Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

FULL-TIME, 4-DAY WORK WEEK, 32 HOURS, HYBRID

Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society, Metro Vancouver

Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society (ENFHS) is a charitable not-for-profit housing organization that began almost 40 years ago by three single mothers looking to create more affordable housing for families like theirs. As one of Canada's first women-led charitable housing organizations, we are committed to enhancing people's lives, particularly the lives of women, single-parent families and other equity-deserving groups, by creating communities that provide affordable, safe, and secure housing. 

We currently serve over 1000 low-income women, children, single-parent families, seniors, and people with disabilities across 409 affordable rental homes in eleven properties in Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Surrey. 

Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society respectfully acknowledges that we work and provide affordable homes on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), Qw'? ntl'en (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Qiqá:yt (Qayqayt), Semiahmoo, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We are grateful to live and work on these lands.

We are committed to working in a good way with Indigenous peoples and organizations through anti-racist and anti-colonial actions, continued commitments to reconciliation, and working in solidarity and partnership with Indigenous Peoples to ensure everyone has a safe and secure place to call home.

We are also committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that reflects our community, where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We encourage women and gender-diverse individuals, people of colour, Indigenous and other equity-deserving groups and those with lived experience in social housing and single-family households to apply. ENFHS is proud to be a Certified Living Wage Employer by The Living Wage for Families Campaign.

Over the next five years, ENFHS plans to double the number of people we serve and the units we manage to meet the region's critical demand for affordable housing. We currently have 300 new homes underway in Vancouver and Port Moody. We are growing our team with dedicated individuals who share our commitment to enhancing people's lives by creating affordable, safe, and secure housing communities in Metro Vancouver.

For more details about ENFHS, please go to our website.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society seeks an enthusiastic, collaborative, creative problem solver who can adapt quickly to changing conditions and new ideas to join our team as a Development Coordinator. The Development Coordinator will support the CEO in growing the Society's portfolio through innovative developments, acquisitions, and mergers. The successful candidate is passionate about affordable housing, building relationships with stakeholders and partners, and looking to grow their career in affordable housing development. The Development Coordinator reports directly to the CEO.

The Development Coordinator will support developing, acquiring and planning mixed-income affordable rental homes serving ENFHS communities of interest - women, children, gender-diverse groups, single parents, seniors, people with disabilities, Indigenous and racialized groups, and other equity-deserving groups. The work will include development planning, land use planning, financing, research, data analysis, policy/strategy development, proposal and grant writing and working with stakeholders, funders, consultants, residents, and staff. 

ENFHS has over 300 new affordable homes under development in partnership with municipalities, non-profit partners and funders in Vancouver and Port Moody. Upcoming projects include the redevelopment of 1656 Adanac Street in Vancouver for 97 units of affordable rental homes funded by BC Housing's Community Housing Fund program and the acquisition of two existing rental buildings in Burnaby and New Westminster.

Please go to the PDF job description for more details.

APPLICATION PROCESS

We encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and cultures to join our diverse and inclusive team. We will request that finalists offer three references and complete a thorough background check. 

If you are inspired to work with Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society, we invite you to submit your resume and cover letter to Lilian Chau, CEO, at hr@enfhs.ca  with "DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR - Your Name" in the subject line.

Postings will remain open until the position is filled. We thank all applicants for their interest in our career opportunities. However, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.