Lead Housing Counseling Specialist – On Call Part Time

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Lead Housing Counseling Specialist providing expert consulting to support low- and moderate-income families. Work with HUD to deliver housing counseling technical assistance remotely.

Posted 7/28/2026part-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $89,649 - $152,404 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in HUD Federal Housing Administration (FHA) programs and the housing counseling industry, with a strong ability to develop and deliver training sessions, workshops, and webinars. Proven skills in stakeholder engagement, policy guidance development, and business opportunity identification.

Highest-signal resume keywords

HUD Federal Housing Administration (FHA) KnowledgeTraining Development and DeliveryStakeholder EngagementPublic SpeakingProposal Writing

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Hard Skills

UnderwritingLoss MitigationForeclosure PreventionReverse MortgagesProgram AssessmentPolicy Guidance Development

Soft Skills

FacilitationCommunicationCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Web-Based Software

Industry Keywords

Housing Counseling AgenciesGSEsPublic AdministrationPublic PolicyGovernment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with a diverse set of stakeholders including housing counseling agencies (HCAs) receiving technical assistance through HUD Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and other companion offices and other industry partners, including GSEs.
Focus work is incredibly diverse within HUD’s single and multifamily programs, including delivery of services including underwriting, loss mitigation, foreclosure prevention, reverse mortgages, etc.
Develop/deliver training sessions, conference presentations, workshops, and webinars
Facilitate technical assistance engagements, either in-person or virtually through web-based software.
Focus on best practice and innovative strategies related to HUD programs.
Contribute to the design of tools, drafting of reports, and development of policy guidance
Assist in identifying new business opportunities, writing proposals, and managing contracts as requested.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Public Administration, Planning, Public Policy, Government or a related discipline or minimum 10 years of professional experience in similar field
Minimum of 10 years of knowledge in HUD Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the housing counseling and mortgage industry, etc.
Demonstrated success developing and delivering trainings, workshops and webinars; program assessments and evaluation; facilitation, and public speaking to a variety of audiences.
Up to 25% travel may be required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Reasonable Accommodations are available
Equal Opportunity Employer