MINJobs posting: Real Estate Strategist
January 30, 2025
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Real Estate Strategist

Organization:
City of Calgary
Region:
Alberta
Application deadline:
February 12, 2025
Type:
1 Permanent & 1 Temporary
Category:
Property management
Description
Calgary Housing (CH) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The City of Calgary. CH is a purpose-driven social enterprise and the largest housing operator in Calgary, providing safe and affordable housing to more than 27,000 Calgarians. Within the Portfolio Management division, the Real Estate Strategist leads all aspects of strategic real estate activities on behalf of Calgary Housing to ensure the financial sustainability and performance of multiple large affordable housing real estate portfolios. Primary duties include:
• Lead and initiate all project management activities in the development of short and long-term real estate strategies and provide direction and subject matter expertise to inform other related strategies and plans across the organization.
• Develop short and long term real estate plans for each property aligned with real estate strategies.
• Work with corporate partners to implement and execute real estate portfolio strategies at a corporate, portfolio and site level. Align and integrate strategies, actions and tactics with CH’s Sustainability Plan, capital investment plans, asset management plans, annual operating and capital budgets, corporate risk registers and annual and strategic work plans.
• Conduct complex analysis to assess sites and develop recommendations regarding property acquisition, disposition, development or redevelopment to enable long term sustainability.
• Develop key performance indicators and coordinate monitoring of consolidated property performance.
• Support the negotiating of operating agreements for all CH managed portfolios and lead exploration of funding opportunities and preparation of proposals and applications.
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance for all operating and funding agreements managed by CH; coordinate ongoing compliance reporting to representatives such as municipal, provincial and federal governments.
• Initiate and lead project management activities, such as: determine project scope, engage with internal and external parties, assemble and lead cross-corporate team members, mitigate risks, monitor and ensure progress of project, report back through oral and written reports to senior management and the CH Board of Directors.
• Coordinate the preparation of legal documents to facilitate real estate transactions.

Requirements

• A degree in Business, Real Estate, Planning, Economics or related area and at least 5 years of experience in real estate development and/or urban development.
• Experience in a property management or real estate setting and knowledge of affordable housing, poverty, social work or a related area is preferred.
• Project management experience and certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) will be considered an asset.
• Success in this position requires strong research and analysis, decision making, negotiation and change management skills along with the ability to prepare and present to senior management and provide recommendations on complex issues.
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills along with a well-developed ability to influence without authority and build strategic working relationships.

Salary & Benefits

Union: CUPE Local 38

Position Type: 1 Permanent and 1 Temporary (up to 22 months)

Compensation: Pay Grade 12 $47.01 – 62.84 per hour

Hours of work: Standard 35 hour

Business Unit: Calgary Housing

Location: 200, 2535 3 Avenue SE

Days of Work: This position works a 5 day work week with 1 day off in a 3 week cycle.

Apply By: February 12, 2025

Job ID #: 311371

Other relevant information
Apply online at www.calgary.ca/careers