Salary
$59,155.20 - $65,000.00 Annually
Location
Missoula, Montana
Job Type
Regular, Full-Time
Job Number
00537
Department
Community Planning, Development & Innovation
Opening Date
04/25/2025
Closing Date
5/14/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
- Description
- Benefits
- Questions
Overview
Make a Difference in Missoula – Join Our Community Planning, Development & Innovation Team
Are you passionate about creating inclusive, sustainable communities? Do you thrive at the intersection of innovation, equity, and local impact? The City of Missoula is seeking a dynamic
Property Engagement Specialist to help shape a resilient future for our community. This position is a unique opportunity to drive collaborative efforts that align with City-wide goals—such as affordable housing, equitable growth, and sustainability—while directly supporting the mission of the Community Planning, Development & Innovation (CPDI) department.
Lead, Innovate, and Engage
As a CPDI Property Engagement Specialist, you’ll work at the heart of community transformation—leading innovative programs, building public-private partnerships, and developing strategic initiatives that benefit Missoula’s residents and businesses. Whether you're engaging landlords to expand housing options, coordinating with community stakeholders, or designing outreach strategies, your work will ensure that City goals are not just ideas—but actionable, measurable realities.
Your Expertise Matters Here
This role is ideal for experienced changemakers who bring both vision and practical skills. You'll have the chance to use your knowledge of housing, policy, and program management to influence real outcomes—whether it’s securing housing for vulnerable residents, enhancing community engagement, or supporting cross-departmental innovation. If you're motivated by purpose and looking to make a lasting difference, this is your next step.
To Apply: All applicants must submit
the City of Missoula application AND
Cover Letter explaining your interest in this position and detailing how your experience and education meet the qualifications.
Screening of applications will begin on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Resumes will not be reviewed. All details should be entered on the application.
- As part of a formal three-level career ladder, this role offers opportunities for growth, with salary increases tied to expanded responsibilities and skill development, and a full pay range $28.44 - $38.09/hour, including annual increases for longevity and cost of living.
Essential Functions
This position is part of a formal career ladder tying pay progression to the advancement and complexity of assigned duties and responsibilities.
All Positions
- Participate in identifying and developing implementation strategies for adopted City goals.
- Develop and implement various projects, programs, and policies to advance City and departmental adopted goals and initiatives; ensure goals and objectives are prioritized within City decisions.
- Support, inform, and provide recommendations to policies, plans, and programming to meet the needs of the adopted goals and objectives; advise leadership on the needs and gaps of projects, programs, and initiatives.
- Lead and direct various staff, interns, and volunteers; develop work plans with measurable goals; provide training opportunities to internal and external audiences; facilitate volunteer recruitment.
- Research, apply for, and administer various federal, state, and local grants and other funding opportunities.
- Serve as subject matter expert to advise and provide information related to policies, programs, initiatives and various other inquires within specified area of focus.
- Provide technical assistance and training to various work teams, officials, outside agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Provide support in monitoring project and/or program budgets and financial records, including receiving and disbursing funds, etc.; establish and maintain account records; prepare various financial and/or performance reports.
- Serve as content expert in program area to the City, CPDI, and various federal, state, and local agencies, grantees, the community, and various other entities.
- Represent the City and CPDI while facilitating and/or participating in various public and professional meetings, committees, hearings, forums, etc.
- Collaborate with departments, city officials, and various other community stakeholders to encourage and ensure robust resident and business participation.
- Build public and private partnerships to create new opportunities for innovation and impact to reach community, departmental, and City adopted goals.
- Evaluate the performance and progress of projects, programs, and/or initiatives to determine effectiveness, efficiency, and viability to the community, including ability to meet the needs of the adopted plan and/or goal; educate and advise leadership and other stakeholders on the progress and impact of implemented goals and policies.
- Develop outreach and education programs to provide information, promote community engagement, and advocate for adopted City goals and initiatives; create content and deliver program communications, reports, policy manuals, presentations, education, and outreach materials.
- Respond to various inquiries related to specified area of focus.
- Other duties as assigned, based on training and qualifications.
Property Engagement:
- Develop and manage relationships with housing owners, landlords, and/or property management companies on behalf of the Missoula Coordinated Entry System and local houseless system of care.
- Negotiate rental rates, unit holds, tenant selection criteria and documentation, and use of landlord incentives with housing owners.
- Facilitate educational opportunities for landlords and property managers to foster more meaningful engagement.
- Create tools to support real-time knowledge of available rental units, such as: a unit inventory management tool, etc.; accurately populate such tools.
- Communicate regularly with case managers regarding up-to-date housing availability.
- Assist case managers in identifying suitable housing and negotiating rental agreements for their clients, including review of tenant-landlord leases for compliance with federal, state and local laws.
- Support the advocacy of clients maintaining housing and liaise between client and landlord to mitigate concerns when appropriate; support in obtaining a mutual termination of lease or mutual recission, when necessary.
- Participate in landlord engagement and retention trainings.
- Engage with community partners and stakeholders to strengthen resources, educate, gather insight and adjust implementation plans.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Knowledge of best practices in social issue areas including affordable housing, houselessness, poverty, or other relevant areas.
- Knowledge of the rental market in Missoula and the Fair Housing Act.
- Ability to understand and articulate the value of a rental unit acquisition deal to the benefit of various stakeholder groups.
- Ability to display original thinking and creativity, meet challenges with resourcefulness, generate process improvement suggestions, and develop innovative approaches.
- Strong advocacy skills.
- Skill in organizational and time management to coordinate multiple assignments with fluctuating and time-sensitive deadlines.
- Skill in establishing and fostering communication, teamwork, and effective relationships with City employees, external partners and stakeholder groups.
- Skill in public speaking and making presentations.
- Skill in creating education and outreach content and materials.
- Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision, take initiative, and respond to supervisory direction. Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines.
- Ability to make presentations and to communicate effectively in the English language, orally and in writing.
- Skill in the use of personal computer (word-processing, spreadsheet and data base software). Skill in the use of standard office equipment, (ex: FAX, copier).
- Willingness to work flexible hours occasionally as needed.
Working Conditions
- Position may require schedule flexibility to accommodate meetings and/or events outside regular hours.
Qualifications And Additional Application Materials
- Any combination of education and experience equivalent to four (4) years of program management experience in community-based organizing, local government, or another relevant field.
The City of Missoula does not sponsor employment visas (e.g., F-1, H-1B, TM). Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis at the time of application.
This summary outlines the benefit programs; actual benefits may vary depending on bargaining unit and employment status.
Benefits
The City of Missoula will reward your contributions to our community with competitive compensation and generous benefits, including but not limited to:
- Market-Competitive Salary
- Work/life balance, including the possibility of flexible schedules and remote work opportunities
- $0 premium for health and dental coverage for employees and affordable premiums for family coverage
- $10,000 Employer-sponsored Accidental Death and Dismemberment Life Insurance Policy
- Options for supplemental life, disability, critical illness, and accident
- Constitutionally guaranteed retirement plan with the City contributing 8.77% of salary on your behalf and the ability to contribute to a supplemental deferred compensation program
- Generous paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
- Pre-tax flexible spending accounts
- The City of Missoula may qualify you to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Look here to learn more and understand whether you may be eligible.
Additional Benefits Package Information Is Available Here.
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Employer City of Missoula
Address 435 Ryman Street
Human Resources
Missoula, Montana, 59802
Phone 406-552-6130
Website https://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/
