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Deputy Executive Director
If you are interested in this exceptional opportunity, please submit a detailed resume immediately to:
Ernest Barefield
E-mail: ernest@gansgans.com
Phone: (813) 986-4441 ext. 7127 | Fax: (813) 986-4775
Should you have any questions in consideration of your own interest, or a referral of a colleague, please contact us at the number above.
Gans, Gans & Associates
7445 Quail Meadow Road, Plant City, FL 33565 813-986-4441
www.gansgans.com
The Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (HAKC) was created on July 14, 1941 by City ordinance and mayoral appointment of a five-
member Board of Commissioners, in accordance with Missouri enabling legislation. Plans and financial arrangements with the federal
government for development of low rent public housing complexes were immediately initiated.
World War II caused suspension of Housing Authority operations from 1942 until 1946. In 1946, the HAKC was reactivated to provide housing
for returning veterans. Under contracts with the federal government to operate the Veterans Temporary Housing Program, HAKC acted as rental
agent for newly constructed emergency housing projects for a period of nearly nine years. The program was later expanded to include low rent
units for families.
By 1965, the HAKC rental inventory was comprised of Riverview Gardens (constructed in 1952), Theron B. Watkins Homes (1954), Guinotte
Manor (1954), Chouteau Courts (1959), Pennway Plaza (1960), Wayne Minor Court (1962) and West Bluff (1964), totaling some 2200 units.
As federal policies shifted to new concepts of leasing, acquisition, and turnkey development programs, HAKC also reoriented its activities. In
1967 and 1968, 200 units were leased from private owners for sublease to Authority tenants under a rent-supplement program. From 1968 to
1970, 50 foreclosed single-family homes were purchased from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Veterans Administration (VA)
by the HAKC for lease to public housing tenants.
Proposals from developers for turnkey housing were requested and Brush Creek Towers, a high-rise for the elderly, and Dunbar Gardens were
completed under this program in 1972. Heritage House, a former downtown Kansas City hotel, was rehabilitated for the elderly in 1973.
The rehabilitation and modernization of existing structures became a priority for the HAKC in the mid-1970’s. HAKC obtained nearly eight million
dollars for modernization of HAKC housing stock between 1975 and 1980. In 1978 and 1979, another 50 single-family houses were acquired
and rehabilitated for rental by low-income families. Lounneer Pemberton Heights, a high-rise for elderly residents, was completed in 1981. Mr.
Pemberton, for whom the development was named, served as an HAKC commissioner for 14 years.
For the next decade, a succession of executive directors oversaw the Authority. In 1993, the federal court placed the Authority in receivership. In
1994, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) declared the HAKC a “troubled agency.” In 1994, the federal
court named Jeffrey K. Lines, president of TAG Associates of Kansas City, Inc., as Receiver for the HAKC. From that date to May 2014, in one
of the more ambitious rehabilitation undertakings in public housing history, more than $175 million has been spent to rehabilitate the entire
housing stock of the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri. In 2014, the federal court released HAKC from receivership and returned the
Authority back to local control.
The Housing Authority is now governed by a seven-member board of commissioners which includes one resident of public housing and one
participant in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The HAKC provides housing and housing assistance to nearly 10,000 families that have
low, very low and extremely low incomes.
Position Summary
The Deputy Executive Director oversees the day-to-day operations of its housing programs. Under the Executive Director/CEO's direction, the
Deputy Executive Director is responsible for the efficient operation and administration of the following programs, including, but not limited to,
Public Housing Operations, the Housing Choice Voucher program, Information Technologies, Resident Services and Public Safety.
Work involves highly responsible professional activity involving independent judgment and initiative in developing and maintaining a high-quality
effort through the administering and supervising of all activities involved in the management of a large housing authority. Work also involves
forming and/or maintaining existing relationships with the residents, participants, and landlords. Maintain and enhance the relationship with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the community.
The Deputy Executive Director must be a self-motivated individual with an exceptional work ethic.
Essential Functions
• Coordinates the daily operations of the Authority and assists the Executive Director in planning, developing, organizing, directing, and
implementing the Authority’s Housing Programs.
