SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Role Description

CVR Associates is looking for a Senior Associate to assist in advancing complex development initiatives, coordinating with internal teams, clients, and external partners, and helping ensure projects remain on schedule, within scope, and aligned with strategic objectives through skilled project management. This role requires an experienced, driven, and high-performing affordable housing professional with strong project management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.

• Manage collaborative teams for development, asset repositioning, and planning projects
• Develop and manage project planning and management tools for multiple concurrent projects, including project schedules, action items, deliverables, and deadlines
• Coordinate and lead project meetings with clients, partners, and team members
• Review and interpret legislation, federal and state regulations, HUD guidance, policy documents, and funding applications and apply those interpretations to projects
• Analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data for projects, including but not limited to development budgets and performance, survey results, and census data
• Comply with regulations and guidance throughout project implementation
• Use experience, problem solving, and strategic thinking to identify and apply creative and cutting-edge solutions for clients, as well as internally for cooperative initiatives
• Write and develop reports, memos, presentations, and other client-facing deliverables
• Direct project staff and offer mentorship, training, and shadowing opportunities for junior team members
• Manage subcontractors and other contracted third parties
• Travel to client sites, as needed, to lead and participate in client and community meetings
• Support management of project budgets and contract compliance in coordination with project directors
• Participate in internal CVR strategic initiatives
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Knowledge of affordable housing development processes and sources (including LIHTC and bonds), housing authority programs and processes (including RAD, project-based vouchers, public housing, Choice Neighborhoods, Section 18, Capital Fund)
• Is organized, a self-initiator, a team player, and a strategic thinker
• Has Housing Authority, HUD, Developer, and related city or state agency experience
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Has proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Has at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• A degree or certification in affordable housing development, urban planning, finance, or other related fields is preferred
• Has four to ten years of professional experience

Benefits

• Purpose-driven work
• Respectful leadership
• Opportunity to shape the future of affordable housing
• Empathy-driven environment
• Commitment to excellence