Program Manager Housing Program

OneSource Consulting; Zuid-Holland; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Zuid-Holland is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist. This role focuses on executing housing programs aimed at creating 1,000 additional homes by 2040. You'll coordinate various housing projects, engage with stakeholders, and manage pilot initiatives. Suitable candidates should have experience in project management and a degree in a related field. The position is mid-senior level, with a contract-type employment offering hybrid work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management and spatial planning.
• Ability to coordinate with various stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of housing policy and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate implementation of housing programs.
• Initiate and manage pilot housing projects.
• Develop a replicable approach to housing solutions.
• Provide administrative advice and draft documents.
• Monitor progress and report to executive board.

Skills

Project management

Spatial planning

Stakeholder coordination

Policy advising

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Talent Acquisition Specialist at One source

Location: Barendrecht – South Holland, Netherlands

Duration: 6 months

Remote status: Hybrid

Language: Dutch

Assignment Objective

The municipality of Barendrecht aims to realize approximately 1,000 additional homes by 2040 within the existing residential and town centre of Barendrecht East/Centrum. The Housing Program Manager is the driving force and initiator of the Housing Program, responsible for the integrated coordination, management, administrative coordination, and programmatic anchoring of this task. The emphasis is on establishing a replicable development approach, based on pilot projects and collaboration with housing associations and market players.

Responsibilities and Duties

Coordinate and drive the implementation of a program to realize approximately 1,000 additional homes in the existing residential and city centre area of Barendrecht Oost/Centrum by 2040.

Framework and Input:

• Inventory of municipal real estate and potential locations
• Project locations within the so-called "car wash"

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

In addition to housing program manager, you will also contribute as a spatial planning advisor to several projects. These are market initiatives or ongoing projects in which you will have a leading or advisory role.

1. Program Manager and Coordination

• Developing and maintaining the Housing implementation program.
• Coordination and integration of individual housing projects within the program.
• Advising on housing programming (affordability, typology, target groups).
• Monitoring planning, phasing, milestones, and risks at the program level.
• Coordinating with and connecting relevant policy areas and advisors.
• Coordination with external stakeholders: housing associations, developers, MRDH (Research Centre for Housing and Housing), the province, in consultation with the Living Environment strategist.
• Organizing and chairing the Housing program team with housing associations in consultation with the Housing policy advisor.
• Supervising the trainee working on the housing program.

2. Initiate and Manage Pilot Projects

• Initiate and manage at least four pilot projects:
• Two with housing associations;
• Two from the "car wash" locations.
• Have the outcomes (densification, parking, accessibility) politically reviewed.
• Ensure that insights from pilot projects and political review are translated into a replicable approach.
• Manage and connect project leaders, policy advisors, urban planners, lawyers, designers, and other internal disciplines.

3. Develop a Replicable Approach

• Together with housing corporations and, where applicable, market participants, identify planning capacity through housing corporation projects and car washes.
• Commission integrated spatial frameworks.
• Manage policy adjustments and utilize instruments from the Environment Act.
• Establish structural collaboration with the Management and Public Space Department.
• Develop agreements for housing corporation projects and car washes.
• Actively acquire grants and ensure subsidy accountability.
• Coordinating planning capacity and the timing of plans to ensure sufficient contributions to the Equalization Fund to cover shortfalls in housing corporation projects.

4. Administrative Advice and Decision-Making

• Actively providing information to cluster management and the administrative client.
• Identifying bottlenecks, making proposals, and explaining choices.
• Drafting administrative documents (board and council proposals, council information letters, contributions to P&C products).
• Supporting regional deals, performance agreements, and representing external partners.

5. Monitoring and Accountability

• Monitoring of quantities, typology, progress, financial feasibility, and settlement at least every two years.
• Progress reports to the executive board and council at least twice a year.
• Annual alignment with the plan monitor and housing deal obligations.
• Incorporate critical agreements into performance agreements.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

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