Montgomery Housing Partnership - Community Outreach Coordinator (Part-Time)
Job posted by: NeighborWorks Affliates
Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP) is seeking a part-time COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR to support the Neighborhoods division in its community outreach initiatives.
Who we are: Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc. (MHP) is an active and growing nonprofit organization, founded in 1989, that develops, acquires, rehabilitates, and builds quality apartment homes to meet Montgomery County's growing need for affordable housing. MHP's community-based projects and programs includes providing affordable rents, developing educational programs for residents to develop skills that expand their opportunities and balance their lives, and implementing neighborhood revitalization efforts in troubled communities impacted by foreclosures and economic downturn.
Summary Job Description: The Community Outreach Coordinator primarily supports MHP's Neighborhoods division. This position works primarily in the field and community, through direct, person to person, resident and property owner outreach and contact within MHP properties, general target area neighborhood properties, and within the context of MHP's Neighborhoods Initiatives.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Facilitates, plans and implements community wide-meetings and community building events.
- Cultivates relationships and partnerships necessary to conduct effective and credible outreach to tenants and residents in MHP communities.
- Mobilizes community residents around critical neighborhood and County-wide issues.
- Assists in compiling, summarizing, and analyzing data, as well as in designing process or tools by which to collect the information such as surveys, focus groups, etc.
- Leads efforts, with management from MHP and other project partners, to engage residents and tenants in understanding tenant rights and responsibilities, to include implementing a consistent and rational process at community outreach, which may include evening or weekend meetings as necessary.
- Oversees green club programming at selected sites.
- Assists MHP and partners in developing a broad based collaborative to advocate for policy change around preservation of affordable housing.
- Translates materials and providing other services outlined above from English to Spanish as needed or directed.
- Supports projects as assigned to support departmental grants and contracts, including community meetings and events.
- Attends Glenville Road Interdisciplinary Team (GRIT) meetings and serve as liaison, as needed, between neighborhoods and GRIT committee.
- Assists the GRIT team in collection of pertinent information (person to person surveys, field observation data, etc.) as well as dissemination of information (flyers, education materials, literature, etc.) as needed.
- Assists the Asset Management Group with tenant relations.
- Clearly communicates MHP's mission ensuring every volunteer works toward the same goals.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree with a minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of related experience in urban planning, community organizing or outreach, and volunteer management. Fluency in Spanish is highly desirable. Intermediate proficiency with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities; excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills; and appreciation and ability working with a diverse group of individuals is required.
How to apply
Application Process: To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume, with salary requirements, to: sganister@mhpartners.org. Please include the job title "Community Outreach Coordinator" in the subject line of your email.