Housing Program Technician

Final filing date for this position is Thursday November 5 2026 @ 5:00 p.m.

The pay rate for this position is $31.47 to $40.15 hourly or $65457.60 to $83512.00 annually.

Definition

Under general supervision provides a wide variety of technical and administrative support in coordinating implementing and maintaining housing and community development projects programs and agreements; acts as liaison for the Town with a variety of private public and community organizations and regulatory agencies; implements and participates in technical processes procedures and programs; and performs related duties as assigned.

Examples of Typical Job Functions (Illustrative Only)
Management reserves the right to add modify change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Performs technical administrative assistance and support duties for the Towns housing development programs.
• Develops and processes loan applications from start to completion for the rehabilitation of real property belonging to targeted groups including interviewing applicants performing intake duties processing loan applications evaluating collecting and verifying application information explaining the various Town housing and community development programs to prospective loan recipients and taking applications through the approval process.
• Monitors and implements procedures for loan/grant closings including coordinating and interacting with owners and escrow staff setting up loan collection accounts and implementing procedures regarding loan/grant defaults loan extensions and related monitoring requirements.
• Establishes and maintains records and files for Town rehabilitation programs including all documentation related to loans contracting agreements housing photos and fund disbursements.
• Participates in field inspection work including gathering data for State and Federal grant applications.
• Meets with contractors and homeowners to discuss project scope; disburses funds to contractors for work completed including providing the final accounting of loan proceeds adjusting and documenting changes to Note as required and processing the checks.
• Attends meetings conferences workshops and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles practices and new developments in assigned work areas.
• Prepares processes and tracks loan pay off documents for recording.
• Acts as the Towns representative and liaison on relevant topics including responding to questions and comments from the public in a courteous and timely manner and collaborating with involved parties to reach resolutions on identified issues.
• Assists and coordinates and organizes community events; represents the Town to residents in explaining Town policies; provides outreach and public education programs to the community.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Ideal Candidate
Knowledge of:

• Organization and function of public agencies.
• Applicable codes regulations policies guidelines technical processes and procedures related to a housing rehabilitation program.
• Basic practices of banking finance real estate and construction industries.
• Practices and procedures of real estate loans and escrow.
• Principles and practice of contract administration.
• Business arithmetic and basic statistical techniques.
• Basic principles of record keeping.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public vendors contractors and town staff.
• Computers and software programs to conduct compile and/or generate documentation.

Ability to:

• Perform responsible technical administrative support work with accuracy speed and minimal supervision.
• Provide varied responsible administrative support work requiring the use of independent judgement tact and discretion.
• Understand the organization and operation of the Town and outside agencies as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities.
• Develop interpret apply and explain a wide variety of technical policies and procedures and communicate difficult procedures to those encountered at work.
• Quickly learn and use new skills and knowledge due to rapidly changing information and/or technology.
• Research analyze and summarize data and prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations.

Education & Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to an associate degree in real estate finance economics business or a related field.
• Additionally a minimum of two (2) years of experience in loan processing property rehabilitation construction escrow procedures financial accounting real estate transactions and/or public agency programs.

Important Application Information

For a complete job description please visit apply for this opportunity submit a completed Town of Paradise Application to the following address:

Town of Paradise Human Resources Department
Attn: Housing Program Technician
5555 Skyway
Paradise CA 95969
or email to:

Application packets must include the following:
Town of Paradise Employment Application
Resume and Cover Letter

Final Filing Date - Thursday November 5 2026 @ 5:00 p.m.
Postmarks will not be accepted as proof of filing date.