DEFINITION:
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Director of Rental Assistance Program, performs the required administrative work involved to assist eligible, Homeless persons with disabilities in the application review process, and potential participation in the Continuum of Care Rental Assistance Program.
All activities must support the Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) mission, strategic goals and ONE-JCHA values.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Explains the Contiuum of Care Rental Assistance Program to eligible applicants, participants and property owners.
Reviews applications for eligibility and performs interviews (briefings), collects and verifies required documentation and calculates rental assistance payments.
Negotiates and facilitates execution of lease/contract agreements with owners and participants.
Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with real estate agents, landlords, businesses, and civic, welfare, educational, private and public agencies, which may be of use in increasing housing choice.
Develops quality assurance and other compliance criteria to program outcomes are pursuant to grant.
Develops, maintains, enhances collaboration with sponsor agencies including Hoboken Shelter and Garden State Episcopal to ensure appropriate service delivery to homeless individuals.
Identifies and addresses program gaps and needs, and works to align system goals, opportunities, resources, and addresses barriers to program and systems-level success.
Participates in HUD’s annual grant audit.
Assists in the development of the Transitional Housing program guide and policies and procedures and the Scope of Required Services that will provide a deeper understanding of the program, essential core components and any funding regulations.
Create, review and track performance improvement plans; coordinate with other departments to ensure issues and concerns that are raised are properly addressed.
RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES:
POSITION REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:
A. Education/Experience:
1. An Associate Degree in Liberal Arts, Social Services, Psychology or related field from an accredited college or university supplemented by four (4) years of full-time employment in the field of real estate or assisted and/or public housing with case management responsibilities or a combination of training and experience is preferred.
B. Unique Expertise/Certification Requirements:
1. Demonstrated ability to deal with a variety of third parties, including applicants, participants (special emphasis on persons with disabilities), owners, public officials, etc.
2. Adequate typing (contracts, correspondence), mathematical skills, computer ability (to input data and calculate rental assistance payments) and perform related work.
3. Excellent verbal communication skills; ability to communicate in writing, to document/record participant file and prepare status reports, graphs and charts.
C. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Location: 400 U.S. 1, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $37,000.00 – $55,000.00 per year
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