Description
Home for Every Neighbor Project Coordinator
Examples of Duties
Under administrative direction, is responsible for planning and adminstering a specific project or program for a City department. Serves as the administrative supervisor on projects or programs. Plans, assigns, supervises, and reviews activities of subordinate personnel. Monitors the project or program's operating budget and assists in the annual preparation of same. Designs, implements, and monitors procedures utilized in program evaluation. Develops and secures commitments from other City departments and agencies to provide services to program participants. Provides technical assistance or reviews program policies and procedures. Maintains current information and oversees the preparation of project status reports. Prepares financial and narrative reports and program applications. Communicates project/program status and information to municipal officials and/or public and private entities. May supervise employees assigned to the respective project. Performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
A High School Diploma or GED is required. A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four year college or university in Business or Public Administration, Social Sciences, or closely related field preferred. Two (2) years of full-time, paid, progressively responsible experience in program administration is required. Must be able to lift and carry thirty (30) pounds. A valid State of Ohio Driver's License is required.
Supplemental Information
Additional Duties
The Home for Every Neighbor Project Coordinator assists Project Manager in leading the City’s targeted, housing-focused outreach and rehousing events to resolve unsheltered homelessness in the City of Cleveland, the “Home for Every Neighbor Program”. The Project Coordinator will work in collaboration with the Project Manager in three key areas:
Outreach & Engagement
- Works with the Project Manager to lead a unified team of City and organizational partners to oversee all plans and operations to offer permanent housing and ongoing case management to specific locations of residents experiencing unsheltered living conditions.
- Supports the Project Manager to coordinate operations in an outreach & rehousing event and indirectly supervises organizations under contract with the City for outreach, engagement and rehousing.
Short & Long-term Housing Options
- Works with the Project Manager to develop comprehensive housing resources for program participants; develops short-term and long-term housing strategies to meet housing needs.
- Works with the Project Manager to oversee the city’s unit acquisition team; developing, refining and implementing the team’s workflow, and providing support to the team members.
- Manages communications flow among the program’s partner organizations, local governments, and property managers/owners.
- Coordinates among city, county, housing programs and organizational partners.
- Provides technical information on potential housing options and programs.
- Identifies relevant local, state, and federal, private-sector, and nonprofit partners.
Case Management Leadership and Supervision
- Works with the Project Manager to provide leadership, supervision and direction to the project’s case management team.
- Works with the Project Manager to develop, refine and implement case management team operating standards and workflow.
- Identifies, establishes and cultivates relationship with relevant local, state, and federal, private-sector, and nonprofit partners to support the work of the project’s case management team.
- Ensures all project documentation, assessments, and compliance needs are completed in a timely manner.
Additional Qualifications
The Project Coordinator must have:
- 3 years' experience in street outreach to residents experiencing unsheltered homelessness
- 3 years' experience providing housing case management
- 3 years of leadership/supervisory experience.
- Knowledge of innovative housing solutions and relevant housing programs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Training in trauma informed care, conflict resolution and de-escalation, motivational interviewing and critical time intervention.
- Experience working with invoices and grants.
- Experience with landlord-tenant law and housing justice advocacy
- Experience working with invoices and grants
The City's guiding principles are as follows
: Placing Clevelanders at the Center, Empowering Employees to Do Purposeful Work, Defining Clear and Pragmatic Objectives, Leading with Trust and Transparency, Striving for Equity in All We Do, and Embracing Change. All City employees are responsible for embracing and carrying out these principles in all that they do.
The City of Cleveland makes available a variety of benefit options depending upon your employment status and any applicable union membership. In general, benefit options include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription medical and life insurance. Specific information regarding benefit eligibility will be discussed and reviewed at the time of hire.
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Describe your experience working in street outreach to residents experiencing unsheltered homelessness and providing housing case management.
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Why are you applying for this position?
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Why are you the right person for this position?
