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Employer paid medical for base employee plans.
Employer paid dental for employee plan.
Employer paid vision for employee plan.
Employer paid Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
Flexible scheduling
11 Paid Holidays
Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) – Pension style retirement program.
Great PTO Accrual
0-2 years 15 days a year
3-4 years 27 days a year
5-9 years 30 days a year
10-14 years 33 days a year
15-19 years 37.5 days a year
20+ years 40.5 days a year
Days based off 8 hours
Purpose
Under the direct supervision of a Housing Programs Supervisor, the Eligibility Specialist performs a variety of essential day-to-day functions associated with the department of assisted housing; interviews applicants and participants; conducts briefings and orientations; executes housing assistance payment contracts and other related documents; assures accurate and timely housing assistant payments; and maintains a caseload for annual and interim eligibility rental subsidy determinations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Acceptable Experience and Training
High school diploma or GED equivalency with one year of general office experience is required.
Preference is given towards those with an associate’s degree in a relevant field, or at least two years of experience with a housing authority or case management.
Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work of an Eligibility Specialist.
Must have an acceptable credit history according to SHA’s policy. When assigned to intake processing or programs requiring offsite travel, must also have and maintain a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, satisfactory driving record, and adequate insurance coverage according the SHA’s policy and insurer.
Competency Requirements
Knowledge of:
• Various computer systems and programs, data entry and database interactions, Microsoft Office products, and spread sheeting programs.
• A variety of laws, regulations and agency policies, including:
• SHA Drug and Violent Crime Policy
• Housing Choice Voucher regulations
• Washington State Landlord-Tenant Law
• State and Federal Fair Housing Laws
• City HOME regulations as they pertain to applicant/participant eligibility and rental subsidy.
• Local human service resources and services.
Ability to:
• Use general office equipment, such as copiers, faxes, multi-line phones, and scanners.
• Perform data entry and keyboarding tasks for extended amounts of time.
• Effectively serve very low-income, vulnerable citizens with special needs, persons with disabilities and persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).
• Identify and communicate customer rights, and discern need for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, mitigating circumstances and oral translation services for persons with limited English proficiency.
• Remain calm, open-minded, helpful, tactful, and professional under stressful and emotionally charged conditions.
• Respect privacy and confidentiality of applicant/participant files and information.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with fellow employees, customers, property owners/managers and various service providers/advocacy organizations.
• Make oral presentations to groups.
• Effectively communicate program rules and regulations to participants, property owners/managers and the greater community.
• Perform detailed processes, accurate data entry, and file management functions.
• Effectively organize work and understand systematic procedures.
• Work independently with limited supervision, remain flexible, and exercise sound judgment.
• Read, write, and understand English.
Essential Physical Abilities
Physical demands include using hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk or sit. The employee is occasionally required to reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl or lift. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and distance vision. The use of computer and adding machine is essential to job performance.
Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to discern verbal instructions and to communicate effectively in person and on a telephone.
Work is primarily sedentary in nature . click apply for full job details
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