• Works with the Executive Director to assist in the development of the Authority’s strategic and operational plans. Effectively manages the
development of organizational structures, and plans and implements internal policies, programs, goals, and priorities, makes
recommendations to the Executive Director for changes if needed.
• Establishes reporting systems to monitor and evaluate various aspects of the Authority's operations on a frequent and continuing basis to
establish an overview of conditions, appearance, problems, resolution, accomplishments, and results, while ensuring compliance with
Authority policies and procedures, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
• Assists in the oversight and provisions for the safekeeping of the Authority's buildings, grounds, facilities, equipment, supplies, monies, files,
records, documents, and reporting
• Supports Succession Planning process, for performance management systems and reporting
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• Collaborates with the CFO in the preparation of the administrative and HUD budgets program funds in cooperation other department
supervisors.
• Oversees the timely preparation and submission of the Authority’s yearly Capital Improvements 5-Year Plan and annual statement.
• Reviews and analyzes budget requests and expenditures for appropriateness to current resources and plans to ensure division directors
are operating within approved financial limitations or that necessary budget revisions are made and authorized by the Executive Director on
a timely basis.
• Assists the Executive Director in identifying federal and non-federal funding sources to augment declining subsidy, helping to ensure the
viability of housing and associated programs offered by the Authority.
• Supervises management staff, providing ongoing assistance to support a positive and productive working environment.
• Monitor’s staffing levels to ensure capacity to achieve organizational objectives, based on approved budgetary guidelines.
• Monitors, oversees, and/or recommends the recruitment, selection, employment, training, direction, supervision, utilization, evaluation,
discipline, and termination of Authority employees to the Executive Director. Makes recommendations to the Executive Director regarding
salary ranges, employee benefits, and revisions. Reviews periodic reports on the accomplishment of assigned goals and objectives.
• Attends the Board of Commissioners (BOC) meetings, and assists the Executive Director informing the Board of the status of activities and
projects within the Authority, provides information on evaluations of efficiency and effectiveness of Authority operations, and proposes
recommendations for improvements. Provides the Executive Director with necessary information to respond promptly to BOC inquiries
regarding Authority plans and operations.
• May participate in the negotiations of contracts with outside agencies and companies for major maintenance and management services.
• Serves as alternate Authority representative in discussing goals, priorities, problems, and concerns with officials, representatives, and
members of HUD, local government, news media, social and public service agencies, state and federal government, and tenant groups.
• May address business and civic groups on matters pertaining to the Authority. Successfully maintains positive Authority image and working
relationships with the community and local, state, and federal government officials.
• Attends professional meetings, seminars, and conferences to keep abreast of new trends, activities, and concepts in affordable housing
programs. Supports, assists, and works with other Agencies and affiliated organizations in joint efforts, which are mutually beneficial.
• Participates in community activities and functions relevant to Authority objectives; maintains membership and participates in appropriate
community service organization(s) activities.
• Accountable for consistent adherence to strong Authority standards regarding the ethical, responsible, and appropriate use, care, and
safeguarding of Authority materials, supplies, resources, and other assets.
Qualifications and Competencies
Job Knowledge: Exhibits requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the position effectively. Demonstrates knowledge of policies,
procedures, goals, objectives, operational entities, requirements, and activities as they apply to the assigned organizational entity of the Authority.
Uses appropriate judgment & decision making in accordance with level of responsibility.
Commitment: Sets high standards of performance; pursues aggressive goals and works hard/smart to achieve them; strives for results and
success; conveys a sense of urgency and brings issues to closure; persists despite obstacles and opposition.
Customer Service: Meets/exceeds the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; identifies, understands, monitors, and
measures the needs of both internal and external customers; talks and acts with customers in mind. Recognizes work colleagues as customers.
Effective Communication: Ensures important information is provided to those who need to know; conveys necessary information clearly and
effectively orally or in writing. Demonstrates attention to, and conveys understanding of, the comments and questions of others; listens effectively.
