Special Advisor, Neighborhood Investment

Job Description

Job Description

The Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) is seeking a Special Advisor, Neighborhood Investment to support a high-priority, 12-month initiative focused on advancing Baltimore's vacant housing and neighborhood revitalization strategy.

This role will provide dedicated leadership and project management capacity as GBC works with Enterprise Community Partners to move from strategy to implementation. Selected through a competitive RFI process, Enterprise is partnering with GBC to develop a neighborhood investment strategy, prioritized project pipeline, investment framework, and Funders' Consortium that will help attract and align public, private, and philanthropic capital for neighborhood revitalization.

Working closely with GBC's President & CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, the Special Advisor will help coordinate partners, manage complex workstreams, support governance, and ensure the initiative remains organized, disciplined, and execution-focused.

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in one of Baltimore's most significant civic and economic development initiatives by helping build the partnerships, systems, and investment framework necessary to restore neighborhood housing markets and accelerate long-term reinvestment.

About the Initiative

GBC is leading a 12-month strategy-to-fund initiative designed to create the partnerships, governance, and capital framework needed to support neighborhood-scale vacant housing redevelopment throughout Baltimore.

The initiative will focus on:

• Building a neighborhood investment strategy
• Developing a prioritized project pipeline
• Creating investment maps and market data tools
• Launching a Funders' Consortium
• Establishing a pilot project review process
• Advancing recommendations for future fund and investment product design

Enterprise Community Partners serves as GBC's advisory and implementation partner, providing expertise in market analysis, investment framework development, project pipeline creation, data integration, Funders' Consortium design, and implementation planning.

Position Summary

The Special Advisor will serve as GBC's day-to-day lead for execution of the initiative.

Rather than replacing the work of Enterprise Community Partners, government agencies, developers, lenders, or community organizations, the Advisor will ensure that these partners remain aligned, decisions are translated into action, and the initiative continues moving forward on schedule.

The Advisor will manage implementation across multiple organizations, coordinate executive-level meetings and governance bodies, prepare strategic communications and briefing materials, monitor progress across key workstreams, and serve as a trusted advisor to GBC leadership throughout the initiative.

The ideal candidate is an experienced project leader who combines exceptional organizational skills with strong relationship management, strategic thinking, and the ability to work effectively across public, private, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day execution of GBC's 12-month vacant housing and neighborhood investment initiative.
• Work closely with the President & CEO and Chief Strategy Officer to translate strategic priorities into actionable work plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Coordinate progress across major workstreams, including investment strategy development, project pipeline creation, Funders' Consortium formation, governance activities, and implementation planning.
• Maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, decision logs, and executive briefing materials.
• Identify implementation risks, coordination gaps, and emerging issues, recommending solutions to maintain project momentum.
• Ensure accountability across multiple partners and workstreams.

• Serve as GBC's day-to-day and strategic project leader with Enterprise Community Partners.
• Coordinate meetings, work products, information requests, and implementation activities.
• Review deliverables to ensure alignment with GBC's strategic objectives and funder expectations.
• Facilitate collaboration among Enterprise, GBC staff, public agencies, developers, financial institutions, philanthropic organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Translate technical analyses into clear materials for executive leadership, funders, and civic partners.

• Support GBC’s Vacant Housing Steering Committee, Advisory Committee, and related governance structures.
• Prepare agendas, briefing memoranda, presentations, meeting summaries, and follow-up materials.
• Track recommendations, decisions, action items, and implementation priorities.
• Support discussions regarding capital deployment, project prioritization, underwriting, sequencing, and implementation readiness.
• Help maintain alignment among GBC leadership, committee members, public-sector partners, philanthropic organizations, and financial institutions.

• Assist with the design, launch, and ongoing coordination of the Funders' Consortium.
• Support engagement with banks, foundations, CDFIs, mission-based lenders, anchor institutions, and other capital partners.
• Prepare investment briefings, project summaries, presentation materials, and partner communications.
• Coordinate consortium meetings and project review sessions.
• Track partner interests, commitments, and follow-up activities.

• Coordinate development of a prioritized neighborhood investment pipeline.
• Organize information from developers, public agencies, community development organizations, and capital providers.
• Support documentation of project readiness, capital requirements, neighborhood context, and implementation barriers.
• Prepare materials connecting individual projects to the broader investment strategy.
• Help ensure discussions appropriately reflect affordability, community benefit, family stability, neighborhood market restoration, and long-term investment goals.

• Prepare and deliver polished materials for executive, board, philanthropic, and public audiences.
• Draft partner updates, funder reports, presentations, briefing papers, and initiative summaries.
• Translate complex housing, finance, governance, and investment concepts into clear and accessible communications.
• Support preparation for meetings involving senior public officials, institutional partners, investors, and community stakeholders.
• Ensure consistent messaging regarding GBC's leadership role, the Enterprise partnership, and the initiative's long-term objectives.

Requirements

Desired Qualifications

Strong candidates will bring many of the following:

• 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience in housing, community development, real estate, urban planning, economic development, philanthropy, public policy, community development finance, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Knowledge of affordable housing, vacant housing redevelopment, neighborhood revitalization, or public-private investment strategies.
• Experience working with senior leaders across government, philanthropy, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, development firms, and civic organizations.
• Exceptional project management skills, including managing multiple priorities, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder relationships.
• Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and executive-level materials.
• Strong judgment, professionalism, diplomacy, and discretion.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining close collaboration with executive leadership.

Preferred Experience

Experience in one or more of the following areas is strongly preferred:

• Community development finance or CDFI lending
• Housing finance or real estate development
• Public-private partnership management
• Capital stack analysis or project finance
• Baltimore neighborhoods, housing policy, or redevelopment tools
• Supporting executive advisory boards, steering committees, or cross-sector initiatives

The successful candidate will be an experienced leader who enjoys bringing structure, discipline, and momentum to complex initiatives involving multiple organizations and stakeholders.

They will be:

• Highly organized and execution-oriented
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity
• Skilled at building trusted relationships across sectors
• Diplomatic, credible, and responsive
• Equally comfortable working on strategy and implementation
• An exceptional writer and communicator
• Experienced supporting senior executives and high-level governance bodies
• Motivated by Baltimore's long-term neighborhood revitalization and economic development goals

The Special Advisor will work in close collaboration with GBC's President & CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, serving as a key member of the initiative's leadership team and helping ensure strong coordination across partners and workstreams. The advisor will regularly engage with Enterprise Community Partners, GBC staff leadership, members of the Vacant Housing Steering Committee and Advisory Committee, public-sector agencies, philanthropic organizations, financial institutions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and other mission-based lenders, developers, community development organizations, anchor institutions, and major employers. Success in this role will require the ability to build trusted relationships across sectors while effectively managing communication, alignment, and execution among a diverse group of stakeholders.

Term

This is a 12-month strategic initiative position. Depending on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate, the role may be structured as a term-limited staff position, independent consulting engagement, or advisory contract.