Assistant Director, Housing & Local Planning

Under the general supervision of the Deputy Planning Director for the Regional Planning Program serving the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the person in this position will manage the Housing & Local Planning Unit overseeing a work program that includes: leading the agency’s housing policy efforts including planning analyses and technical assistance to support the implementation of Plan Bay Area, the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)/Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS); managing planning analysis and grants activities to increase and preserve the region’s housing supply, particularly for very low, low and moderate income households; advancing social equity studies and programming; and overseeing local engagement activities at the agency including coordination with local jurisdictions.

Assistant Directors are expected to successfully execute responsibilities and duties by managing reporting staff, consultants and other resources available to the agency. New and different programs, projects or functional assignments may be assigned to Assistant Directors in an effort to keep up with the agency’s changing policy requirements. The Assistant Director for Housing & Local Planning position requires an individual with creativity and vision who can successfully direct daily operations and develop and introduce new and/or improved programs, initiatives and procedures to inform and deliver on the goals and objectives included in the Regional Planning Program’s strategic plan. Assistant Director level employees participate as members of the Regional Planning Program management team and are responsible for initiating, implementing and carrying to completion project services, work plans, staff evaluations and training programs and daily operations.