Salary: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 Annually
Location : Detroit, Michigan, MI
Job Type: Appointed (Other)
Job Number:
Department: Buildings & Safety Eng
Opening Date: 08/24/2026
Closing Date: 8/31/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Bargaining Unit: 9000-Non Union Salary Regular Service General

Description
ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIAL SERVICE STAFF III - EXEMPT APPOINTED (RENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER)
"PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY"

BUILDING SAFETY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT
The position will report to the Director of the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department and will work closely with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer for the City.

The Rental Program Manager will lead the implementation of a major overhaul of how the City of Detroit oversees rental housing to ensure quality, safe housing for residents. This position provides the opportunity to lead a significant City initiative addressing a key priority for residents.

Currently, roughly 10% of rental properties comply with City safety standards. In October 2024, Detroit City Council passed a new rental housing ordinance to increase compliance with safety inspections and ultimately improve the quality of rental housing. Key steps to implement the ordinance include:

1. Revamping the process for City safety inspections of rental housing units
   1. Implementing a new 15-point inspection focused on the most common and serious safety issues and creating procedures that ensure clear inspection standards and consistent application of them
   2. Ensuring a simple, smooth customer experience for landlords seeking inspections by designing the customer service portal, outgoing communications, etc.
   3. Analyzing the expected volume and types of inspections to accurately set program fees and ensure sufficient capacity to process applications
2. Increasing the effectiveness of the City's enforcement efforts against non-compliant properties
   1. Working across City departments to establish policies for escalating sanctions on non-compliant properties, identifying high-priority enforcement targets, and monitoring efforts to ensure enforcement translates into greater compliance
3. Reaching landlords and tenants with information on the revamp - and effectively drawing landlords into the City's rental oversight system
   1. Developing clear, simple materials that explain the new procedures and an effective plan for presenting, distributing, and communicating them to stakeholders
   2. Developing an effective plan to identify homes likely being used as un-registered rentals, persuade them to become compliant, and monitor progress

The position requires a unique combination of skillsets and abilities, including:

• Exceptional project management
• Effectively moving projects forward within a large and complex organization
• Simplifying processes and clearly communicating them to the public
• Prioritizing City efforts across a large number of properties to drive progress quickly
• Monitoring and interpreting data and using metrics to measure and accelerate progress

Examples of Duties

• Assists with the implementation of divisional goals, initiatives and plans.
• Develops and implements initiatives to improve work processes.
• Drives process improvement initiatives, including automation, on the processes/tools used to increase the capability and efficiency of reporting efforts.
• Manages project development and execution from inception to closure.
• Analyzes data from a variety of database sources and formats for research, systems, and report design.
• Presents results of analyses concisely and effectively to ensure adoption.
• Provides recommendations for improving business results, operational efficiencies, and system experiences through in-depth analysis.
• Tracks and reports project milestones and status reports to project sponsors.

Minimum Qualifications
Education

Bachelor's degree with a major in project management, public policy, business, management, data analysis, organizational development, or a related field.

Advanced levels of responsibility and five to ten (5 - 10) years of project management or process improvement experience.

PLEASE ATTACH AN UPDATED RESUME WITH YOUR APPLICATION
****APPLICATIONS WITHOUT RESUMES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED****
Supplemental Information
Medical Plan Offering for Administrative Special Services Employees
The City of Detroit is pleased to continue to provide a medical plan option to our Administrative Special Services Employees for the 2020 plan year. This plan is provided by Blue Care Network of Michigan and utilizes their PCP Focus Network. This plan provides you with the opportunity to receive an enhanced level of benefits and pay less out of your paycheck for your medical plan. There are two important requirements that you should consider and understand if you should decide to enroll in this plan. You will have to choose a primary care physician that serves within the PCP Focus network. This primary care physician coordinates your care. The network includes over 22,000 Primary Care Physicians. There are also Wellness Requirements that you (the subscriber) must meet in order to remain in the enhanced level of benefit.

Administrative Special Services Staff (Exempt) are eligible for the following benefits:

• CURRENT SICK LEAVE - Granted (3) months of continuous service. (1) day per month, not to exceed (12) days per year.
• VACATION - Granted (1) day per pay period, not to exceed 20 days per fiscal year
• PAID HOLIDAYS - Granted if paid for 600 straight time hours in the (12) months prior to the holiday
• MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT - Granted on same basis as regular employees.
• WORKERS COMPENSATION - Covered by applicable laws.
• UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION - Covered by applicable laws.
• HOSPITALIZATION - You are eligible to purchase healthcare benefits for yourself and your dependents under a group rate. You will be responsible for the full premium, no employer contribution will be applied.Please review the Health Care Plan Options Booklet for more detailed information.
• This position is not eligible for the City Pension Plan, dental, vision, optical, death, life, disability, funeral, reserve sick or jury duty.

Administrative Special Services Staff (Non-Exempt) are eligible for the following benefits:

• CURRENT SICK LEAVE - Granted (3) months of continuous service. (1) Day per month, not to exceed (12) days per year.
• VACATION - Granted on the following basis:

Terms of Service Vacation leave Earned
Less than 6 months None
After 6 months & (1000 work hours)5 days
After 1 year An additional 5 days
2-5 years 10 days
6-7 years 11 days
8-9 years 12 days
10-12 years 13 days
15- years15- years

• PAID HOLIDAYS - Granted if paid for 600 straight time hours in the (12) months prior to the holiday
• OVERTIME - Granted on same basis as regular employees.
• MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT - Granted on same basis as regular employees.
• WORKERS COMPENSATION - Covered by applicable laws.
• UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION - Covered by applicable laws.
• HOSPITALIZATION - You are eligible to purchase healthcare benefits for yourself and your dependents under a group rate. You will be responsible for the full premium; no employer contribution will be applied.Please review the Health Care Plan Options Booklet for more detailed information.
• This position is not eligible for the City Pension Plan, dental, vision, optical, death, life, disability, funeral, reserve sick or jury duty.

01

Do you possess a Bachelor's degree with major in data analytics, project management, business, management, organizational development, or a related field?

• YES
• NO

02

Please indicate your highest level of education completed

• High School Diploma/GED
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• PhD/J.D.
• No Education experience

03

Which one of the following best describes your highest level of Microsoft Excel proficiency? Verification of skill level may be required

• I do not have enough skills to meet the definition of the Basic level below.
• BASIC: Create basic worksheets; create basic formulas; use basic functions; modify and format a worksheet; print workbooks.
• INTERMEDIATE: Use advanced formulas; organize tables and worksheets; create and modify charts; analyze data using Pivot tables and Pivot Charts; insert and modify graphic objects in a worksheet
• ADVANCED: Create and edit macros; conditional formatting; apply data validation criteria; able to protect, share and merge files; trace cells and troubleshoot formula errors; uses data list outline; consolidate data and link workbooks; export and import text files and XML data; import data from the Web and create Web queries; analyze data using trend lines, Sparklines and scenarios.

04

Describe a large-scale project you managed that significantly impacted your organization. What strategies did you use to ensure its success, and what were the key outcomes?
Required Question