Initiative: Proactively seeks solutions to resolve unexpected challenges. Actively assists others without formal/informal direction. Possesses the
capacity to learn and actively seeks developmental feedback. Applies feedback for continued growth by mastering concepts needed to perform
work.
Responsiveness and Accountability: Demonstrates a high level of conscientiousness; holds oneself personally responsible for one's own work.
Teamwork: Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback;
contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
Leadership: Provides direction by clearly and effectively setting course of action for departments and subordinates; manages performance by
providing regular feedback and reinforcement to subordinates.
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• Thorough knowledge of the relationship of Public Housing Authorities to other federal, state, and local jurisdictions and their abilities to
provide funds or other support to the Authority.
• Thorough knowledge and experience in a housing assistance program or social services field.
• Thorough knowledge of Authority operating policies and procedures, pertinent HUD regulations, and federal, state, and local laws and
regulations pertaining to public housing authorities.
• Thorough knowledge of the modern principles, practices, and techniques of personnel management, training, and performance
evaluation.
• Good knowledge of procurement regulations and OSHA requirements.
• General knowledge of the modern principles, practices, and techniques of maintenance and other functional areas within the Authority.
• Thorough knowledge of the modern principles, practices, and techniques of budgeting and accounting, and of the function and operation
of the construction industry.
• Skill in addressing the public and other bodies and presenting information in a clear, organized, and convincing manner.
• Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, co-workers, and persons outside the Authority.
• Ability to manage complexities and competing proprieties. Ability to coordinate information and activities among groups with differing
agendas, across multi-functional areas.
• Ability to meet aggressive deadlines and effectively manages multiple priorities.
• Ability to accurately and completely document in writing appropriate events and activities.
• Ability to plan, direct, and supervise the work of others, to delegate responsibility and authority, and to hold subordinates accountable for
tasks assigned.
• Ability to read and comprehend complex material.
• Ability to identify operational problems and develop effective solutions.
• Ability to prepare clear and concise narrative and statistical reports and deal effectively with situations requiring tact and diplomacy, yet
firmness.
• Must be able to perform essential job functions in an environment that will sometimes include increased levels of work-related stress.
• Must be able to maintain punctuality and attendance as scheduled.
Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration or related field.
• A Master’s Degree in Public Administration is preferred.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in public administration or a related field; specifically, experience
involving a high level of administrative and executive oversight in operations is required.
Page 4Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had
an estimated population of 495,327 in 2019, making it the 38th most-populous city in the United States. It is the most populated municipality and
historic core city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Kansas–Missouri state line and has a combined statistical area
(CSA) population of 2,487,053. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, but portions spill into Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Kansas City
was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town
of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name
Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after.
The city is composed of several neighborhoods, including the River Market District in the north, the 18th and Vine District in the east, and the
Country Club Plaza in the south. Celebrated cultural traditions include Kansas City jazz, theater which was the center of the Vaudevillian
Orpheum circuit in the 1920s, the Chiefs and Royals sports franchises, and famous cuisine based on Kansas City-style barbecue, Kansas City
strip steak, and craft breweries. The city was ranked as a gamma- global city in 2020 by GaWC.
Downtown Kansas City Redevelopment
In the 21st century, the Kansas City area has undergone extensive redevelopment, with more than $6 billion in improvements to the downtown
area on the Missouri side. One of the main goals is to attract convention and tourist dollars, office workers, and residents to downtown KCMO.
Among the projects include the redevelopment of the Power & Light District, located in the area to the east of the Power & Light Building (the
former headquarters of the Kansas City Power & Light Company, which is now based in the district's northern
end), into a retail and entertainment district; and the Sprint Center, an 18,500-seat arena that opened in 2007,
funded by a 2004 ballot initiative involving a tax on car rentals and hotels, designed to meet the stadium
specifications for a possible future NBA or NHL franchise, and was renamed T-Mobile Center in 2020; Kemper
Arena, which was replaced by Sprint Center, fell into disrepair and was sold to private developers. By 2018,
the arena was being converted to a sports complex under the name Hy-Vee Arena. The Kauffman Performing
Arts Center opened in 2011 providing a new, modern home to the KC Orchestra and Ballet. In 2015, an 800-
room Hyatt Convention Center Hotel was announced for a site next to the Performance Arts Center & Bartle
Hall. Construction was scheduled to start in early 2018 with Loews as the operator.
