Homeless Services – Senior Homeless Services Specialist

Homeless Services – Senior Homeless Services Specialist

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the homelessness field, which can include a combination of lived experience of homelessness and professional and/or volunteer experience in the homelessness field.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working with HMIS governance, policy, and administration.
• Minimum of 6 months of experience in programming language skills (SQL, R, and other commonly used languages).

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise for Technical Assistance projects that support local efforts to prevent and end homelessness through strategic planning activities, system and program evaluation, data analysis, system modeling, research, and policy development.
• Program and code using SQL, R, and other common programming languages.
• Interpret code and ‘pseudo-code’ in reporting specifications and other key documentation.
• Contribute to tools, reports, research, and policy guidance.
• Provide thought leadership to the Homeless Services technical assistance team to help develop effective relationships across jurisdictions, systems, and sectors to support alignment in effectively addressing homelessness.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of McKinney-Vento Act and regulations governing the Continuum of Care (CoC) and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) programs.
• Effective analytical, interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills.
• An associate’s or bachelor’s degree is a plus, but is not required.
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with training delivery and provision of technical assistance.
• Experience with other systems that affect homelessness, such as child welfare, education, or the justice system.
• Knowledge and understanding of issues specific to preventing and ending youth homelessness.