Housing Program Officer
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Alexandria, VA, United States
Housing Program Officer
The mission of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people. The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country. The Office of Housing provides vital public services through its nationally administered programs. It oversees the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the largest mortgage insurer in the world, and regulates important parts of the housing industry. The Office of Housing is committed to building and preserving healthy neighborhoods and communities through homeownership, rental housing and healthcare opportunities.
As a Housing Program Officer, you will:
Lead teams in the development of policy, procedures and other guidance on complex single family mortgage insurance and related programs, tracking work progress and status, estimating and reporting on work completion, responding to and assisting with technical issues and problems, and identifying and reporting on program performance and training needs for both HUD staff and industry partners.
Utilize managerial or administrative expertise to solve difficult or unusual program problems that are not readily resolved by normal methods and procedures.
Provide timely expert advice and guidance to the office director on policy issues, while assisting the director in solving programmatic problems.
The mission of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people. The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country. The Office of Housing provides vital public services through its nationally administered programs. It oversees the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the largest mortgage insurer in the world, and regulates important parts of the housing industry. The Office of Housing is committed to building and preserving healthy neighborhoods and communities through homeownership, rental housing and healthcare opportunities.
As a Housing Program Officer, you will:
Lead teams in the development of policy, procedures and other guidance on complex single family mortgage insurance and related programs, tracking work progress and status, estimating and reporting on work completion, responding to and assisting with technical issues and problems, and identifying and reporting on program performance and training needs for both HUD staff and industry partners.
Utilize managerial or administrative expertise to solve difficult or unusual program problems that are not readily resolved by normal methods and procedures.
Provide timely expert advice and guidance to the office director on policy issues, while assisting the director in solving programmatic problems.