PAID Internship - Heartland Alliance

Heartland Housing Development Project Intern
Job Type: Part-Time
Location: Chicago/Cook County, IL
Last Updated: 04/14/2011
Job Description:
Job Classification: Heartland Housing Development Project Intern
Reports To: Associate Directors of Development Staff
FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Internship Information: This is a Part-time internship (working approximately 16
hours/week)during the summer and academic school year.
Summary: The Development Project Intern will provide support for the activities of
the Associate Directors of Real Estate Development related to the planning and
development of multiple affordable/supportive housing projects. This position will
provide administrative support, technical research, proposal writing, and grants
management for multiple development projects. Individual accountabilities and work
volume will be established through the development of annual Success Objectives,
within the framework outlined below.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
•Education and/or Experience: Must be affiliated with a college or university, as a
current undergraduate or graduate student in real estate development, urban planning,
public policy, architecture or other relevant field.
•Other qualifications: Excellent organization and communication skills. Must be
detail-oriented and have the ability to multi-task.
•Preferred Qualifications: Experience with affordable housing finance programs,
such as low-income housing tax credits. Experience working with local municipal
development regulations, such as land use and zoning. Eligible for Federal Work
Study Program.
•Language Skills: Superb oral and written communications skills in English.
•Computer Skills: Highly proficient with Microsoft Office suite.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
•Researches, conducts fieldwork and compiles due diligence for proposed
development sites/buildings.
•Researches funding opportunities, including green development programs.
•Assists with the preparation and maintenance of predevelopment budgets and
proformas.
•Supports the preparation of applications and grants for predevelopment, acquisition
and construction financing, including technical research, best-practices research,
content analysis and interpretation, technical writing, editing and proposal
submission.
•Assists with applications and securing of local government approvals, such as
zoning and building permits.
•Researches and collects bids for third party reports required for developments.
•Assists with the monitoring of construction activities.
•Assists with the maintenance of the project budget, including construction payment
packages.
•Prepares materials for and participates in internal, client and community meetings
with the Associate Directors of Real Estate Development.
•Prepares meeting minutes.
•Researches innovative and best model housing development practices.
•Assists with the production of progress, data and/or policy reports.
•Supports office hard and electronic filing system.
•Works on special projects related to program development.
•Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those
that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this
job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk
and hear.
•The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
•The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach
with hands and arms.
•The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, climb and/or crawl.
•The employee must be able to carry laptop computer materials and documents for
presentations.
•Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision,
color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are
representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•The employee may be required to occasionally travel outside of the office.
•While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to
outside weather conditions.
•The noise in the work environment is moderate.

Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions without regard to
race, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion,
ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, sexual
identity, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, ex-offender status (depending
on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership
in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or
improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV
infection, in accord with the Organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September,
1987. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the
Employee Services Office at (312) 660-1431.