Assistant Director of Housing – Durham and Community Affairs
Duke Careers
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Durham • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $59,829 - $86,700 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Assess the effectiveness of Duke’s housing initiatives using qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Identify trends, recommend improvements, and implement changes to maximize impact.
- Monitor housing policies at all levels and deliver data-driven recommendations to guide institutional strategies.
- Translate complex housing data into actionable insights through reports, briefs, and presentations.
- Lead Duke’s Homebuyers Club and manage aspects of the Affordable Housing Council, including event coordination, proposal processes, and administrative reporting.
- Oversee budgets, operations, and compliance.
- Supervise contractors and interns, and advise on fundraising strategies aligned with housing goals.
- Work across teams to align housing initiatives with Duke’s Strategic Community Impact Plan. Support coalition-building efforts to address housing-related social determinants of health.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Minimum of three years of progressive responsibility in advanced project coordination related to affordable housing, city planning, public policy and other related fields.
- Demonstrated experience in housing strategy, program evaluation, service design and improvement.
- Effective communicator with the ability to synthesize data, research findings and policy information into practical recommendations for program improvement and stakeholder engagement.
- Preference for a familiarity with the Triangle area housing landscape.
Benefits
- Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
- Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
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Hard skills
qualitative methodsquantitative methodsdata analysisprogram evaluationservice designbudget managementcompliance oversightevent coordinationproposal processesfundraising strategies
Soft skills
effective communicationdata synthesisstakeholder engagementleadershipteam collaborationstrategic thinkinganalytical skillsproblem-solvingorganizational skillsadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree