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    CharityVillage Toronto, ON, Canada

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    Director, Community Real Estate

    United Way Greater Toronto (UWGT) is at the forefront of the fight against poverty, striving to enhance social conditions and foster more equitable communities.

    As the largest non-government funder of community services in the GTA, and the largest United Way in the world, UWGT reinforces a crucial community safety net to support people living in poverty.

    United Way's network of 300+ agencies and initiatives in neighbourhoods across Peel, Toronto and York Region work to ensure that everyone has access to the programs and services they need.


    In the past two decades UWGT has assumed a more significant role in spearheading cross-sector solutions, to protect, strengthen and revitalize neighbourhoods that encourage greater inclusion.

    We are launching a bold new strategy that deepens our place-based work with the goal of scaling our community innovation and investing in community owned real estate, ensuring that people have access to the supports they need close to home.


    We are looking for a Director, Community Real Estate, who will form the backbone of a new team to implement the vision for a UWGT powered community real-estate initiative.

    This team will leverage UWGT's network of agencies and resources and develop new and innovative partnerships to preserve and create community owned spaces with neighbourhoods and communities living in poverty.

    Real-Estate goals for


    UWGT:
    To create long term community-owned space solutions in the neighbourhoods where services are needed.
    To design and develop funding/capital at each stage of the community real estate journey.
    Seeking partnerships and opportunities for UWGT to play a key role in the development of community real-estate that will further the shared mission of UWGT and community service organizations
    Providing technical expertise and support to the UWGT as well as to community service sector partners in order to build capacity in project development in real-estate
    Working with the neighbourhood solutions and community investment teams to identify opportunities that align with other UWGT strategies, in particular building a strong community service sector, creating neighbourhood solutions and addressing housing and employment challenges for low-income communities
    Advise on the continued evolution of the strategy, identifying new opportunities and course corrections for UWGT leadership and governance
    Incorporating an Indigenous collaboration and equity lens in all project development and capacity building
    Supervising any direct reports (Community Real Estate Analyst) and working across Community Impact teams to connect real-estate funding, investing and projects to other UWGT initiatives and strategies
    Represent United Way at key tables, initiatives, events and forums related to community real estate
    Community Investment and Project Support
    Work with community impact teams to foster and coordinate a real estate pipeline identifying both funding opportunities as well as supporting recommendations projects of strategic importance to United Way, including the development and re-development of UWGT hubs and opportunities for mixed use (housing and community services)
    Develop and implement granting programs to prioritize and support community sector projects and capacity including funding development of criteria, project eligibility, approvals processes in line with UWGT granting frameworks
    Provide guidance to UWGT CFOO in the administration of a community real-estate loan fund to align the fund to UWGT real-estate priorities and coordinate with granting and other strategic opportunities
    Assess projects with an understanding of project and budget analysis: understand the mix of financing (public and private) programs, timelines, planning approvals and milestones and risks typically associated with non-profit capital projects
    Support efforts to raise funds and create partnerships to enable community real-estate work with a goal of growing revenue as part of a 10-year UWGT plan for Neighbourhood Solutions

    Capacity Building
    Participate and assist in community problem solving and collaboration initiatives as required
    Work with Vice-President of Community Infrastructure to engage UWGT Board, Board Committees and other volunteers in the development and oversight of initiatives and granting
    Work with the Senior Management Team in the Community Impact department on objective setting, teamwork planning, budget planning and change management
    Ensure risk management and due diligence policies and processes are implemented
    Provide regular reports to the Community Impact Committee of the Board and Vice President of Community Investment and Development and Senior Executive Team as required
    More than 5 years and up to and including 10 years' experience in community real estate, affordable housing, partnership development, capital projects, strategic program planning, implementation, and evaluation
    Strong understanding of the financing of community real-estate including the stacking of government and non-government funds to enable projects
    Proven experience of community real-estate project development from initiation to completion including the identification of opportunities, development of financing, permitting and approvals and project management in the non-profit sector, urban planning, and real estate development sectors in the Greater Toronto Area
    Proven senior-level experience in program and partnership development
    Demonstrated experience leading, motivating, and managing staff
    Ability to coordinate complex projects with multiple stakeholders
    Ability to influence and manage contentious issues to resolution with multiple stakeholders
    Proven organizational abilities and capacity to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines under pressure
    Show us your Local Love. The salary range for this role will be shared with candidates who are being considered for it.
    As part of our recruitment process, United Way Greater Toronto offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities.

    As the largest non-government funder of community services in the GTA, United Way Greater Toronto reinforces a crucial community safety net.

    United Way's network of agencies and initiatives in neighbourhoods across Peel, Toronto and York Region works to ensure that everyone has access to the programs and services they need to thrive today.

    Mobilizing the network and other community support, United Way tackles #unignorable issues linked to poverty.

    United Way's work is rooted in ground-breaking research, strategic leadership, local advocacy and cross-sectoral partnerships committed to building lasting solutions to the GTA's greatest challenges.


    Diversity & Inclusion:

    United Way is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that reflects our diverse community to ensure we're best equipped to serve it.

    Our commitment to excellence in diversity goes beyond promoting equity.

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