Page 5From 2007 to 2017, downtown residential population in Kansas City quadrupled and continues to grow. The area has grown from almost 4,000
residents in the early 2000s to nearly 30,000 as of 2017. Kansas City's downtown ranks as the 6th-fastest-growing downtown in America with
the population expected to grow by more than 40% by 2022. Conversions of office buildings such as the Power & Light Building and the
Commerce Bank Tower into residential and hotel space has helped to fulfill the demand. New apartment complexes like One, Two, and Three
Lights, River Market West, and 503 Main have begun to reshape Kansas City's skyline. Strong demand has led to occupancy rates in the upper
90%.
While the residential population of downtown has boomed, the office population has dropped significantly from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s.
AMC and other top employers moved their operations to modern office buildings in the suburbs. High office vacancy plagued downtown, leading
to the neglect of many office buildings. By the mid-2010s, many office buildings were converted to residential uses and the Class A vacancy rate
plunged to 12% in 2017. Swiss Re, Virgin Mobile, AutoAlert, and others have begun to move operations to downtown Kansas City from the
suburbs as well as expensive coastal cities.
City Market
Since its inception in 1857, City Market has been one of the largest and most enduring public farmers' markets
in the American Midwest, linking growers and small businesses to the community. More than 30 full-time
merchants operate year-round and offer specialty foods, fresh meats and seafood, restaurants and cafes,
floral, home accessories and more. The City Market is also home to the Arabia Steamboat Museum, which
houses artifacts from a steamboat that sank near Kansas City in 1856.
Performing Arts
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre is the metropolitan area's top professional theatre company. The Starlight
Theatre is an 8,105-seat outdoor theatre designed by Edward Delk. The Kansas City Symphony was founded by R. Crosby Kemper Jr. in 1982
to replace the defunct Kansas City Philharmonic, which was founded in 1933. The symphony performs at the Kauffman Center for the
Performing Arts. Michael Stern is the symphony's music director and lead conductor. Lyric Opera of Kansas City, founded in 1958, performs at
the Kauffman Center, offers one American contemporary opera production during its season, consisting of either four or five productions. The
Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City performs at the downtown Folly Theater and at the UMKC Performing Arts Center. Every summer from mid-
June to early July, The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival performs at Southmoreland Park near the Nelson-Atkins Museum; the festival
was founded by Marilyn Strauss in 1993.
The Kansas City Ballet, founded in 1957 by Tatiana Dokoudovska, is a ballet troupe comprising 25 professional dancers and apprentices.
Between 1986 and 2000, it combined with Dance St. Louis to form the State Ballet of Missouri, although it remained in Kansas City. From 1980
to 1995, the Ballet was run by dancer and choreographer Todd Bolender. Today, the Ballet offers an annual repertory split into three seasons,
performing classical to contemporary ballets. The Ballet also performs at the Kauffman Center. Kansas City is home to The Kansas City
Chorale, a professional 24-voice chorus conducted by Charles Bruffy. The chorus performs an annual concert series and a concert in Phoenix
each year with their sister choir, the Phoenix Chorale. The Chorale has made nine recordings (three with the Phoenix Chorale).
Jazz
Kansas City jazz in the 1930s marked the transition from big bands to the bebop influence of the 1940s. The 1979 documentary The Last of the
Blue Devils portrays this era in interviews and performances by local jazz notables. In the 1970s, Kansas City attempted to resurrect the glory of
the jazz era in a family-friendly atmosphere. In the 1970s, an effort to open jazz clubs in the River Quay area of City Market along the Missouri
ended in a gang war. Three of the new clubs were blown up in what ultimately ended Kansas City mob influence in Las Vegas casinos. The
annual "Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival" attracts top jazz stars and large out-of-town audiences. It was rated Kansas City's "best festival."
by Pitch.com.
