Job Listings

The City of San Jose’s Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement is currently recruiting for two Division Managers for the Code Enforcement Division. The Department is seeking applicants who are committed to understanding, executing, and improving the customer experience to best achieve the above goals and objectives. The Department serves to ensure the orderly and safe development of private properties, compliance with all applicable building, zoning, and quality of life ordinances and regulations, and to promote healthy and safe community standards. 

Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, who represents the Fourth District (Campbell, Santa Clara, West San Jose and Burbank), is looking for a passionate public servant to join her diverse and dynamic team as a Communications Aide. This person will join a team of 12 individuals who serve the citizens of District 4 and Santa Clara County, and staff the Supervisor on matters that come before the Board of Supervisors.

The Program Specialist reports to the Program Manager and is responsible for providing services and engaging youth in programs. Bill Wilson Center provides services to children, youth, young adults, and families in Santa Clara County. Additionally, we reach clients through our street outreach and crisis line programs. Bill Wilson Center programs focus on housing, mental health care, supportive services, and advocacy. Bill Wilson Center is committed to working with the community to ensure that every youth has access to the range of services needed to grow to be healthy and self-sufficient adults. A key component of Bill Wilson Center’s philosophy encompasses a strength-based approach to improving the lives of the youth and young families in our communities.

The Nonprofit Policy & Advocacy Fellowship allows recent graduates and early career professionals to collaborate with leaders across the nonprofit community. Reporting to the Policy Director, the Fellow will work closely with SVCN’s Policy Team, conducting original research, offering critical resources and learning opportunities for nonprofits, curating content for SVCN’s Policy Update newsletter, and producing insightful policy briefings, reports, and publications.  

Housing Trust Silicon Valley, a mission-driven nonprofit at the forefront of housing access and equity, is hiring a Director of Development in San Jose, CA, to lead strategic fundraising efforts that expand affordable housing across the Bay Area. Reporting to the Chief Development & Impact Officer, you’ll drive capital campaigns, donor engagement, and investor relations while collaborating with senior leadership to advance programs that prevent homelessness and increase housing stability.

This Division Manager role reports directly to the Deputy Director of the Housing Department and oversees the activities and programs of the Multi-Family Housing Production, Preservation, Loan Administration and Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Divisions as well as the Multi-Family and Single-Family Asset Management Portfolio Division. Expertise with affordable and market rate multifamily and single-family housing development, financing and asset management is required. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of planning, financing, lending, development, multifamily affordable and market-rate housing loan and program administration, as well as knowledge of inclusionary housing ordinance. The candidate needs specialized knowledge of the requirements and restrictions with programs providing funding for affordable housing projects through the use of tax credits, California tax allocation bond revenue and the various Federal funding sources as well as City’s special incentive programs for market rate developments.

Merritt is seeking a mission-driven, detail oriented and collaborative Assistant Asset Manager to join our team. This role will support the asset management team with all asset management activities and lead portfolio-wide initiatives. With a moderate level of supervision implements policies and procedures for acquiring, underwriting, and closing low-income housing tax-credit investments. Monitors affordable housing investments under construction. Manages project conversion following construction completion and transition to asset management.

The Terner Center is seeking a talented Deputy Director of Policy to advance housing policy work in California and at the federal level. The Deputy Director elevates Terner research in policy settings, including legislative briefings, conferences, and other policy meetings; solicits input on new and emerging research opportunities that draw on policy opportunities; writes frequent short-form commentaries, blogs, and Op-Eds; and manages ongoing operations of the Terner Center’s overall policy work. The position is open until filled. Review of applications will begin July 14, 2025.

The City of Gilroy is recruiting for an enthusiastic and experienced full-time Deputy Director of Community Development for our Community Development Department. As a new position in the Community Development Department, you will play a critical leadership role in guiding the City’s Department overseeing key divisions and collaborating closely with city leadership, and community stakeholders to drive initiatives that enhance quality of life, foster sustainable growth, and meet the evolving needs of our residents and businesses. 

SOMOS Mayfair is seeking a full-time Community Organizing Manager who is passionate about social justice and building community power, specifically in the Chicano-Latino Community. The Community Organizing Manager works with the Community Organizing Director in the development and implementation of a community-driven and neighborhood wide agenda. Together, they develop policy with an early education, immigration, youth, and racial/economic justice perspective. Accepting applications on a rolling basis.