Housing Coordinator

Do you want a purpose filled life? Are you looking for work-life balance? Are you enthusiastic about delivering superior services and care to clients? Are you results focused with an emphasis on quality and quantity standards with great attention to detail? Do you thrive in a diverse and change-positive work environment? Do you value a professional, positive, and supportive team?

**Join Interval House’s Growing Team**:
The Community Program team is a group of caring, dedicated staff that provides a continuum of services including integrated and specialized services to help women build their economic self-sufficiency (BESS). The Program’s many services include employability skills coaching, finding jobs, partner with employers and linking them with suitable clients, supportive one on one counselling, life skills workshops as well as housing support and referrals to other services.

**Job Details**:
The Housing Coordinator position will report to the Community Programs Manager.

**Job Type**: Full-Time - 1 year contract

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week onsite

Location: Toronto, Ontario

**You will benefit from**:

- Work/Life balance
- Competitive compensation
- Employer fully paid Health and Dental benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid vacation and sick benefits
- New learnings, career growth and professional development opportunities

**Do you have?**
- Relevant Social Services education
- Knowledge and experience related to housing programs and services
- Excellent internal and external communication and negotiation skills
- Assisting clients searching and acquisition of housing in the private market and transitional housing.
- Building and maintaining mutually strong and productive relationships and partnerships with landlord partners and housing resources.
- Educate clients on finances, income sources, budgeting, client/landlord relationship and rights and responsibilities.
- Develop case plans to promote and support Interval House’s efforts to rebuild clients lives within their communities.

**Strengthen your skills and abilities in**:

- Program planning and implementation
- Delivery of a high level of customer service to all stakeholders
- Understanding of the housing market information and settlement resources in Toronto
- Advocacy, networking, and outreach activities to market the program
- Understanding the challenges/barriers affecting women who have experienced intimate partner violence
- Attention to detail
- Handling administrative responsibilities
- Client case management database; Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, and Power Point
- Analysing data and preparing written reports, as well as verbal reporting
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Positive interpersonal relations
- New projects/challenges

**Please submit your cover letter and resume to**:
**Good to Know**:
We thank all applicants, but only applicants with the required qualifications and competencies will be contacted.

All successful applicants must agree to undergo a police vulnerable sector check.

Interval House demonstrates its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, respect in the workplace and does not condone any form of discrimination and workplace violence.

**Interval House**:
Established in 1973, Interval House is Canada’s first shelter for women and children experiencing abuse. We are trailblazers in the campaign for women’s empowerment and independence and we provide innovative, specialized, and transformative services that help to break the cycle of intimate partner violence.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: From $26.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
The health and safety of employees, residents, and families is of paramount importance to Interval House. We have taken all reasonable steps and established various policies, procedures and tools to prevent exposure to or infection with COVID-19.

Work Location: In person