Design & Rehabilitation Consultant, Senior

Design & Rehabilitation Consultant, Senior

Salary

$62,111.67 - $104,058.71 Annually

Location

501 Boush Street, Norfolk, VA

Job Type

Permanent Full-time

Job Number

14171

Department

Housing and Community Development

Opening Date

07/01/2026

Closing Date

7/14/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits
• Questions

Description

The City of Norfolk is seeking a Design & Rehab Consultant, Sr. to join an exciting opportunity with the Department of Housing and Community Development. The Department of Housing and Community Development oversees a variety of housing and community development programs and services for those who wish to be a part of the City of Norfolks vibrant communities. The department seeks to provide opportunities for City of Norfolk residents to live in safe, quality, affordable housing by developing, preserving, and revitalizing communities through responsible and transparent processes. Join us as we work to build great neighborhoods.

This position involves the preparation of design and construction specifications for rehabilitation projects, coordinating the process and communicating with stakeholders, ensuring contractor compliance, and providing inspections. Provides consulting services in the preparation of design and construction specifications for rehabilitation and remodeling projects. Explains remodeling process to stakeholders.

Departmental Hiring Salary Range: $62,111.67-$68,864.32

Essential Functions

Essential functions include but are not limited to:

• Reviews residential structures to determine rehabilitative work required to ensure that structure meets rehabilitation standards and construction code requirements; reviews plans and specifications with property owners, contractors, and building inspectors.
• Prepares and assists in the development of plans and specifications for rehabilitative and remodeling work on residential structures; makes physical assessments of properties; prepares cost estimates of rehabilitation and remodeling work required for competitive bidding; prepares conceptual house designs.
• Provides technical assistance to owners and occupants on all phases of construction; assists contractors and owners with the interpretation of specifications, standards, codes, and contract conditions.
• Makes recommendations and implements strategies to continuously improve operations, decrease turnaround times, and streamline work processes; coordinates efforts of staff and customers to provide quality customer service.
• Compiles and analyzes data; prepares reports; prepares and makes presentations.

Education/Experience

Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Three years' experience in construction or construction inspections and determination of compliance with applicable codes.

The ideal candidate will have experience with federal compliance requirements for HUD-funded property rehabilitation.

Additional Information & Requirements

Valid Drivers License required

Work Location: 501-A Boush Street Norfolk, VA 23510

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30AM-5:00PM EST, 8-hours a day, 40-hours a week

• Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.

• Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.

• Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.

• Retirement

If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

• The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant's school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

NOTE:

The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.

Non-City

Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.

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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.

• I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.

02

If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employees full name, department, and job title. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."

03

Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?

• Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee
• Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee
• No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee

04

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

• Less than High School Diploma/GED
• High School Diploma/GED
• Some College (6 months or more)
• Vocational/Technical Degree
• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree or higher

05

Do you possess at least three years experience in construction compliance, property assessment or other related field?

• Yes
• No

06

Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)

• I am not a Veteran
• I am a Veteran
• I am a Disabled Veteran

Required Question

Employer City of Norfolk