Live music venues are found throughout the city, with the highest concentration in the Westport entertainment district centered on Broadway and
Westport Road near the Country Club Plaza, as well as the 18th and Vine area's flourish for jazz music. A variety of music genres can be heard
or have originated there, including musicians Janelle Monáe, Puddle of Mudd, Isaac James, The Get Up Kids, Shiner, Flee The Seen, The Life
and Times, Reggie and the Full Effect, Coalesce, The Casket Lottery, The Gadjits, The Rainmakers, Vedera, The Elders, Blackpool Lights, The
Republic Tigers, Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim, Mac Lethal, Ces Cru, and Solè. As of 2003, the Kansas City
Jazz Orchestra, a big band jazz orchestra, performs in the metropolitan area.
In 2018, UNESCO named Kansas City as a "City of Music", making it the only city in the United States with that distinction. The city's funding of
$7 million for improvements to the 18th and Vine Jazz District in 2016, coupled with the city's rich musical heritage, contributed to the
designation.
Page 6Cuisine
Kansas City is famous for its steak and Kansas City-style barbecue, along with the typical array of
Southern cuisine. During the heyday of the Kansas City Stockyards, the city was known for its Kansas City
steaks or Kansas City strip steaks. The most famous of its steakhouses is the Golden Ox in the Kansas
City Live Stock Exchange in the West Bottoms stockyards. These stockyards were second only to those of
Chicago in size, but they never recovered from the Great Flood of 1951 and eventually closed. Founded in
1938, Jess & Jim's Steakhouse in the Martin City neighborhood was also well known.
The Kansas City Strip cut of steak is like the New York Strip cut and is sometimes referred to just as a strip
steak. Along with Texas, Memphis, North, and South Carolina, Kansas City is lauded as a "world capital of
barbecue". More than 90 barbecue restaurants operate in the metropolitan area. The American Royal each fall hosts what it claims is the world's
biggest barbecue contest.
Classic Kansas City-style barbecue was an inner-city phenomenon that evolved from the pit of Henry Perry, a migrant from Memphis who is
generally credited with opening the city's first barbecue stand in 1921 and blossomed in the 18th and Vine neighborhood. Arthur Bryant's took
over the Perry restaurant and added sugar to his sauce to sweeten the recipe a bit. In 1946 one of Perry's cooks, George W. Gates, opened
Gates Bar-B-Q, later Gates and Sons Bar-B-Q when his son Ollie joined the family business. Bryant's and Gates are the two definitive Kansas
City barbecue restaurants; native Kansas Citian and essayist Calvin Trillin famously called Bryant's "the single best restaurant in the world" in an
essay he wrote for Playboy magazine in the 1960s. Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is also well regarded. In 1977, Rich Davis, a psychiatrist,
test-marketed his own concoction called K.C. Soul Style Barbecue Sauce. He renamed it KC Masterpiece, and in 1986, he sold the recipe to the
Kingsford division of Clorox. Davis retained rights to operate restaurants using the name and sauce, whose recipe popularized the use of
molasses as a sweetener in Kansas City-style barbecue sauces.
Colleges and Universities
Many universities, colleges, and seminaries are in the Kansas City metropolitan area, including:
• University of Missouri–Kansas City − one of four schools in the University of Missouri System − serving more than 15,000 students
• Rockhurst University − Jesuit university founded in 1910
• Kansas City Art Institute − four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885
• Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences − medical and graduate school founded in 1916
• Avila University − Catholic university of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
• Park University − private institution established in 1875; Park University Graduate School is downtown
• Baker University − multiple branches of the School of Professional and Graduate Studies
• William Jewell College − private liberal arts institution founded in 1849
• Metropolitan Community College (Kansas City) − a two-year college with multiple campuses in the city and suburbs
• Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary − Southern Baptist Convention
• Nazarene Theological Seminary − Church of the Nazarene
• Calvary University
• Saint Paul School of Theology – Methodist
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