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Description/Duties
This classification has been designated as non-classified, non-merit system, at-will, and grant-funded.
A Housing Specialist Trainee performs a variety of office activities while learning Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 low income housing regulations and procedures, and receives on-the-job training to learn to implement the regulations for the Housing Choice Voucher Program or other related housing programs (Family Self-Sufficiency, Homeownership Program). Responsibilities include: learning requirements in order to determine eligibility and qualify applicants; learning the requirements and procedures to complete interim and annual recertification of participants; learning to negotiate rents and prepare contracts between participants, landlords, and Housing Services; and learning the basic requirements of the housing quality standards. Other housing program responsibilities include: learning to recruit participants; learning to conduct new participant, portability move-in, and mover orientation; learning policies and procedures; learning to provide participant support by developing goals and participant program objectives; learning HUD guidelines, rules, and regulations for special programs; and learning to create month-end reports, monthly escrow reports, annual statements, and other relative reports. This class performs related duties as required.
Progression from a Housing Specialist Trainee to Housing Specialist is accomplished through a noncompetitive criteria-based promotional process. The employee must be employed a minimum of one year as a Housing Specialist Trainee, and demonstrate the level of competency necessary to independently perform the duties of a Housing Specialist. While in training, supervision is received from a Housing Supervisor, who will provide guidance and on-the-job training to assist the trainee in learning the Section 8 requirements, regulations, and procedures necessary to perform the work of a Housing Specialist. This class is FLSA nonexempt.
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Qualifications & Requirements
Employee Values: All employees of the City of Mesa are expected to uphold and exhibit the City’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.
Minimum Qualifications Required. Graduation from high school or GED. Good (1 – 3 years) clerical or paraprofessional-level experience in a public, social or human services area involving extensive public contact.
Preferred/Desirable Qualifications. Bilingual (English/Spanish) speaking skills are highly desirable. Supplemental coursework or training in casework principles, social work, accounting, business or public administration, or a closely related area is desirable.
