South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International focused on providing affordable housing solutions in Thurston and Lewis counties. We believe that every person, no matter who they are, deserves a decent place to live. Our work includes building new, energy-efficient homes, preparing households for homeownership, guaranteeing affordable mortgages to homebuyers, performing critical housing repairs, and running two successful resale stores. It is an exciting time at South Puget Sound Habitat as our immediate goals for the future include three new developments and hundreds of repair projects, drastically outpacing our past production—and we are working to scale our operations to meet these goals.  

POSITION SUMMARY

The director of homeownership champions and leads the strategic direction, implementation, and quality of all of South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity’s current and emerging homeownership programs and services for our community. The director, along with 3-4 staff, deliver the following:

• Homeownership program
• Home repair programs
• Community education and outreach offerings
• Counseling services
• Neighbor relations in our housing developments
• Compliance with all lending requirements, jurisdictional regulations, and policies

WHO SHOULD APPLY

You are a strategic and process-driven professional who is a forward-thinking champion of homeownership access for our neighbors in the South Sound. You are drawn to a role that can influence how more people in our community can achieve homeownership. You thrive in reaching aspirational goals and believe that solid and equitable systems and policies are what truly drive results. You bring with you experience in program and staff management, lending, housing, or adult education. You love juggling many projects and relationships and are willing to continuously improve processes to best serve our community’s growing housing needs.

 RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibility: Homeownership Program Design, Management, and Implementation (40%)

The director is responsible for executing all aspects of our homeownership program. Responsibilities generally include:

• Establish and maintain a reliable homeownership applicant pipeline.
• Evaluate applicants for program and lending eligibility, compliance with fair housing laws, and public funding/grant requirements.
• Establish and maintain a strong group of mortgage lenders, ensuring they understand the mechanics of our financing model.
• Communicate with homeownership program participants to ensure ongoing buyer readiness, completion of educational courses, volunteer hours, and any other program requirements.
• Manage community associations until all houses in the development are sold, ensuring owners are paying monthly association dues and following the requirements of the governing documents.
• Serve as liaison between homebuyers and construction staff.

Key Responsibility: Expansion of Services (25%)

The director is responsible for reaching and maintaining best-in-class services through intentional design and implementation. Responsibilities generally include:

• In coordination with new staff, direct the development and delivery of comprehensive homeownership educational offerings for adult learners, as well as the creation of a community outreach plan to drive awareness and participation in our programs.
• Ensure multi-year planning advances in alignment with overall strategic direction.
• Direct and evaluate the effectiveness of all services and programs in relation to annual/strategic goals as well as short- to long-term outcomes; establish and utilize assessment and reporting tools.
• Create procedures and templates for consistency and equity.
• Adapt, refine, or reimagine all services and programs as necessary to ensure ongoing participation and effectiveness.

Key Responsibility: Team Management, Development, and Communication (30%)

The director is responsible for building and nurturing a successful team as well as actively contributing to a healthy organization overall. Responsibilities generally include:

• Manage and mentor approximately 3-4 staff; prioritize work and offer direction and support that ensures both effective results and engaged employees.
• Meet regularly with staff to check in on goals, program delivery obstacles, and to provide ongoing support for professional development.
• Provide leadership and team building to recruit, hire, train, and retain a high-performing, diverse workforce.
• Orchestrate routine planning and communications across teams to ensure cross-team dependencies are proactively accounted for and managed.
• Maintain secure retention and storage of all sensitive information.

Key Responsibility: Leadership, Teamwork, and Inclusivity (5%)

All team members are responsible for contributing to overall organizational health through positive collaboration, leadership, personal integrity, and a commitment to equity and inclusion. Responsibilities generally include:

• Maintain a “team first” outlook, supporting the success of the team and the mission in attitude, ideas, and actions; lead by example and with active, creative input for growing and improving the organization.
• Meet and endorse organization standards for record keeping and information sharing.
• Contribute to organization events, helping as necessary with set up/take down, management, networking, various tasks, etc.
• Participate in intentional learning efforts, including events relating to understanding institutional racism and building cultural competency.

REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; additional education or training in related field(s) preferred
• Five years of experience in community-facing service/program design and development, or related combination of experience.
• Three years of experience in at least one of the following areas: mortgage lending, real estate, adult/financial education, or similar (may be a part of above).
• Two years in a leadership position with people management responsibilities (may be a part of above).

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A goal and detail-oriented personality who is resilient and creative when faced with shifting challenges and opportunities
• Strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to perform short- and long-range planning and strategy for small to medium-sized organizations
• Deep understanding of current principles and practices in the sale of homes and mortgage underwriting, preferably in the affordable housing sector and as well as experience with shared equity models
• Exceptional work ethic and track record of personal initiative and achievement
• Understanding of and successful history with any or multiples of the following: Habitat for Humanity operations, mortgage underwriting, financial education, community development, residential construction, residential repairs, affordable housing initiatives, or government funding and regulations
• Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write well
• Solid understanding of and ability to apply principles of effective adult learning
• Strong leadership qualities; ability to prioritize, delegate, and lead by word and by example
• Excellent organization skills with a history of planning and delivering complex projects on-time and on-budget
• Competency with budget development and expense management
• Tech-savvy generally; high-level competency with Microsoft Office/365, project management tools, and constituent relationship management platforms; ability to develop templated tools and reports
• Proven ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Ability to pass a background and reference check
• Commitment to the South Puget Sound Habitat mission and core values

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Understanding of nonprofit operations and governance

CORE VALUES

Successful team members share the following core values:

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion: We value diversity and aim to make our workplace and services accessible and welcoming to all, especially those who are most often marginalized and misunderstood.
• People First: We consider the human impact of our decisions and prioritize well-being as well as closing equity gaps.
• Community: We understand that we are connected to one another and that we must root our efforts in trust and collective achievement.
• Future Generations: We strive for lasting change. Our plans, our designs, our decisions don’t just impact the here and now; they are opportunities to serve future generations as well.
• Integrity: We do what we say we will do, and we do it honestly, ethically, and equitably. We hold ourselves accountable for our actions.

DETAILS

• Reports to: Senior Director of Programs
• Supervises: Approx. 3-4 direct FTE
• Hours: 40 hours per week. Typical business hours with some flexibility for preferred schedules.
• Compensation: Salaried. Position range: $80,000-$105,000; expected hire range: $80,000-$85,000.
• FLSA Status: This position is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); it does not earn overtime for additional time worked.
• Benefits: 26 vacation/sick/personal days initially, increasing over time; 13 holidays; 85% employer-paid health, 50% employer-paid dental, 100% employer-paid vision; Simple IRA with 3% match.
• Environment: This position will be based in our office located at 910 5th Ave SE in Olympia. It can be reached by car or public transit. The building is accessible. This position will have a desk, computer, and phone line in a designated workspace. Minimal off-site travel is required. Limited regular remote work is acceptable.
• Conditions: This position will be regularly required to use a computer keyboard and screen, communicate with others, reach with arms and hands to file and use a phone, and sit for extended periods.
• Training: This successful candidate will be onboarded and initially trained through a combination of in-person, online, and written trainings; they are expected to take the initiative to review materials as needed and seek understanding of new developments in order to perform their responsibilities.
• Disclaimer: This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties nor required skills. Employees may occasionally perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities to meet the needs of the organization.

APPLY

Submit your cover letter and resume through the portal found at: spshabitat.org/learn-more/careers by April 26, 2026. No phone calls, please.

South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applications form individuals of all backgrounds, including those historically underrepresented.     

South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity is an equal opportunity employer. This organization does not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.    

Updated: April 2026