Housing/shelter Program Lead

3 months ago

Winnipeg, Canada 1JustCity Inc Full time

**Housing/Shelter Lead**

**Full-time Permanent**

40 hours per week

**Anticipated start date**: ASAP

**Salary**:Salary commensurate with experience.
5 Step Salary Scale with annual performance based increases.
Annual COLA increases.
Generous Benefit package.

**Shift**: November 1 to March 31 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
April to October 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (flexible).

**Reports to**: Executive Director

**About 1JustCity**

1JustCity operates drop-in sites in three vulnerable Winnipeg neighborhoods: the West End, West Broadway, and Osborne Village. In the winter months, we also operate an Emergency Overnight Warming Shelter called Just a Warm Sleep.

We provide services to over 1200 unique individuals weekly and work with people living in poverty; experiencing homelessness or precarious housing, mental health issues and/or addiction, social isolation, oppression due to race or gender identity, and more.

Learn more: 1justcity.ca.

The Housing/Shelter Lead manages the full operation of the housing program year round, and the shelter from November 1st - March 31st.

As a member of the Leadership Team, the Housing/Shelter Lead has a pivotal role in the organization and the community.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Provide supervision to the Housing Program Team at all three 1JustCity locations and manages the Overnight Shelter Team.
- Manage all operations of the Just a Warm Sleep shelter from November - March including organizing food, security, recruiting and training staff and volunteers.
- Build relationships and collaborate with outside agencies, outreach organizations and other entities supporting similar populations.
- Attend sector working group meetings on behalf of 1JustCity. Support participants in obtaining and transitioning into housing, and maintaining their housing through systems navigation, supportive counseling, education, and advocacy.
- Manage a caseload of individuals who require ongoing support in obtaining housing or keeping the housing they have through eviction prevention.
- Ability to navigate community resources and Government systems, with advanced knowledge of the Manitoba Residential Tenancies Act.
- Attend weekly leadership meetings with the Executive Director, the 1JustCity Site Leads and Indigenous Cultural Program Lead.
- Consistently perform duties following 1JustCity Pillars - Loving the Underloved; Working Towards Reconciliation; Growing Individual’s Capacity; Building Inclusive Communities and principals - Be Safe; Be Responsible; Be Respectful.

**Human Resources Planning and Management**
- Verify essential documentation required for each position and ensure it is submitted to administration.
- Train new staff and volunteers, support and supervise duties.
- Evaluate performance of staff using SMART goal strategy.

**Operational Planning and Management**
- Develop and monitor statistical information gathering tools for housing and shelter programs.
- Complete monthly, quarterly and annual funding reports in coordination with financial administration.
- Manage program funds, budgets and item inventory levels.
- Authorize purchases of housing goods and services and maintain inventory spreadsheets.
- Maintain Just a Warm Sleep Shelter Operations Manual, ensure adequate staffing levels, monitor supplies inventory, collaborate with contract security, and oversee all operations for the shelter.
- Participate in on-call rotation during shelter months.

**Education and Qualifications**:

- 3-5 years of experience working in the housing sector is required. A University or College degree in a Human Services field or relevant experience.
- Experience providing support to populations who have drug or alcohol dependencies, mental health challenges, trauma, homelessness, or poverty.
- Possess computer skills including a proficiency with MS Office, Google Suite, and the ability to learn new programs required to collect data according to funder requirements.
- Experience in grants, funding and statistical information gathering.
- Experience in the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS4) considered an asset.
- Applied Suicide Intervention Training, First Aid/CPR, NVCI, and PHIA.
- Current Criminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector, Child Abuse Check and Adult Abuse Check.
- Valid driver’s license and daily access to a vehicle is required.
- Advanced knowledge of the Residential Tenancies Act and Branch.

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Ability to coordinate and facilitate presentations to community members.
- Knowledge and training in working with vulnerable populations experiencing addictions, mental illness, crisis and homelessness.
- Knowledge of the impacts of colonization, residential schools, the 60’s scoop, child welfare system, and the genocide of Indigenous peoples.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and conflict de-escalation and resolution skills, combined with the ability to maintain a positive, collaborative relationship among staff.
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