Associate Development Director (Project Coordinator)

Associate Development Director (Project Coordinator)

Salary

$99,534.03 - $174,184.61 Annually

Location

HOUSING & COMM DEV ADMIN, 3700 PENDER DRIVE, FAIRFAX (FH22), VA

Job Type

FT Salary W BN

Job Number

26-01294

Department

Housing & Community Dev

Opening Date

08/22/2026

Closing Date

9/11/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Pay Grade

S32

Posting Type

Open to General Public

• Description
• Benefits
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Job Announcement

Make a difference - join our team to empower communities and build futures!

The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) is an award-winning provider of affordable housing recognized regionally and nationally for its achievements. The FCRHA, a US Department of Housing and Urban Development-designated "Moving to Work" agency, was established in 1966 as a separate political body from the Fairfax County Government and possesses specific powers granted by state law to act as the county's local housing finance agency. In 1973, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors established the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). HCD serves as staff to the FCRHA as well as the Board of Supervisors. Under this unique, synergistic arrangement, HCD manages a wide variety of housing programs and services, including all real estate finance, development, and preservation activities of the FCRHA - including an expanding portfolio of public-private partnership projects.

THE MISSION:

The mission of HCD is to serve the people of Fairfax County by creating housing opportunities to promote inclusive and thriving communities. Fairfax County's strategic focus is on providing affordable housing for those with the greatest need, including individuals and families experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities, and people with extremely low incomes. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted a goal of no net loss of affordable housing in the county and in 2022, doubled the county's affordable housing production goal from 5,000 to 10,000 net new units affordable to households earning up to 60 percent area median income by 2034. This ambitious goal has spurred a robust need to develop new opportunities for affordable housing production and preservation through the work of the Capital Planning and Development Division within HCD, in partnership with other county agencies.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

This position serves as a senior member of the Capital Planning and Development Division, supporting the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) in preserving, expanding, and facilitating affordable housing opportunities in Fairfax County. Under the general direction of the Division Director, leads major, complex, and politically sensitive preservation and redevelopment initiatives involving the FCRHA's owned and operated portfolio of more than 3,800 housing units.

Provides comprehensive leadership of assigned projects from initial planning and feasibility through financing, entitlements, design, construction, resident relocation, and lease-up. Responsibilities include managing project schedules and budgets; structuring and coordinating project financing; negotiating complex development and real estate agreements; overseeing design and construction contracts; and ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

Serving as an agency representative, leads multidisciplinary teams and coordinates with private development partners, consultants, residents, community stakeholders, and local, state, and federal agencies. Also leads community engagement for affordable housing initiatives and public-private partnerships and prepares briefings, recommendations, and presentations for senior county leadership, the FCRHA, the Board of Supervisors, community organizations, and other stakeholders.

The position exercises considerable independent judgment and is accountable for advancing assigned projects consistent with agency objectives, financial requirements, approved budgets, schedules, and development standards.

Read about Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development, click here. Review the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority reports, click here.

We are committed to the One Fairfax Policy by intentionally considering equity when making policies, delivering programs and services, considering diverse ideas and perspectives, and communicating with transparency in the decision-making processes. Click here to learn more about the One Fairfax policy.

Fairfax County Government offers a thriving career and workplace culture. Watch these videos to learn more:

• Click here to watch a video on Working for Fairfax County Government
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Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following: (Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelors degree in Urban/Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering, or a related field, and six years of progressively responsible experience in or affiliated with land planning and/or redevelopment, engineering or architecture, or management of large and complex construction or maintenance projects.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

Valid Drivers License (Required at the time of application)

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The appointee to the position will be required to complete the following to the satisfaction of the employer:

