Housing Partnerships Manager

United Way of Greenville County; Greenville (SC); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

United Way of Greenville County is seeking a Housing Partnerships Manager to lead Greenville Together’s housing navigation with a systems-level approach. The role oversees staff, expands landlord partnerships, and develops a shared inventory infrastructure across the homelessness response ecosystem.

The position requires strategic planning, collaboration with cross-sector partners, and a track record of advancing housing placement and data-driven outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in housing navigation or homelessness response systems.
• Experience in housing program management and landlord engagement.
• Experience supervising staff or teams.
• Experience with housing data systems, centralized pipelines, or inventory infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in public administration, urban planning, social work, business, nonprofit management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead Greenville Together’s housing navigation strategy in line with overall goals.
• Supervise Housing Navigator(s) with clear expectations and processes.
• Build and maintain relationships with landlords, developers, housing authorities and providers.
• Lead housing supply expansion, including recruitment and retention of partners.
• Convene a Housing Advisory Committee regularly to strengthen partnerships.
• Design and oversee a centralized housing inventory and tracking system across the ecosystem.
• Monitor housing pipeline performance, including placement timelines and retention trends.
• Identify system bottlenecks and implement process improvements.
• Ensure accurate data collection, reporting, and dashboard development for leadership and partners.
• Align housing navigation with outreach, shelter-to-home and street-to-home programs.

Skills

Housing navigation

Supervision

Landlord engagement

Strategic planning

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

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Job ID: GA7004-25

Advertised Job Type: Permanent - Full-time regular employment

Work Type: On Site

Job Description

GREENVILLE TOGETHER: Housing Partnerships Manager

About Greenville Together

Greenville’s United Effort to Functionally End Homelessness

Greenville Together: A Home for All is a coordinated, community-wide initiative—backed by United Way of Greenville County—committed to functionally ending homelessness in Greenville. Our goal is to prevent homelessness whenever possible, and when it does occur, ensure it is rare, brief, and non-recurring through a comprehensive, systems-level response.

Position Title: Housing Partnerships Manager
Reports To: Director of Greenville Together

Position Summary

The Housing Partnerships Manager provides strategic leadership for Greenville Together’s housing navigation system. This role is responsible for designing and managing the housing navigation strategy, supervising housing navigation staff, expanding housing supply partnerships, and leading the development of a shared technology-based housing inventory infrastructure across the homelessness response ecosystem.

This position operates at both the system and program level—ensuring housing supply aligns with community demand while strengthening landlord engagement, data infrastructure, and cross-sector coordination.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Greenville Together’s housing navigation strategy in alignment with overall initiative goals.

Supervise and lead Housing Navigator(s), establishing clear expectations, workflow systems, and accountability structures.

Build and maintain high-level relationships with landlords, property managers, developers, housing authorities, and housing providers.

Lead housing supply expansion efforts, including recruitment and retention strategies.

Convene and facilitate a Housing Advisory Committee on a regular basis to strengthen partnerships and address system-level barriers.

Design and oversee a centralized housing inventory and tracking system to be used across the homelessness ecosystem.

Monitor housing pipeline performance, including placement timelines, unit utilization, and retention trends.

Identify system bottlenecks and implement process improvements to accelerate housing placements.

Ensure accurate data collection, reporting, and dashboard development for leadership, funders, and partners.

Align housing navigation efforts with outreach, shelter, shelter-to-home, and street-to-home programming.

Provide regular performance updates to the Director and Steering Committee as requested.

Qualifications

5+ years of progressive experience in housing navigation, housing program management, landlord engagement, affordable housing development, or homelessness response systems.

Bachelor’s degree preferred in public administration, urban planning, social work, business administration, nonprofit management, or a related field.

At least 2 years of supervisory or team leadership experience.

Demonstrated experience building and sustaining landlord or housing provider partnerships.

Experience managing or implementing housing data systems, centralized housing pipelines, or shared inventory infrastructure strongly preferred.

Strong strategic planning, systems design, and performance management capabilities.

Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced, and evolving environment.

United Way of Greenville County offers competitive compensation based on prior experience and qualifications as well as comprehensive benefits in order to best support our people. Benefits we offer include health, dental and vision insurance where United Way of Greenville County pays generously towards the cost of these benefits for employees and their families

United Way of Greenville County is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.