Specialist, Real Estate Operations (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto or Calgary)

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 84,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation seeks a Specialist in Real Estate Operations for a hybrid role in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, or Calgary. This temporary position involves managing multiple projects, overseeing CMHC's policy procedures, and providing strategic recommendations. Ideal candidates will have an undergraduate degree, extensive experience in asset management and project management, and strong communication skills to present analyses to senior management.

Benefits

Annual individual performance bonus

Group insurance coverage

Support for personal and professional growth

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in asset management, financial principles, complex budgets, and project management.
• Solid oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare briefing notes and present to upper management.
• Demonstrated ability to remain flexible and perform effectively under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate risk awareness and implement risk culture within area of responsibility.
• Provide expertise and advice on relevant programs, ensuring recommendations support CMHC's values.
• Lead preparation of briefs, reports, and business cases while liaising with internal stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Risk Management

Education

Undergraduate degree in business administration, commerce, communications, economics, mathematics or statistics

Job description

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Specialist, Real Estate Operations (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto or Calgary)

Job Requisition ID: 11104

Position Status:Temporary Full Time

Position Type:Hybrid

Office Location:Ottawa (ON); Calgary (AB); Montreal (QC); Toronto (ON)

Travel Requirement:Limited

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak):ZZZ

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary:Our salaries generally range from $84699.11to $105873.89and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

What’s in it for you

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a contract employee:

• Annual individual performance bonus.
• Group insurance coverage to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.
• While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About the role

Join the Real Property Management Team, in the role of Specialist, Real Estate Operations. Your ability to manage multiple projects will help structure and optimize the operations of CMHC’s portfolio of properties.

This is a temporary position of a duration of 13 months.

What you’ll do:

• Ensure appropriate risk awareness and the implementation of risk culture within area of responsibility.
• Play an integral role in the development, revision, and oversight of policies and procedures pertaining to CMHC's processes, programs, products, and services, while providing technical oversight of more junior resources.
• Provide expertise and advice on relevant programs, policies, products or services ensuring that recommendations support the business and values of CMHC.
• Play a lead role in liaisons with internal stakeholders to coordinate the development and monitoring of business plans and reports, macro budgets, and the Corporate Plan.
• Lead the preparation of briefs, reports, business cases and presentations based on research topics and analyses, and present to senior level stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Examine internal processes to identify opportunities for enhancing risk mitigation activities and lead the implementation of recommendations while monitoring their effects.
• Provide project management for select initiatives by leading the establishment of scope, timelines, and implementation according to project plans.
• Lead the management of complex, politically sensitive files and issues by using critical thinking, judgment, and experience to find solutions, while liaising with key partners to seek and adopt changes.

What you should have:

• An undergraduate degree in business administration, commerce, communications, economics, mathematics or statistics, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in providing expertise on programs, policies, products, or services, including asset management, financial principles, complex budgets, and/or project management.
• An understanding of a range of work procedures and their impact on internal and external work areas for business continuity.
• Solid oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare briefing notes and present recommendations to upper management.
• The ability to write and/or edit documents to convey information that is subject to interpretation and requires reasoning and analysis before it can be composed or edited.
• Sound analytical skills with demonstrated ability to capture and synthesize information to develop recommendations and provide advice.
• Demonstrated project management experience with the ability to build relationships, negotiate effectively, and influence decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to remain flexible and perform effectively under pressure, with a strong comfort level in adapting to change and maintaining a strategic perspective.
  

Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.

We know that applying for a new job can be both exciting and daunting, and we appreciate your effort. Learn more about our hiring process . If you are selected for an interview or testing, please advise us if you require an accommodation.

If you applied before and you were not successful don’t worry – we're always posting new positions, so don’t hesitate to give it another shot. We’re excited to see what you bring to the table this time around!