• Criminal Background Investigation
• Driving Record Check

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Preferred candidates will have a minimum of eight years of project and program management experience leading the planning, financing, development, and construction of highly complex and politically sensitive affordable housing, capital improvement projects, infrastructure, public-private partnerships, or real estate development projects.
• Highly motivated, with exceptional communication (i.e., verbal, written, and presentation), supervisory, and team leadership skills.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with diverse stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams in creating high-quality development proposals, conducting comparative analysis of competing development options, and negotiating complex project development agreements.
• Significant experience in community planning, community development, and community engagement as part of public sector land development processes.
• Experience in affordable housing development financing and working knowledge of local, state, and federal housing programs and financing tools, including Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).
• Experience working for or with a housing authority, Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), or similar mission-oriented organization.
• Significant public sector procurement or similar experience.
• Proven track record of project results and successful implementation of capital projects.
• Direct supervisory experience of staff and technical consultants.
• Housing Development Finance Professional (HDFP) Certification or similar designation.
• Knowledge of federal, state, or local building, and site codes and regulations.
• Must be able to work well with the community, local, state, and federal appointed and elected officials, and other county agencies.
• Hands-on experience using Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment and oriented toward providing outstanding customer service to end users and project stakeholders.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to read information on a computer monitor; effectively communicate; operate keyboard-driven equipment and computer.
• Work is generally sedentary in nature; however, incumbent is required to frequently move about to perform office work such as accessing files, attending meetings, making presentations, operating general office equipment, and performing other essential job duties; may be required to move items up to approximately 15 pounds in weight.
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle and maintain a valid driver's license.
• All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Panel interview and may include a practical exercise.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov. EEO/AA/TTY.

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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees Child Care Center
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

Please click here for a summary of our benefits.

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program: Public Service Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid

For additional details please visit the Countys benefits webpage.

Non-Merit Positions

• Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage

• Flexible Spending Program

• Deferred Compensation

• Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.

• No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associates degree
• Bachelors degree
• Masters degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

Please indicate your area(s) of study or major(s)/minor(s) towards a degree. Check all that apply.

• Urban/regional planning
• Architecture
• Landscape architecture
• Engineering
• Construction
• Real estate development
• Business administration
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not applicable

04

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".

05

Do you currently possess a valid drivers license?

• Yes
• No

06

How many years of full-time equivalent progressively responsible experience do you have in, or affiliated with, land planning and/or redevelopment, engineering or architecture, or management of large and complex construction or maintenance projects?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

07

How many years of full-time equivalent, progressively responsible project and program management experience do you have with leading the planning, financing, development, and construction of highly complex and politically sensitive affordable housing, capital improvement projects, infrastructure, public-private partnerships, or real estate development projects?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

08

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have managing multiple large projects concurrently?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

09

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have conducting public meetings and making presentations to boards, commissions, community stakeholders, or elected officials?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

10

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups and leading multidisciplinary teams?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

11

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have in affordable housing development financing, and with local, state, and federal housing programs and financing tools?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

12

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have in negotiating complex contracts or development agreements?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten or more years

13

Please indicate any certifications or professional licenses you currently possess (you may select more than one):

• Housing Development Finance Professional (HDFP)
• Other
• None

14

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Word.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating, editing, formatting, and saving simple documents; inserting simple tables; and proofreading documents for accuracy)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of common commands such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; setting up the ruler; indenting paragraphs, using tabs and tables; inserting captions, footnotes, endnotes, special characters, or hard page breaks; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; inserting an equation, adding comments and tracking changes.)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of almost all function of program including mail merge, macros, creating a table of contents, creating bookmarks and cross-referencing.)
• No experience

15

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of inserting and modifying graphic objects in a worksheet; customizing and enhancing workbooks; analyzing data using Pivot Tables, Slicers, and Pivot Charts)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of increasing productivity and improving efficiency by streamlining workflow; collaborating with others using workbooks; auditing worksheets; analyzing data; working with multiple workbooks; importing and exporting data, using Excel with the web)
• No experience

16

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of opening, saving and closing files; creating backwards compatible files for working with older versions of PowerPoint; utilizing the find and replace tool; applying and modifying pre-designed WordArt; spacing and arranging objects and images; converting bulleted list into flowcharts)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of applying templates and themes; converting text to diagrams and tables; inserting images and clip art; adding sound effects and music clips, adding video and animation; adding and configuring interactive action buttons; incorporating review comments and embedded MS Office content; use advanced features for saving and distributing your file)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge in customizing PowerPoint for your own work environment; fully leveraging the power of master slides to creating consistent and easy-to-update designs; simplifying internal communication or reviews with embedded notes and comments; reusing (not re-entering) data from other applications; adding multimedia elements; recording voice-overs for presentations; setting up a self-running slideshow display for a lobby or event kiosk)
• No experience

17

How many years of experience do you have developing project plans and tracking project performance in Microsoft Project or similar software?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

Required Question

Employer Fairfax County

Address 12000 Government Center Pkwy. Suite 270

Fairfax, Virginia, 22035

Phone 703-324-3311

Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/fairfaxcounty/default.cfm