Program Coordinator/housing Lead

**Housing Coordinator**

**Immigration and Settlement Services**
- Are you looking for a fulfilling career that can make a difference in the life of people in need? Put your passion for working with families towards a rewarding opportunity with Catholic Social Services as a Housing Coordinator_

**We are looking for one (1), contract, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Housing Coordinator join our team**

You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1800 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta.
- “As a Catholic social services agency, we are guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.”_

**Our values are at the core of everything we do**
- **Humility**:We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
- **Compassion**:We** **respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
- **Respect**:We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

**The Meaningful Work You'll Do**:
As a Housing Coordinator, you will create, enhance and maintain programs that support new immigrants and refugees and their transition into life in Canada. You will be joining a compassionate team dedicated to welcoming and serving newcomer individuals and families. Your abilities to take initiative and multitask will be assets in this role.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Coordinating multiple activities of the Alberta’s Ukrainian project with the focus on the housing initiative:

- Securing long-term/permanent housing for Ukrainian evacuees:

- Researching and identifying free and/or affordable long-term (6 mos or more) housing options (e.g., through liaising with local property management companies and private landlords)
- Reviewing and vetting permanent housing options for appropriateness and security
- Creating and maintaining a database of free and affordable permanent housing resources in Alberta
- Liaising with settlement sector agencies to create a centralized referral system for permanent housing options to be used by all settlement service providers when assisting Ukrainian evacuees to secure long-term/permanent housing options
- Conducting research to identify other needs, trends, challenges, and potential gaps in services for Ukrainians.
- Working closely with key stakeholders (i.e., all levels of governments, the Ukrainian community, settlement and mainstream service providers, other community and grassroots organizations) to address the identified needs and gaps
- Maintaining the existing and establishing new partnerships and collaborations
- Participating in the community meetings and events
- Engaging in advocacy and lobbying activities if needed
- Performing some administrative duties (i.e., keeping accurate records and statistics related to the project’s activities)
- Participating in data analysis, report writing, and evaluation
- Engaging in outreach and promotional activities
- Promptly responding to inquiries from Ukrainian clients, community, staff, volunteers, and the general public
- Performing other related duties as required (e.g., taking meeting minutes)

**Formal Education and Experience**
- Related Degree/Diploma in Education, Human Services or equivalent
- 2 years of experience working with newcomers to Canada

**Other Assets**:

- Experience building effective partnerships and collaborations
- Experience in doing research, working with data, and writing reports
- Knowledge of Ukrainian/Russian

**What We Offer**:

- The compensation for this position is **$26.96 to $30.34 **per hour based on qualifications and experience.
- Flexible benefit options when eligible.
- Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
- We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity and people of faith or no faith._