Job Posting

The Opportunity

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, Inc. (NHSNB), a Connecticut-based community development corporation focused on neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing, seeks an energetic and experienced executive director who can inspire and lead the agency towards achieving exceptional community impact for the city of New Britain.

The mission of NHSNB is to enhance the positive quality of individual, family and community life by creating and preserving affordable housing, respecting and protecting the environment, and promoting and advancing the personal independence of New Britain's culturally diverse low- and moderate-income populations. NHSNB achieves its mission through an offering of relevant lines of business: Homeownership Preservation, Homeownership Promotion, Property Management, Affordable Housing Development and Community Building and Organizing.

For 33 years, NHSNB has provided financial assistance, technical support, education and housing-related services to low- to moderate-income neighborhoods throughout New Britain. The agency is poised to solidify its importance in the community and assume a leadership role in helping to shape the long-term safety, accessibility, health and affordability of New Britain communities. NHSNB is a charter member of the national NeighborWorks® America Network and has extensive experience in financing home rehabilitation and property renovation (improvements), educating and counseling clients for home ownership, mortgage delinquency, foreclosure and economic independence.

Strategic opportunities and challenges of NHSMB include expanding and resetting its vision; embarking on board development processes; addressing staff capacity challenges; reinstating, strengthening and broadening particular services; augmenting funding and resources; nurturing current and establishing new collaborations and partnerships.

 

The Ideal Candidate

The new executive director must be a mission-driven visionary able to engage and work with the board, staff and community stakeholders to achieve the agency's goals and objectives despite current economic and real estate market conditions.  The ideal candidate will have the following professional background and personal characteristics:

Professional Requirements

• At least five years of demonstrated leadership and management experience, including supervision of professional and administrative staff
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced course work or graduate degree a plus
• Successful experience in providing leadership and support for a nonprofit board of directors
• Evidenced understanding and commitment to NHSNB mission
• Familiarity with existing community needs, politics and public policy issues related to affordable housing, community revitalization and stabilization
• Demonstrated understanding of finance, lending, affordable housing, and nonprofit small and large real estate development projects using federal funds and relevant state and federal tax credits
• Experience developing, implementing and monitoring strategic plans, business plans, budgets and reporting
• Effective community engagement, stakeholder cultivation and communication skills
• Successful track record raising money from a variety of sources including banks, foundations and government entities – total resource development
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with board, staff, partners, clients, funders and other stakeholders
• Demonstrated commitment to staff development and willingness to recognize and nurture staff potential

Personal Characteristics and Leadership Attributes

• Personality and presence to inspire, lead and guide the creativity of board, staff and other stakeholders
• Ability to articulate, translate and interpret a vision and solicit others to embrace and achieve it
• Ability to sustain relationships and communicate effectively with a broad range of people and organizations
• Ability to behave ethically and ensure ethical behavior and business practices of others according to agency written policy, values and beliefs; and that of its funders and key stakeholders
• Flexible and innovative

Application

The Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and actively seeks a diverse pool of candidates.

Competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience.

This search is being conducted by Third Sector New England's Executive Transitions Program with Transition Consultant Roosevelt Smith. To view the complete profile and application guidelines, please visit http://www.tsne.org/jobs/NHSNB by December 23, 2011.

Please include a cover letter with salary requirements, where you learned of the position, and a description of how your qualifications and experience match NHSNB’S needs. Only electronic submissions will be considered.