Compliance Manager

Description

Compliance Manager

City Of Cleveland

The City of Cleveland has a proud history as the healthcare capital of the world and the home of manufacturing. It is that ingenuity, grit, and resilience that we share as Clevelanders that will drive the new wave of leadership and innovation in our city. It is time to take our city’s proud heritage to the next level by both investing in homegrown talent and attracting new talent to the city. The City of Cleveland employs over 8,000 people dedicated to public service and we are looking for emerging and experienced leaders to help us move forward. Join us today as we shape our future.

Examples of Duties

Under administrative direction, this position is responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating assigned functions, which may include administration, citizen engagement, research, and financial operations. Responsibilities include developing work rules, implementing training programs, and may manage assigned staff members to ensure the effective performance of departmental objectives. Performs other job-related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree required. Four years of full-time paid management or administrative experience required. (Substitution: Two years of any equivalent combination of education, training and experience may substitute for each year of college education lacking.) Valid State of Ohio Drivers License required.

Supplemental Information

A Vision For Cleveland Community Development

The Department of Community Development (“CD” or “the Department” or “we” or “us”) envisions a Cleveland where stakeholders are empowered to build the pathway to equity. This vision is realized by creating quality housing and vibrant neighborhoods that serve as the foundation for generational wealth and community prosperity.

Position

CD is seeking a Compliance Manager who will serve in a leadership and mentor capacity, with responsibility for oversight of one or more programs or projects. Within their scope of responsibility, the Compliance Manager directly supervises and oversees program and project staff, conducts quality assurance and quality control procedures over departmental deliverables, develops and mentors program and project personnel, and assists with developing and maintaining positive working relationships with community partners and other City departments.

About CD

The Department of Community Development is the City’s core unit dedicated to designing and implementing programs that help to improve our neighborhoods, community networks and social structures, reduce and mitigate safety and health risks related to occupied and vacant properties, and coordinating with internal government units and external parties to help address housing shortfalls and homelessness matters. Our mission is to improve the quality of life in the City of Cleveland by strengthening our neighborhoods through successful housing rehabilitation efforts, commercial rehabilitation efforts, new housing construction, homeownership, and community focused human services. As a result, CD is the City’s lead department for implementation of more than $30 million in annual funding received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including funding for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program.

CD Consists Of The Following Primary Operating Units (OUs)

• Bureau of Program Operations;
• Bureau of Community Programming;
• Bureau of Residential Improvement;
• Bureau of Enterprise Operations;
• Bureau of Asset Revitalization; and
• Bureau of Housing Development.
  
  

The above OUs are led by Bureau Chiefs, who report to the Director of Community Development.

Departmental Duties

Serves as direct liaison to HUD and supervises city staff who are responsible for different areas of federal, state and local compliance regulations, policies and guidelines, including projects funded through CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA programs.

Directs Staff In The Management Of The Following Activities

• Preparation and submission of the Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, the Comprehensive Annual Performance Report (CAPER) and other HUD reports;
• Review federally funded activities to ensure compliance with all applicable federal statutory requirements, regulations or guidelines, including, but not limited to:
• Eligibility reviews for projects funded under the CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA programs;
• Income Eligibility;
• Acquisition/Relocation;
• Affirmative Marketing;
• American Disability Act;
• Davis Bacon Prevailing Wages;
• Environmental Review;
• Historic Preservation;
• Minority and Female Business Enterprise; and,
• Section 3.
• Maintain and update programmatic and financial data in the HUD and CD data systems;
• Maintain and update standardized project activity files, documenting compliance with all applicable HUD regulations;
• Administer the annual tenant verification review for all HOME funded tenant occupied units; and,
• Other duties as may be assigned by the Bureau Chief of Program Operations.

Preferred Departmental Qualifications

• Five years’ experience working with Federal, State or Local regulations, programs and guidelines;
• Three years’ managerial or supervisory experience;
• Three years’ experience in applying HUD regulatory requirements;
• Three years’ experience preparing Environmental and/or Historic Preservation reviews. Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access or comparable software is required; and,
• Experience identifying root causes of program and administrative problems and identifying and implementing actionable recommendations to resolve root causes and their effects.
  
  

The Citys guiding principles are as follows: Placing Clevelanders at the Center, Empowering Employees to Do Purposeful Work, Defining Clear and Pragmatic Objectives, Leading with Trust and Transparency, Striving for Equity in All We Do, and Embracing Change. All City employees are responsible for embracing and carrying out these principles in all that they do.

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