The City of Oakland is currently recruiting to fill one Development Officer (Urban Economic Analyst IV, Projects) vacancy within its Economic & Workforce Development Department (EWD). EWD is responsible for the City’s overall economic health and vitality, and includes several divisions including Real Estate Asset Management, Cultural Affairs, Workforce Development, Special Activities and Public/Private Development.
The Development Officer (Urban Economic Analyst IV, Projects) sits within EWD’s Public/Private Development Division (PPD). PPD is responsible for negotiating and implementing transformative mixed-use and affordable housing real estate projects with private development partners on City-owned property. Current projects include the adaptive reuse of the historic Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, a new Samuel Merritt University headquarters in downtown Oakland, and many affordable housing projects throughout Oakland as well as Transit-Oriented Development projects at the West Oakland, Fruitvale, and Coliseum BART stations.
The PPD Division also manages the former Redevelopment Agency’s (RDA) capital improvements, such as streetscape projects, and assists with the management of City-owned facilities, such as the Oakland Ice Center, the Oakland Convention Center, and the Fox Theater. It also oversees the winding down of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency (ORSA) and manages Oakland Renaissance New Markets Tax Credits (ORNMTC), the City’s Community Development Entity that provides funding for development projects in Oakland.