Community Housing Team Lead

Competition: (2024-480-HHS)_

**_ Community Housing Team Lead_**

**Employment Type**:

- Contract Salary, Bargaining Unit (1 Vacancy)

**Work Hours**:

- 35 hours/week

**Work Setting**:
**Salary**:

- Onsite - 490 Sherbourne Street
External Rate I7 - $58,119.94
Internal Rate I8 - $59,306.06

**Application Deadline**:

- December 13, 2024 by 11:59 pm

**Program Overview - Housing & Homelessness Services**
The Housing & Homelessness Services Unit’s primary goal is to help street involved people and/or those with low income to find and maintain appropriate housing and work within an eviction prevention model. The philosophy of this work is in keeping with WoodGreen’s commitment to community building and development, anti-discrimination and harm reduction.

**What You Will Do**

Support to Manager, Housing Operations & Community Development:

- Provides support in planning, conducting staff team meetings, and documenting next steps.
- Represents Housing unit on internal staff committees as requested.
- Recommends relevant upgrading training and education that would be helpful for the team.
- Operates in the best interest of the organization and with respect to all organizational policies and procedures and models this behaviour.
- Upholds confidentiality practices and policies.
- Helps to ensure effective results against key performance indicators and financial targets associated with the Housing Management team, including inspections, rent assessments, arrears management, vacancy management, and handling complaints
- Responds to tenant complaints and logs in complaints log on Insite and supporting the team with resolving them, including determining when they should be escalated to the Manager.

Lead Tenancy Intake & Administration:

- Leads a team of staff responsible for initial tenant intake process, including background checks, generating leases, facilitation of intake for tenants entering the portfolio, and orienting new residents to the organizational policies and procedures.
- Responsible for the showing of units to potential tenants.
- Responsible for the provision of information to tenants that impacts their housing.
- Works in collaboration with relevant referring parties to manage intake of new clients and minimize vacancy loss.
- Responsible for collection of monthly rents from tenants and following up on all arrears.
- Assists with the monitoring and completion of Annual Rent Reviews amongst the team and following up so they are completed in a timely fashion.
- Supports team members with complex Annual Rent Review and Periodic Rental Calculations.
- Prepares reports on rental arrears and supports team members with complex cases and proposes strategies to bring the case to resolution.
- Ensure staff are accurately updating Insite with all relevant information pertaining to tenancy issues, including rental charges, Notices to Vacate, and responses to legal notices issued.

Liaison to Building Maintenance and Services Staff:

- Works in collaboration with building services staff to ensure units and building facilities are maintained in good repair, including annual or other unit inspections, generating work orders, booking of contractors, follow-up and communication with tenant/staff regarding building and/or unit maintenance work in progress.
- Works in collaboration with Building Maintenance in coordinating the move in/move out protocol to minimize vacancy loss during unit turn-over process.
- Supports in the education of tenants about basic and preventative maintenance issues, and their responsibilities in maintaining their unit as per signed tenancy/occupancy agreement.
- Identifies and supports in addressing barriers to tenants maintaining their tenancy.
- Works from an eviction prevention model to support tenants to maintain housing through regular follow up, case conference meetings, and liaising with pertinent supports to ensure buildings are clean and meet standards.
- Supports the team with regular unit inspections, scheduling extreme cleans, and regular follow-up with tenants who have been identified as requiring hoarding and extreme cleaning.
- Acts as the on-site contact for contractors and third parties who are accessing our facilities.

Community Development & Connecting Tenants to Services:

- Leads team in the development of Community Building programs to engage residents, to encourage social interaction and inclusivity, and to support empowerment and self-sufficiency.
- Provides links with other agencies to support the tenant in keeping their housing.
- Supports the team with identifying other service providers who are, or could be assisting tenants with extreme cleans and hoarding issues.
- Monitors and reviews tenant needs and issues and communicates the information Manager.

**What You Bring to the Team**
- Bachelor of Social Work or related undergraduate degree.
- Minimum 2-3 years direct experience in social services with supporting individuals who have history of street i