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Current Job Openings

Chief Financial Officer – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville (Habitat) is a cutting edge, national-leader non-profit housing and community development organization creating simple, decent, affordable homes and neighborhoods in partnership with low-income families, volunteers, and the communities of the Greater Charlottesville region.

Reporting to the President/CEO (CEO) and serving as the primary staff advisor to the CEO on business activity, the CFO will implement the infrastructure and systems needed to support strategic objectives.  The CFO will work closely with the organization’s CEO, Treasurer and Finance Committee (FC) of the Board of Directors to manage HFHGC’s complex and multi-layered financial model, strengthen Habitat’s long-term financial position, facilitate growth and ensure transparent and efficient fiscal management.

The role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) can be separated into two primary categories: Financial Leadership, Management and Reporting; and Business Strategy. The CFO will lead the creation and management of an annual $20-30M budget which funds the construction of 55+ homes and rehabs per year, will be a key strategic thinker in the organization’s C suite and will be a direct advisor to the President and CEO.

In order to ascend as a national leader in affordable housing innovation and impact, Habitat Charlottesville has built an extremely complex financial model, allowing it to succeed in a competitive land development and home construction industry while staying focused on its primary ROI – successful families, healthy communities and a more equitable and functioning housing system.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned finance professional and/or CPA with unquestioned integrity, business acumen and foresight as it relates to the financial health of and opportunities for organizations and institutions. Their record of achievement should reflect an exceptional commitment to best-in-practice accounting, operations, and due-diligence practices. They should also possess outstanding communications skills, honesty, and acute attention to detail. The successful candidate will be a good listener, bring positivity and humility to the position and be open to new ways of managing fiscal operations in a truly unique organization which is at once a land developer, a builder, a lender, a housing counseling organization and an innovator of housing policy, programs and new housing solutions.

Crew Leader 1

Crew Leader 1s work alongside other CL1s, CL2s, and Construction Supervisors to train and supervise volunteers in the construction of affordable housing.  As you are trained in tasks related to the residential construction process, you will also train and lead volunteers who will help you accomplish daily and weekly goals. Success in the role of a Construction Crew Leader I (CL1) is defined by an eagerness for executing projects to the highest level of professionalism & craftsmanship while fostering lasting relationships with Partner Families and Volunteers.  

Key Accountabilities: 

• Assist teammates in the creation of a safety plan each morning.
• Assist teammates in maintaining a clean and organized jobsite.
• Meet with your teammates each week to help produce a plan for volunteer tasks, and review it at the end of each day to reevaluate and set additional goals (Google Calendar).  These plans will be communicated to Volunteer Management.
• Take an active role in keeping track of volunteer forms and request additional forms when necessary. 
• Assist teammates in completing daily logs (Procore).
• Communicate with my teammates to ensure materials, tools, and PPE are available when needed and secured appropriately at the end of each day.
• Ensure that you can accurately communicate how to safely perform each task that is assigned to a volunteer and remain available throughout the day.
• Ensure that a safety talk (Toolbox Talk) is completed every week during lunch. 
• Take an active role in producing a high-quality home by ensuring volunteers know how to perform each task and by coaching them on techniques throughout their day. 

Position & Company Standards: 

• Our People: We are the type of people who run to the fire and stay through the hurricane.
• We take inspiration from the roots of Habitat as a radical yet simple response to global housing poverty and segregation.
• We see challenges as opportunities
• We bring a positive attitude to our roles every day, inspiring and motivating colleagues, volunteers, Partner Families and community members to do the same
• We seek peers who are similarly dedicated and committed to the mission, who are in it for the long term and who share our unquenchable desire to achieve the greater good
• We recognize that excellence in even the smallest things are only possible if the whole team thrives
• We bring our own true selves to work and, in doing so, we find joy with those around us
• Our Relationships: We are agents of hope.
• We understand that our work is about building and strengthening relationships, and by doing so, we are able to extend our reach beyond individuals to whole communities
• We work each day to create a culture of humility, where people listen deeply and without judgment
• We aim to infuse each interaction—among ourselves and with everyone with whom we come into contact—with humanity and respect
• We work alongside our partners, helping them draw upon their strengths to create positive community change
• We pride ourselves on professionalism, compassion and accountability, recognizing that every interaction matters in growing and sustaining the mission
• We make the seemingly impossible possible every day in communities by opening ourselves up to be inspired by the people with whom we work
• We recognize that healthy and thriving families, teams and communities are built upon their strengths
• Our Work: We strive to strengthen community in everything we do and we operate in a relentlessly appreciative way.
• We see ourselves as humble, servant leaders, responsive to the needs, desires and potential of others and of the greater community
• We offer a hand up and not a hand out, thereby helping individual partners, families and communities realize their own full potential in an enduring way
• We recognize that the blessings of our work extend to those who have the opportunity to offer their support
• We are all ambassadors for the Habitat mission, each of us responsible for spreading the word and helping advocate for a more inclusive approach to housing and communities
• We believe that innovation—social, financial, organizational, etc.—is critical to our ability to make a profound and lasting impact
• We work tirelessly and creatively to build relationships of mutual benefit, always searching for win-win solutions and leaving people with whom we interact feeling respected and heard
• We pause to reflect on our accomplishments, to honestly assess what we can do better and to celebrate our accomplishments with each other