Manager, Transition Houses
7 months ago
Job DescriptionReporting to the Vice President of Housing and Violence Prevention, the Manager, Transition Houses oversees three second stage transition houses and two outreach programs for women who have experienced intimate partner violence, a PEACE program for children and youth who have witnessed and/or experienced abuse, and a SELF pilot program focusing on early literacy of children living with their mothers in second stage transitional housing.
**What you’ll be doing**:
- Supervising 10 regular staff members and additional casual staff
- Working with Human Resources staff to ensure effective, inclusive hiring practices
- Providing new staff with an orientation including the Housing and Violence Prevention Department’s polices, procedures and guidelines
- Providing staff with ongoing feedback at bi-weekly one to one meetings, and participating in annual performance evaluations
- Facilitating monthly team meetings
- Ensuring that staff safety and wellness are prioritized
- Managing timesheets and time off requests
- Fostering Relationships:
- Working collaboratively with YWCA Property Management, YWCA Community Development Coordinators, the YWCA Legal Educator, YWCA Fund Development and YWCA Marketing and Communications;
- Representing the YWCA on external committees and at conferences;
- Public speaking on issues related to intimate partner violence.
- Creating and monitoring program budgets
- Compiling and submitting accurate statistics to funders and partners
- Ensuring appropriate safety, cleanliness and comfort are maintained at second stage transition houses
- Responding to crisis situations
- Other duties as required
**What you’ll need**:
- A minimum of 2 years post-secondary education in a related field and/or 2 years supervisory experience
- Experience working with women and non-binary people who have experienced intimate partner violence
- A feminist understanding of the root causes of violence by intimate partners
- Excellent communication skills
- Comfortable with public speaking
- Trauma-informed
- Conflict resolution and crisis intervention skills
- An understanding of the criminal and family justice systems as they pertain to intimate partner violence
- A valid clear criminal record check (including working with vulnerable populations) is required.
- The YWCA Metro Vancouver’s COVID-19 vaccination policy is currently suspended and as a result, vaccination from COVID-19 is not required at this time. However, should circumstances change and the YWCA deem it necessary to reintroduce such policy, you may be required to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 in order to be eligible to continue performing your duties.
**What we offer**:
We offer our eligible employees the following benefits as part of their total compensation package:
- extended medical and dental benefits
- a defined benefit pension plan
- Employee Family Assistance Program, a confidential and voluntary support service for employees and their eligible family members
- free membership to our Health + Fitness Centre, discounts at our YWCA Hotel and priority in YWCA Child Care centres
- a workplace that prioritizes employee health, safety and wellbeing, including many learning and growth opportunities such as our staff mentorship program and three equity committees who help to support our goals towards achieving meaningful equity and inclusion.
**Salary: $65,000/yr**
How to Apply
**Christine McFarland**
535 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 2E8
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