Coordinator Project Support Housing Development

**Job Description**:
**Coordinator Project Support Housing Development**

**Human Services - Housing Development Office**

**Status: 1 Regular Full Time**

**Salary Range: $65,480 to $81,849 per annum (plus comprehensive benefits, where applicable)**

**Work Mode: Remote **_see below for more details about this work mode._**

**Location: 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton**

**Hours of Work: 35 hours per week**

**Who we are**:
Housing Services leads service system planning and management of housing and homelessness programs and services with a view to policy and service integration. Helps improve these services through effective planning, based on local information and research about the needs of Peel’s many different communities.

“Housing Services is passionately committed to ensuring stable, affordable, appropriate housing and supports in Peel. We manage a collaborative system of care focused on delivering services with compassion and respect in a way that preserves dignity.”

We plan, manage and delivery quality, integrated human services and resources that invest in people to enable participation in the changing community and the economy.

In this role you will provide program and project support for the Housing Development Team. Peel Region builds affordable housing and emergency shelters on Region of Peel and Peel Housing Corporation sites from initial concept of building completion and supports non-profit and private developers to create new affordable housing in Peel, including the delivery of the Peel Affordable Rental Incentives Program. This is a unique opportunity to work with a team of professionals to support Peel Region’s affordable housing builds and other initiatives to create affordable housing.

**What you will do in this role**:
- Coordinates and supports the activities of the program/projects.- Monitors program/project scheduling conflicts and implements solutions to prioritize the work.- Responsible for a range of project organizational activities.- Receives and actions inquiries of a routine and non-routine nature from internal and external sources including staff, stakeholders and the public.- Prepares and participates in project meetings, produces meeting minutes and follow up with the relevant individuals for action items or issues.- Conducting detailed research and analysis to support the creation of project deliverables.- Under the direction of the Program Director, completes small scope projects and leads the implementation of specific work packages and deliverables.- Assists the Project Manager in developing project artifacts including the project charter, requirements, work breakdown structure, budgets, schedule, risk logs, lessons learned, etc. while complying with applicable CPMO standards.- Adapts current project management tools, templates and procedures or develop new ones as needed to support project planning, implementation, monitoring and close out.- In collaboration with the Project Manager and project team, acts as a liaison between internal and external project stakeholders to ensure effective and timely communications.- Seek direction and decisions, in a timely manner, on any issues that impedes the completion of the deliverables within the project schedule and budget.- Gathers and document stakeholder feedback and changes to project materials and deliverables.- Supports change management activities for projects.- Regularly prepares and updates project status reports, identifies and escalates early warning signs and deviations from the plan and proposes recommendations and adjustments to the Project Manager.- Maintains project electronic documentation repositories in accordance with Regional document control standards.- Assists external vendors to ensure project activities are carried out, project materials are received and payments are carried out.- Responsible for the organization and upkeep of the program/project Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and related software programs, filing structure and permissions.

**What the role requires**:
- Post-Secondary Diploma in Business, Business Administration or Office Administration or other relevant field with at least 2 years of administrative experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.- Must have at least 6 months experience working in a Project Management environment.

**Skills/Abilities**:- Ability to work with all levels of staff and partners (internally and externally).- Excellent verbal communication skills to interact effectively with management, staff, clients, stakeholders and members of the public.- Effective written skills needed for minute taking, creation of key program/project documents and correspondence with exceptional attention to detail.- Ability to effectively compile and analyze large amounts of information.- Effective time management and organizational skills and the ability to deal with shifting/changing priorities and competing demands.- Proven ability to problem-solve a