Associate Program Manager, Home Appraisal Equity, City of Philadelphia

Posted by City of Philadelphia on February 25, 2025

The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) coordinates Philadelphia’s planning, zoning, preservation, and housing functions to promote the economic health of all neighborhoods and the City. DPD includes the Divisions of Executive Administration, Housing and Community Development (DHCD); Planning and Zoning (DPZ); and Development Services (DS). DPD also contracts with the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation PHDC, Philadelphia Land Bank and Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority as well as departments within the city that perform community development block grant program activities.

This Associate Program Manager position will work to advance equity in home appraisal industry in Philadelphia by providing staffing and internal capacity to embedding the work of City Council’s Home Appraisal Bias Task Force into the Division of Housing and Community Development. The Associate Program Manager will assist in the coordination of implementation work on key high-priority cross systems projects.  Projects includes implementation of the recommendations of City Council’s Task force on Home Appraisal Bias, including efforts to diversify the appraisal industry, advance cross system data sharing, federal and state advocacy, and communication, education and outreach.

The Associate Program Manager will report to the Director of Home Appraisal Equity Program, and will work with leaders and subject matter experts in the partnering agencies to analyze and document business needs and processes, develop work plans to address problems/opportunities, remediate troubled projects, and to ensure high-priority projects have detailed plans and are launched correctly and on time.

Work includes but is not limited to ongoing convening of the Home Appraisal Bias Stakeholder Committee and reporting subcommittees, prioritizing recommendations for implementation, engaging partners to develop a data sharing strategy and plan, implementing outreach and engagement strategies, developing a pipeline for diversifying the field of home appraisals, and coordinating City advocacy efforts at the state and federal level.

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