Housing Program Manager

About the Organization:

New Moms strengthens families by partnering with young moms as they progress toward housing stability, economic mobility, and family well-being. New Moms is a nonprofit organization with a $8 million budget and a staff of nearly 60. At New Moms, young moms, 24 and under, take powerful first steps toward economic mobility and family well-being. Our 2-Generation approach puts families experiencing poverty in control of their goals and unleashes their potential. New Moms’ headquarters is located on the west side of Chicago in the Austin neighborhood. Our East Garfield Park location includes all Workforce Development programming as well as our social enterprise, Bright Endeavors, which provides paid transitional jobs for young moms. We also have an office in Oak Park serving the near western suburbs.

Our Commitment to Equity:

New Moms prioritizes racial equity as a strategic and organizational imperative. Strong candidates will be committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) values into their work goals and will be evaluated on their impact.

About the Job:

Serving as part of the housing team, the Housing Program Manager provides direct supervision of the Family Support Specialists and Housing Locator to meet program goals in our 40-unit single site of transitional housing and our 18-unit single site permanent supportive housing program. This full-time position supports the agency’s vision, philosophy, and values through the delivery of providing quality services that support best practice standards for services to families experiencing homelessness. They will champion all New Moms values including our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in both strategic planning and performance. This position will work out of both our Austin and Oak Park offices. Starting Salary: $60,000

Key Job Responsibilities:

Program Manager (80%)

• Ensures coaches are providing high quality supports to residents through “best practice” standards for youth and adult led families which is centered in a housing first approach
• Manages the hiring, training, and weekly reflective supervision of a diverse team
• Facilitates reflective supervision with direct reports and provide coaching to help staff grow as professionals and excel in their role in meeting their benchmarks
• Works with supervisor to develop, implement and track progress on programmatic plans and implementation
• Assists with programmatic internal and external data management training
• Ensures staff compliance with internal and external funder databases, checking monthly reports for accuracy and completion
• Collaborates with supervisor regarding property management issues to provide seamless services for the residents’ successful compliance with their lease agreements including eviction prevention services
• Responsible for budget implementation and adherence
• Manages a caseload for Transformational Center and Clare’s Place sites when the team is short staffed
• Responsible for orientation and oversight of volunteers and interns involved within in programming

On-call and Group (15%)

• Collaborates with Parent Education Manager regarding attendance, reminders, and other support for participant participation in groups
• Helps to coordinate the House Meetings, acts as a backup for house meetings
• Acts as a backup facilitator for groups
• Oversees the on-call schedule and acts as a back-up on-call staff member as needed

Organizational Leadership (5%)

• Participates in agency and program staff meetings, serving as an active member of the Housing team, as well as professional group  seminars or conferences to enhance professional knowledge and job skills
• Upholds the New Moms’ Executive Skills Coaching approach which is grounded in racial equity
• Represents New Moms in a positive and constructive manner in all interactions with participants, staff, board, government officials, funders, and community partners
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in counseling and guidance, rehabilitation counseling, social work, psychology, pastoral counseling, family therapy, children and families or related human service field required
• More than three (3) years of experience supervising staff, volunteers, or interns
• More than three (3) years of related work experience required; in the areas of non-profit program management and housing preferred
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities, projects, and deadlines concurrently
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and in writing
• High attention to detail and results-oriented approach to work
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team approach model, taking individual responsibility and autonomy while also working well in roles leading and serving as part of a team
• Ability to provide support to staff who are on-call in evening and weekends and acts as the back-up for on-call
• Ability to work evenings and weekends, depending on the needs of program
• Valid driver’s license, with safe driving record and valid insurance
• Daily access to a reliable car required

COVID-19 Notice:

• New Moms employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are not able to receive the vaccine for medical or religious reasons, you may seek approval for an exemption through the Director of HR.
• This is an on-site position where hours take place at our Austin and Oak Park locations. However, candidates must have ability to work remotely as needed. A laptop and cell phone will be provided by New Moms.

New Moms’ Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees including health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; matching on retirement savings up to 3%; 15 paid holidays; and generous paid time off. We also offer several unique benefits to New Moms: discounts on Bright Endeavors products, free optional spiritual direction services, and half days on Fridays in the summer. Our Flexible Work Options policy allows for staff to work some hours remotely once training is complete. For licensed employees, you will receive over 20 free CEU's during onboarding and an additional 1.5 free CEU's/month throughout employment. We promote professional development and provide time for you to attend other external trainings opportunities as well.