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Description

Days Off: Saturday, Sunday

Shift: Office Day

Insurance Benefits: Dental, Life, Long-term Disability, Medical

Other Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

About DESC:

DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) is a nonprofit organization working to help people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing. Our vision is a community where no person is abandoned, ignored, or experiencing homelessness.

As the region's leading provider of services to multiply disabled adults who have experienced chronic homelessness, DESC serves almost 2,000 people each day. Our integrated service model is designed to help people secure and maintain appropriate, safe and affordable housing. DESC is recognized nationally and regionally as an innovator in developing solutions to homelessness.

JOB DEFINITION:

The Project Manager coordinates, in conjunction with the Senior Housing Program Manager, property management and clinical service delivery at DESC's Cottage Grove Commons.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee all operations of Cottage Grove Commons in accordance with all Management and Service plans, DESC operating policies and procedures, and in conjunction with the Senior Housing Program Manager.
• Manage all project operations in a fashion that is compliant with all project contracts.
• Responsible for all aspects of property management and compliance activities.
• Directly or indirectly supervise all project staff including orienting, scheduling and evaluating. Facilitate team meetings.
• Ensure enforcement of project rules to promote safety and security of staff and clients. Issue formal notices and facilitate formal eviction processes as necessary.
• Respond to emergencies and intervene in crises as necessary.
• Coordinate resident move-in and orientation process.
• Respond to resident complaints.
• Manage process to collect rent, security deposits and other charges to ensure that all funds are collected in a timely fashion.
• Liaison frequently with neighbors to respond to concerns, enlist their support, and work to involve residents in positive neighborhood activities.
• Fill in for absent staff, during and outside of normal working hours, if necessary.
• Coordinate facility maintenance with Facilities Manager.
• Coordinate data collection process in accordance with project compliance and evaluation activities.
• Work collaboratively as part of Housing Management Team, for productivity, contract compliance and overall best practices.
• Approve expenditures and coordinate orders for operating and office supplies.
• Report extraordinary occurrences to the Housing Program Manager.
• Represent agency at neighborhood meetings as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree relevant to social services or management. Demonstrated ability to manage fast paced and complex social service or other programming may substitute for degree requirement.* See below for details.
• Two years of relevant work experience in human services, preferably working with adults challenged by homelessness, economic disadvantages, mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Personal lived experience may substitute for some of the work experience requirements.
• One year supervisory or program management experience 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in social work, counseling, administration, public health, or other relevant degree
• 2+ years Management experience in settings serving people with histories of homelessness and/or behavioral health conditions.
• Property management experience

PM EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Bachelor's degree in relevant field, or
2. Bachelor's degree in any field and 1 additional year of paid work experience in social services, or
3. Relevant Associate's degree and 1 additional year of relevant paid supervisory experience and 1 additional year of paid work experience in social services, or
4. Any Associate's degree and 2 additional years of relevant paid supervisory work experience and 1 additional year of paid work experience in social services, or
5. 2 additional years of paid relevant work experience plus 2 additional years of relevant supervisory or successful program management experience with high degree of independence. Highly relevant experience includes, but is not limited to, DESC Housing Programs leadership positions like RC/SC Supervisor, CSS/CM Supervisors, and Project Coordinator.

**examples of relevant degrees and/or coursework include but are not limited to: Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Counseling, Program/Project Management, Non-Profit Leadership, Behavioral Science, Social and Human Services, Mental Health/Counseling, Chemical Dependency and Rehabilitation, Youth and Family Support Services, Early Childhood Education/Child Welfare, Prevention and Early Intervention, Community Development and Housing, Policy and Advocacy

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required sit for long periods of time, communicate with other persons by talking and hearing, required to lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds and to operate computer hardware systems. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

DESC is committed to diversity in the workplace, and promotes equal employment opportunities for all staff members and applicants. The Agency will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, caste, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability in any employment practice, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification. Minorities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

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