Assistant Director, Housing Department
The City of San Jose's Housing Department's mission is to strengthen and revitalize the community through housing and neighborhood investments. The Housing Department has a budget of $251M, approximately 128 FTEs, funded over 21,000 affordable units and incentive over 3,000 market-rate units, oversees the Rent Stabilization Program providing administrative oversight to over 96,000 units, and is implementing innovative programs to achieve housing abundance, while striving to bring unsheltered homelessness in San Jose to functional zero through the implementation of an expansive shelter system comprising of over 2,000 units owned and operated by the City of San Jose, and achieving throughput to permanent housing.
The Housing Director reports to and serves as a key advisor to the City Manager. The Housing Director stewards the Housing Element of the Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan; leads housing production under the City Council Focus Areas for Building More Housing and Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness. The Department is led by the Director of Housing, Erik Solivan, a dynamic, credible voice and champion for housing production. The City is committed to creating a workplace that is welcoming, equitable, and is supportive of all of its employees.
The Assistant Director reports to the Director of Housing, and works closely with him, the two Deputy Directors, the Housing Department's Leadership Team, and the City's management team in implementing the City Council Focus Areas and the Housing Department's Roadmap which provides priorities for the City and the Housing Department. The Assistant Director will initially have five direct reports (including the two Deputy Directors) and will directly oversee the Administrative Office, including Finance, Budget and Human Resources and the Grants Division.
The Assistant Director is responsible for the overall administration and operations of the Housing Department, including the budget, Human Resources, Technology, Emergency Response, and Communications, and ensures that systems, processes, and communications flow smoothly across the Department.
With so much recent growth, a priority for the Assistant Director is to ensure workflows are efficient, staff is well informed of Department priorities, trained, and supported.
The Assistant Director will be an energetic, self-directed, forward-thinking implementer and leader who has a keen eye for details, is very organized, an excellent writer, and understands or is curious about regulations. The Assistant Director has a high legal, ethical and moral compass, and one who thrives in a fast-paced, often-changing, very busy environment and supports the implementation of policy and programs.
The current salary range for Assistant Director is $184,968.42 to $298,804.74 (this includes a 5% non-pensionable compensation increase). The actual salary will be depend upon the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.
In addition, the City provides an excellent array of benefits, (e.g. retirement, vacation and executive leave, etc.), which can be found in the Unit 99 Benefit and Compensation Summary:
For more information on employee benefits, visit the City's benefits website: