Director, Housing Development and Infrastructure

About The Opportunity

The Director, Housing Development and Infrastructure, provides strategic and operational leadership over housing capital development, infrastructure planning, and long-term asset planning within the Ministry of Housing. This role leads end-to-end execution of all Ministry-funded capital builds, including site feasibility, design, construction, transition to occupancy, and long-term infrastructure planning. The Director ensures Métis design principles, cultural resilience, sustainability, and community impact are embedded in all projects.

The Director is responsible for the operational execution and day-to-day performance of the Ministry’s housing capital portfolio, including monitoring scope, schedule, budget tracking, consultant performance, and risk mitigation. The Director is accountable to the Executive Director for delivering defined outcomes and operates within the strategic direction, financial authorities, and policy parameters established by the Executive Director and MNBC Senior Leadership Team.

This position collaborates with Ministries and leaders at MNBC, Métis Chartered Communities across British Columbia, local governments, consultants, and funding partners to support the successful delivery of housing and social infrastructure projects aligned with the Ministry’s mandate In multi-use developments, the Director provides capital coordination and integration oversight to ensure housing, child care, community, and other service components are aligned within a unified project framework.

Duties And Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership and Capital Delivery

• Leads and oversees the implementation of all housing development and infrastructure projects from concept to completion and transition to operations.
• Develops and manages a multi-year housing capital development plan aligned with Ministry priorities and funding.
• Monitors portfolio performance including cost control, contingency management, milestone tracking, and risk identification, escalating material scope changes, financial variances, land commitments, and funding reallocations in accordance with delegated authority thresholds.
• Establishes structured reporting frameworks and dashboards to support Executive Director and Senior Leadership Team oversight.
• Provides capital integration oversight for multi-use developments, ensuring housing, child care, community, and other infrastructure components are coordinated within an overall project delivery framework.

Infrastructure Planning and Asset Management

• Leads asset assessments and sustainability retrofits as required and ensure infrastructure risk mitigation planning aligns with regulatory and funding requirements.
• Establishes and oversees a long-term asset management framework, including lifecycle planning, infrastructure renewal strategies, capital reserve forecasting, and transition planning to operations.

Project Execution and Oversight

• Supervises project managers, consultants, and contractors to ensure timely, on-budget, and culturally aligned project execution, including coordination across multiple ministry-led infrastructure components within integrated developments.
• Leads procurement of architectural, engineering, and construction services in compliance with MNBC policy.
• Ensures quality control, quality assurance, safety compliance, permitting, and occupancy timelines are met.
• Champion inclusive contracting practices, prioritizing opportunities for Métis businesses and trades.

Community Engagement and Collaboration

• Engages MNBC Métis Chartered Communities in project planning and design.
• Collaborates with MNBC ministries to ensure integrated service planning and multi-use infrastructure alignment are incorporated within housing-led developments.
• Works with municipal and regional governments on rezoning, permitting, and infrastructure approvals.

Sustainability and Cultural Design Integration

• Embeds Métis cultural elements and sustainability goals into housing development planning and design processes
• Identifies and pursues funding incentives for green infrastructure in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Food Security.
• Ensures all developments meet applicable sustainability, energy efficiency, and funding compliance standards required by legislation and funding partners.

Governance and Reporting

• Supports policy development and risk governance related to housing capital investments.
• Ensures all projects align with procurement, privacy, accessibility, and safety legislation.
• Prepares structured housing capital portfolio reports, including financial status summaries, risk registers, and milestone tracking for the Executive Director and Senior Leadership Team.
• Provides integrated capital reporting for multi-use projects where housing serves as the primary development framework.

Other

• Participates in committees and project teams as required.
• Undertakes related duties as assigned, consistent with the job grade of the position.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed to ensure the efficient operation of MNBC.
• Regular/ occasional attendance at meetings/ events that may require work and travel outside of normal business hours.

Supervision Given

• Directs supervision of the Housing Development and Infrastructure team
• Sets clear performance expectations, conduct regular evaluations, and address performance issues in a timely and constructive manner.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Urban Planning, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.
• A combination of relevant education and progressive housing capital delivery experience will be considered.
• Minimum seven (7) years of progressive experience managing large-scale housing capital development or infrastructure portfolios.Minimum five (5) years of demonstrated experience directly supervising and managing professional staff, including performance management and team development.
• Professional designation such as PMP, P.Eng., RPP, or equivalent project leadership certification is considered an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams without assuming technical design functions reserved for licensed professionals
• Proven track record of delivering complex multi-use and housing capital projects within budget and on time.
• Experience managing consultants, contractors, and cross-functional project teams.
• Knowledge of BC Building Code, Step Code, sustainability certifications, and construction permitting processes.
• Experience working with Indigenous or non-profit housing providers preferred.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Class 5 driver’s license and willingness to travel across BC.
• Knowledge and/or awareness of the historical and contemporary contributions made by Métis people in B.C.
• Possession of, or the ability to obtain, a Class 5 driver’s licence may be required.
• The position may require the completion of a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check.