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A great benefit of working for the State of Arizona is a fantastic work/life balance. State employees enjoy challenging work, popular remote work options, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, and career growth opportunities.
What You'll Do to Contribute to Agency Success:
Lead strategic oversight and administration of the AHCCCS SMI Housing Trust Fund (HTF) to expand high-quality, sustainable housing options for AHCCCS members statewide. This role is central to ensuring legal and regulatory compliance, safeguarding public investment, and driving innovation in housing development. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape Arizona’s behavioral health housing landscape through hands-on engagement, cross-sector collaboration, and data-informed decision-making.
Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Oversight of AHCCCS Housing Portfolio: Perform site visits, monitoring, and inspections of current housing
inventory. Work with AHCCCS legal resources to ensure compliance and maintain provider performance of
required duties. Legal compliance checks and coordination with the Finance Department on project funding. Organize and maintain files and records related to housing and project documentation.
- Project oversight of AHCCCS capital projects including special project processes (e.g., Transitional Shelter Development, IDA, etc.) and timelines. Advise and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely completion of projects. Draft Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposals (RFP) for the awarding of AHCCCS capital funds.
- Develop and manage capital fund applications, review underwriting, award, and development processes. Establish and maintain standardized policies and procedures for the application, review
and award of SMI HTF or other AHCCCS capital funding. Coordinate with AHCCCS Finance, Legal,
Procurement and other internal stakeholders to ensure that all projects are reviewed to ensure consistency and compliance with SMI HTF statutory and other requirements. Identify and develop innovative partnerships, collaborations, and strategies to leverage AHCCCS SMI HTF capital funding to expand existing housing capacity. Communicate and maintain statewide relationships with AHCCCS Managed Care
Organizations (MCOs), state and local agencies, and housing developers to identify and develop partnerships.
- Collaborate with statewide program stakeholders to integrate successful programmatic design, member and peer feedback, inclusivity, and evidence-based practices into AHCCCS housing awards; and engage in statewide, tribal, and local housing expansion efforts.
- Manage financial oversight and accountability of Housing Trust Funding for members with Serious Mental
Illness (SMI HTF): Oversee annual SMI HTF budget allocations (including TRBHA-specific funding), make annual planning recommendations, approvals, and perform ongoing monitoring of expenditures and performance. Work with AHCCCS Finance to ensure financial accountability in reporting, submission, and processing of funding reimbursements & other funding coordination.
Knowledge:
• Capital project development and management, including housing and facility construction.
• Construction project financing, budget development, and fiscal monitoring.
• In-depth understanding and interpretation of Arizona real estate documentation, including title reports, deeds, development agreements, and financing instruments.
• Terminology and processes used by Arizona title companies, developers, and construction professionals.
• Regulatory and procedural aspects of housing development, including permitting, zoning, and risk management.
• Housing First operation standards.
• Housing development strategies and their oversight for special populations, including individuals with serious mental illness, disabilities, or experiencing homelessness.
• Public and private capital funding mechanisms, including federal, state, local, and philanthropic grant programs.
• Approaches to housing development in dynamic or evolving regulatory and funding environments, where standardized procedures may not exist.
Skills:
• Strong organizational and project management skills - Ability to plan and manage multiple projects, facilitate stakeholder input and meetings, create and organize documentation, track and follow up to maintain progress on short- and long-term goals, and work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure projects are completed in a timely manner and within project parameters
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - Ability to communicate with diverse stakeholders and audiences both internally and externally including executive management, culturally diverse groups including tribal organizations, and AHCCCS members
• Professional writing — Skilled in drafting grants, legal documents, and procurement materials that are clear, concise, and tailored to the intended audience
• Risk Management - Ability to proactively identify, assess, and provide recommendations to minimize risk and take advantage of opportunities
• Team Building and Collaboration - Creating and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to
expedite, facilitate, and include all necessary stakeholders in developing and achieving project objectives
• Customer Service - Patience and focus to provide information and services necessary to meet key stakeholders' needs and resolve issues to increase trust and reliability in the program and AHCCCS.
Abilities:
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction, identifying and leveraging internal and external resources, data, stakeholders, and expertise to complete job duties.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects and requests, communicate challenges and deadlines, and respond effectively to changing environments and emerging opportunities.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with governmental stakeholders, AHCCCS staff and departments, community organizations, and housing partners.
• Ability to be thorough and detail-oriented to ensure projects and responsibilities are completed accurately and efficiently.
• Ability to remain open-minded, flexible, and creative in identifying strategies, skills, and resources to meet member needs within available program constraints.
• Ability to understand and respond to the needs of AHCCCS members with empathy and professionalism.
• Ability to think strategically and adaptively in environments with limited precedent, evolving requirements, or complex stakeholder needs.
Minimum: Arizona Driver's License.
Three years of experience in housing development, nonprofit program administration, grant management, capital project oversight, or a related field, previous experience working with vulnerable populations, especially individuals with behavioral health diagnoses or experiencing homelessness, and familiarity with AHCCCS housing programs.
Preferred:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Urban Planning, Social Work, Finance, Real Estate, or a related field, working knowledge of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), and being a past or present holder of certifications demonstrating proficiency in any of the above KSAs. Certification examples: HQS or NSPIRE, TCS/LIHTC Certification, Appraisal (Licensed or Certified), Escrow (CEO/CSEO), Construction (CCM) or equivalent.
• Successfully pass fingerprint background check, prior employment verifications and reference checks; employment is contingent upon completion of the above-mentioned process and the agency’s ability to reasonably accommodate any restrictions.
• Travel may be required for State business. Employees who drive on state business must complete any required driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R2-10-207.12.)
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.
All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
Among the many benefits of a career with the State of Arizona, there are:
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Vacation and Sick time off (13 and 12 days per year respectively) - start earning it your 1st day (prorated for part-time employees)
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child. Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here.
• Other Leaves - Bereavement, civic duty, and military.
• A top-ranked retirement program with lifetime pension benefits
• A robust and affordable insurance plan, including medical, dental, life, and disability insurance
• Participation eligibility in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (must meet qualifications)
• RideShare and Public Transit Subsidy
• A variety of learning and career development opportunities
By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.
Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page
Lifetime Pension Benefit Program
• Administered through the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)
• Defined benefit plan that provides for life-long income upon retirement.
• Required participation for Long-Term Disability (LTD) and ASRS Retirement plan.
• Pre-taxed payroll contributions begin after a 27-week waiting period (prior contributions may waive the waiting period).
Deferred Retirement Compensation Program
• Voluntary participation.
• Program administered through Nationwide.
• Tax-deferred retirement investments through payroll deductions.
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by emailing careers@azahcccs.gov.
Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.