Concord Steering Committee Homelessness Project Manager

Job Description

Job DescriptionSalary: $65,000 - $72,500

Concord NH HomelessnessProject Manager
The principal function is to manage and coordinate prioritized projects contributing to ending homelessness in the City of Concord. The work is performed under the supervision and direction of the Chair of the Committee to Monitor Concords Plan to End Homelessness (Steering Committee), but extensive leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative to achieve the outcomes defined in the Committees plan. The nature of the work performed requires that the employee establish and maintain effective working relationships with service providing organizations, Steering Committee members, business and community groups, City officials, representatives of the media and the public. The principal duties are performed in a general office environment.

Overview
Project Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of Concords Plan to End Homelessness.

Responsibilities
Builds and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders, including direct service providers, government agencies, the business community, persons with lived experience of homelessness, and housing providers,
Models and promotes the use of continuous quality improvement methods to achieve the goals of Concords Plan to End Homelessness and improve the Citys homelessness response system to measurably reduce homelessness
Develops community feedback and communication loops to have broader community involvement in implementing the plan, greater public awareness of progress and barriers and to incorporate the wisdom and insights of the broader community, including those experiencing homelessness.
Enables accountability for results. Follows up on Committee and working group action items, supports communication among key implementation organizations, sets and facilitates meetings, and monitors data quality to accelerate reductions in homelessness, enable efficient use of resources, identify logjams, and track and communicate overall progress to the community.
Supports providers in testing and measuring improvement projects aimed at permanently reducing homelessness.
Connects these efforts to other systems, such healthcare and job training, to prevent homelessness and make it easier for those in a housing crisis to get back on their feet.

Performance Summary

Achieve the goals of the Committees plan.
Strengthen collaboration among key organizations and agencies.
Establish strong, shared infrastructure for achieving ongoing community-wide reductions in homelessness.
Effectively communicate goals, progress and challenges to the community, reinforcing confidence in Concords ability to make homelessness rare and brief.

Qualifications:
1. Experienced project manager. Demonstrated success in organizing and motivating efforts that require significant collaboration
2. Strong working knowledge of Excel and Google Suite products. Experience with data management is required. Experience with data visualization is a plus.
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
4. Strong public speaking and coaching skills.
5. Excellent quantitative measurement and data analysis skills.
6. Five or more years of previous work experience in a professional environment.
7. Ability to handle multiple tasks in a dynamic team environment and demonstrate a willingness to shift easily between various responsibilities with diverse stakeholders.
8. Experience with HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) a plus.
9. Strong consideration for those with lived experience of homelessness.

Environment:
The venue of this position is a general office environment that is clean, well lighted, environmentally comfortable, free of fumes or airborne particles, and only minimally exposes employees to office solvents limited to those relative to copier equipment.
This position requires the ability to:
1. Minimal requirement to reach at or above shoulder level; occasional reaching below shoulder level required
2. Hand manipulation - equipment and controls, frequent; grasping and handling, occasional
3. Ability to travel throughout the community required
4. Ability to work a flexible schedule, which may include night and weekends
5. Ability to tolerate prolonged sitting and/or standing and to lift up to approximately 50 pounds to waist high level whenever necessary.
6. Mobility includes regular sitting, some standing and walking.