee wellness
• excellent, supportive staff and work environment.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a positive, active and collaborative relationship with residents, communities and associated agencies and other internal departments.
• Process income certifications/re-certifications for multiple affordable housing programs and update Yardi database.
• Responsible for training new property management staff regarding compliance related policy and procedure
• Responsible for ensuring property management staff adheres to all compliance policy and procedure.
• Responsible for ensuring that properties are current with all compliance related policy and regulatory changes.
• Complete tenant move-ins and move-outs in compliance with agency procedures.
• Ensure file compliance 100% at move-in and that all regulatory compliance requirements, including re-certifications, interim re-certifications, and appropriate documentation, are followed, monitored, and completed through move-out.
• Responsible for conducting annual property compliance audits
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Two years related experience in multi-family affordable housing preferred
• Current Certifications in LIHTC, HUD, USDA RD, HOME, Bond preferred
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent computer skills, including Yardi, MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook required
• Ability to work independently in a complex and changing organization and adapt to changes in structures and work priorities.
• Willingness to travel, as required.
• Bilingual skills in Spanish are a plus