Planner III - Housing Grants Planner

The County of Volusia is seeking a professional and highly experienced customer service driven individual to join the Grants Activity of the Community Assistance Division team as a Planner III, working title Housing Grants Planner. The position will be responsible for implementing various housing related federal and state grant program activities and may be responsible for supervising employees. Specifically, the position will be directly responsible for planning and oversight of the State Housing Initiatives Program (SHIP), HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME), emergency response programs as needed, implementation of affordable housing initiatives and strategies, and other programs as assigned.

This is highly responsible administrative work and may complete, supervise, implement, coordinate, monitor, and establish goals and objectives for the planning and grant programs of Community Assistance – specifically housing grants.   Additional responsibilities include:   analysis of housing, demographic, census, geographic and other data to make estimates and projections of housing needs; compliance specialist with federal and state grant regulations and requirements; development and management of complicated budget documents to ensure compliance with grant related set-aside categories, commitment requirements, and expenditure deadlines; may supervise program staff to ensure project completion; and, liaison to applicable advisory boards.