Permanent Supportive Housing Project Manager - Clover Place

Permanent Supportive Housing Project Manager

Clover Place, Seattle, WA

DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) is a nonprofit organization working to help people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing. Our vision is a community where no person is abandoned, ignored, or experiencing homelessness. As the region's leading provider of services to multiply disabled adults who have experienced chronic homelessness, DESC serves almost 3,000 people each day. Our integrated service model is designed to help people secure and maintain appropriate, safe and affordable housing. DESC is recognized nationally and regionally as an innovator in developing solutions to homelessness.

Clover Place will be a new DESC housing site that will include 95 units of affordable housing in Seattle's Woodland neighborhood. This vital project will provide stable, supportive housing and 24 / 7 on-site services for single adults living with disabilities and experiencing chronic homelessness. The community will also feature welcoming indoor and outdoor common spaces.

Job Definition

The Project Manager coordinates, in conjunction with the Senior Housing Program Manager, property management and clinical service delivery at Clover Place.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee all operations of Clover Place in accordance with all Management and Service plans, DESC operating policies and procedures, and in conjunction with the Senior Housing Program Manager.
• Manage all project operations in a fashion that is compliant with all project contracts.
• Responsible for all aspects of property management and compliance activities.
• Directly or indirectly supervise all project staff including orienting, scheduling and evaluating. Facilitate team meetings.
• Ensure enforcement of project rules to promote safety and security of staff and clients. Issue formal notices and facilitate formal eviction processes as necessary.
• Respond to emergencies and intervene in crises as necessary.
• Coordinate resident move-in and orientation process.
• Respond to resident complaints.
• Manage process to collect rent, security deposits and other charges to ensure that all funds are collected in a timely fashion.
• Liaison frequently with neighbors to respond to concerns, enlist their support, and work to involve residents in positive neighborhood activities.
• Fill in for absent staff, during and outside of normal working hours, if necessary.
• Coordinate facility maintenance with Facilities Manager.
• Coordinate data collection process in accordance with project compliance and evaluation activities.
• Work collaboratively as part of Housing Management Team, for productivity, contract compliance and overall best practices.
• Approve expenditures and coordinate orders for operating and office supplies.
• Report extraordinary occurrences to the Housing Program Manager.
• Represent agency at neighborhood meetings as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required sit for long periods of time, communicate with other persons by talking and hearing, required to lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds and to operate computer hardware systems. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity Employer : DESC is committed to diversity in the workplace, and promotes equal employment opportunities for all staff members and applicants. The Agency will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, caste, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability in any employment practice, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification. Minorities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Salary : $105,442.80 - $119,298.96 annually.