Economic Advancement Manager

Description

Job Summary

The Economic Advancement Manager provides administration and supervision for all association community housing, housing stabilization programs and financial assistance programs. The Economic Advancement Manager will also be responsible for the administration of housing, including those operated by the association’s wholly owned subsidiary corporation, YW Homes, Inc.  The Economic Advancement Manager holds the primary responsibility of implementing and overseeing day-to-day services of the YWCA GP Resource Center and Community Housing programming. This role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to interact with a wide variety of individuals and groups, and the ability to lead a team. The individual in this role must be skilled in written and verbal communication, possess a high analytical ability, and operate independently.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides management and supervision of all Economic Advancement Community Housing and Resource Center programs and program staff and interns including, but not limited to, Community Housing, YW Homes, Inc., Housing Stabilization Programs and Financial Assistance Programs, using a trauma-informed, housing-first, and culturally sensitive lens.
• Oversees the smooth and effective operation of program procedures such as referrals, intakes, case management services, as needed.
• Monitors daily grant administration and tracks grant spending in all programs.
• Monitors established program goals and outcomes; adjusts as needed.
• Oversees client database(s), including HMIS, for the purpose of collecting, evaluating, and reporting relevant client information and data, ensuring excellent data quality in all programming.
• Ensures compliance with all grants and local, state, and federal funding and reporting requirements. 
• Participates in budget development, implementation, monitoring, and management. 
• Maintains and updates program process manuals.
• Attends meetings with funders to maintain current knowledge of regulations, policy changes and computer software updates. Oversees the collection and maintenance of information for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to funders and associations.
• Maintains comprehensive and current knowledge of community resources.
• Oversees the housing program budgets, monitors spending, processes financial assistance and incentive requests, creates check requests, and produces reporting documents for the agency partners.
• Investigates and cultivates additional funding sources, as required.
• Supervise and oversee property management and maintenance functions related to YW Homes, Inc, including tenant income limits, rent restrictions, property standards, marketing, record-keeping, rental ledger, invoicing, and physical health of the properties.
• Ensures that all properties owned or leased by YWCA GP are inspected annually and meet HUD and local PHA regulations.
• Keeps abreast of federal law affecting housing programs, regulations and directives issued by HUD & DHS and keeps record of such changes in written agency policy documents.

About YWCA Greater Pittsburgh

YWCA is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. For over 150 years, YWCA GP has been a leader in addressing the most challenging issues of the day, including women’s rights, safe labor laws, civil rights, affordable housing, pay equity, violence prevention and health care reform. Today, our programs and services around the U.S. serve over 2 million women, girls, and their families. And we combine programming and advocacy to move the needle on three key areas: racial justice and civil rights, health and safety, and empowerment and economic advancement of women and girls. As a Housing Manager, you would be responsible for implementing and managing programs that align with these key areas.

Mission Impact

YWCA Greater Pittsburgh employees are working tirelessly at promoting racial justice, reducing race and gender disparities, and deliberately addressing the challenges and celebrating the triumphs of living at the intersection of race and gender. As an employee with YWCA Greater Pittsburgh, you will have the opportunity to build community around the vision of a world in which all women and girls, especially women and girls of color, have equitable access to personal and professional opportunities, free from racial injustice.

Requirements

Qualifications 

Associate degree with five (5) years relevant experience and one (1) year supervisory/management experience OR Bachelor’s degree with three (3) years relevant experience and one (1) year supervisory/management experience OR master’s degree with one (1) year relevant experience and one (1) year supervisory experience.

Desired Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Housing stabilization, rental assistance, and emergency basic needs programming.
• Local, state, and/or federal resources and safety net programs.
• The role systemic racism plays in shaping communities.

Skills in:

• Analyzing program data and developing reports.
• Writing formal and technical letters, reports, and procedures.
• Microsoft Office software (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook).
• Managing a team delivering social services.
• Case management, including developing rapport, motivation building, and coaching participants to meet their goals.

Ability to:

• Manage programs with limited oversight.
• Interpret, apply, and explain federal and agency regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Develop agendas and lead high-impact meetings.
• Tactfully mediate conversations between different program stakeholders, including those that might involve sensitive issues related to equity and access to housing and services.
• Effectively lead a team and motivate employees to reach their highest potential.
• Effectively communicate verbally with both individuals and groups, including program participants, property owners, DHS and other partner agency staff, and external stakeholders.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Work occasional weekends and evenings, as needed.