City of Columbia SC For Director Of Homeless Services

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities:

• Serves as the liaison between Law Enforcement and the homeless;
• May serve on boards, commissions and committees representing the City in various homelessness projects and initiatives;
• Develops qualitative and quantitative measures to monitor and ensure program and project compliance;
• Maintains list of organizations, in the City and surrounding areas, offering services to people experiencing homelessness and distributes it to assist with coordinating the community’s response to homelessness;
• Ensures accuracy of reports utilized by Law Enforcement and other City departments, and provides updates when necessary;
• Builds strong relationships with City officials, departments and the homeless community, including government agencies, schools, labor organizations, non-profits, and businesses, regarding issues of homelessness; make recommendations for affordable housing;
• Assists Law Enforcement on the scene of homeless encampments;
• Make presentations to City Council and other business entities regarding homelessness; facilitate and represent the City at meetings with members of the business communities and the public;
• Works with the Grants Coordinator on research for and preparation of grant funding applications and proposals;
• Research existing evidence based on homeless programs and report on successful practices and measurable outcomes obtained;
• Actively seeks and identifies unsheltered individuals and families within the community and respond to community requests for street outreach intervention, potentially entering encampments;
• Works with the Emergency Telecommunications Department to communicate and disseminate information to service providers and the availability of municipal and state services for homeless clients in extreme weather conditions;
• Provides leadership and serve as a subject matter expert on homelessness matters, providing advice to other City departments and agencies;
• Conducts outreach activities within the community by connecting citizens to services designed to increase skills and income so they can gain and/or maintain stable housing;
• Develops, recommends, coordinates and implements an annual work plan and provisions of the homeless services in the City of Columbia with other private and public sector agencies; identify and implement strategic planning and programmatic framework to achieve homelessness goals;
• Researches, analyzes, interprets and prepares studies and reports on a variety of data related to homelessness; provide written analysis, evaluation and recommendations regarding homelessness programs and proposals;

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of personal computer equipment with skill in the use of Microsoft Office, utilizing Outlook, word processing, presentation, database and spreadsheet software programs;
• Knowledge of the city ordinances, laws, standards and regulations pertaining to the duties and responsibilities of the position;
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of conflict resolution, emotional intelligence and active listening skills;
• Ability to develop, cultivate and nurture collaborative partnerships;
• Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service with the utmost integrity to all internal and external customers while keeping the best interest of the public at the heart of all exchanges;
• Knowledge of law enforcement practices and policies;
• Knowledge of the geography of the City of Columbia and surrounding areas;
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely both orally and in writing with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to speak informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, the general public, people in other organizations; present training; compose original reports, and other written materials using proper language, punctuation, grammar and style;
• Ability to work independently without the need of direct supervision;
• Knowledge of the methods, procedures and policies of the City as they pertain to the performance duties of the Homeless Services Coordinator;

Job Details:

Company: City of Columbia Government

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: Information Technology

Job Location: Columbia, MO, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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