Director, Housing & Facilities

Bellwoods Centres for Community Living Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Bellwoods Centres for Community Living Inc. in Toronto invites nominations for Director, Housing & Facilities.

This executive role leads facilities management, housing operations, and asset stewardship across multiple sites, ensuring safe, compliant, and sustainable infrastructure. Reporting to the COO, you will drive capital planning, risk management, tenant relations, and cross‑functional collaboration with finance, procurement, and client services.

Qualifications

• Progressive leadership in multi-site facilities or housing operations.
• Knowledge of building systems, maintenance, and lifecycle asset management.
• Experience with capital planning, budgeting, and vendor management.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across functions.
• Financial acumen for decision-making in high-risk environments.
• Post-secondary education in relevant field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee facilities operations, building systems, maintenance, and lifecycle planning.
• Lead multi-year capital planning and budgeting for multiple sites.
• Manage vendor contracts and resource allocation.
• Strengthen tenancy management and tenant relations across housing portfolio.
• Coordinate with senior leadership to ensure regulatory compliance and risk management.

Skills

Facilities leadership

Housing operations

Asset management

Capital planning

Vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Facilities Management

Housing Management

Business Administration

Job description

Bellwoods Centres for Community Living Inc. Director, Housing & Facilities

Bellwoods Centres for Community Living Inc. acknowledges the land and expresses gratitude to the First Nations that have lived, for time immemorial, on the particular land we are gathered on. In doing so, we express our respect, a small antidote for the many disrespectful actions, both large and small, of our colonial past as well as many current inequities.

Established in 1957, Bellwoods (Bellwoods) is a charitable, not-for-profit organization providing community-based support services for people with physical disabilities to help them remain living independently in the community. Its personal support workers and Independent Living (IL) facilitators provide services to people 16 years of age or older. Services are provided to clients who reside at one of the organization’s many housing sites or through Attendant Outreach (AO) Services provided in the community to support persons with physical disabilities in their own homes, at school, or at their place of employment. Bellwoods also offers a short-term transition program – Reintegration Care Unit – that helps individuals reintegrate back into the community following an illness or debilitating injury.

It is within this context that Bellwoods invites nominations and applications for the inaugural role of Director, Housing & Facilities. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director will provide senior leadership across a multifaceted portfolio encompassing facilities management, building operations, capital planning and asset stewardship, alongside housing operations and tenant relations.

A significant focus of the mandate will be the safety, performance, and long-term sustainability of Bellwoods’ physical infrastructure. The Director will oversee facilities operations, building systems, preventative maintenance, lifecycle planning, regulatory compliance and infrastructure risk across multiple sites. They will also lead multi-year capital planning and budgeting, establish priorities for major investments, and oversee capital projects with consideration for operational needs, organizational resources, and tenant impact.

The Director will provide leadership across Bellwoods’ broader housing operations, ensuring that tenancy management and tenant relations are consistent, responsive, legally compliant and aligned with Bellwoods’ client‑centred values. Working closely with Client Services, Finance, Procurement and other organizational leaders, they will strengthen coordination across housing and facilities while supporting effective risk management, vendor oversight and emergency preparedness. Leading managers and staff within the portfolio, the Director will strengthen operational systems, establish clear accountability, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. They will also serve as a senior escalation point for complex building, tenancy and operational issues and participate in Bellwoods’ Tier 2 after‑hours on‑call rotation.

Qualifications

Among the qualifications being sought in candidates, the incoming leader must have a deep and abiding commitment to advancing reconciliation, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in all its forms and must believe, intrinsically, in the importance of leading with curiosity and welcoming ideas that can later be synthesized and turned into possibility. While all candidates are encouraged to apply and, in so doing, share how they see themselves adding value to the Bellwoods’ environment, the following credentials and/or experiences are seen as possible markers of the candidates most likely to realize success in the role:

• A) significant progressive leadership experience in facilities, property, housing, building operations, asset management, or a related environment, ideally involving complex or multi-site operations;
• B) demonstrated knowledge of building systems, preventative maintenance, regulatory compliance, infrastructure risk, and lifecycle asset management;
• C) experience leading capital planning and budgeting, major building or infrastructure projects, and the effective management of vendors, contracts, and organizational resources;
• D) experience leading multidisciplinary teams, strengthening operational systems, and working effectively across organizational functions;
• E) sound judgment, financial acumen, and the capacity to make effective decisions in complex or highrisk operational environments;
• F) post‑secondary education in Facilities Management, Housing Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and senior‑level experience.

Experience within supportive or affordable housing, healthcare, community services, the broader public sector, or another highly regulated environment would be considered an asset. Bellwoods is particularly interested in leaders who bring substantial facilities, building operations, and capital stewardship expertise together with the leadership capacity to oversee a broader housing portfolio.

The expected salary for this position is approximately $120000 CAD per year, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This posting reflects a newly created position within Bellwoods.