Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation
Youngstown, OH
Programmatic:
- Assist in implementing YNDC's housing programs, including HUD-Approved Housing Counseling, Paint Youngstown, Strategic Acquisition and Rehabilitation (homeownership and rentals), and Community Loan Fund.
- Develop client streams for homeownership and housing programming.
- Conduct outreach related to the programs.
- Complete client intake for all programs.
- Provide HUD-Approved Housing Counseling and financial literacy services, including providing one-on-one pre- and post-purchase homebuyer and small business owner counseling, teaching homebuyer workshops, and facilitating home maintenance classes.
- Maintain official programming records and documents, and ensure compliance with YNDC, federal, state, local and/or other applicable regulations.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with critical partners including: housing counseling agencies, realtors, banks, community organizations, and neighborhood groups.
- Manage and conduct outreach in strategic neighborhoods related to programming including: door to door outreach, collaboration with neighborhood groups, and presentations at neighborhood meetings.
- Establish sound working relationships and partnerships necessary to manage successful programming initiatives.
- Assist in marketing housing programming online utilizing relevant websites and social media.
- Maintain program and client files including: creation of new files and handling of all program and client filing in accordance with applicable regulations.
- Assist in completing grant compliance and reporting.
- Maintain a current working knowledge of significant developments, trends, and best practices in the field of neighborhood development, financial coaching, and community lending.
TO APPLY: please send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to:
Email: info@yndc.org
Attn: Tiffany Sokol
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Equal Opportunity Employer Requirements
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's; degree in business/public administration, social work, real estate development, urban planning, or related field from an accredited college or university.
- Three plus years of increasingly responsible experience in business, social work, neighborhood development, housing, planning, or a related field.
- High level of organization and detail.
- High level of professional ethics.
- Excellent written/oral communication skills and ability to utilize new technologies for communication.
- Ability to manage relationships with program clients and neighborhood residents.
- Ability to manage multiple projects/workloads simultaneously and prioritize effectively.
- Ability to proactively solve problems with sound judgment and intuition.
- Experience using Adobe Reader and Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience using Google functions, specifically Gmail and the Gmail calendar.
- Ability to effectively communicate the organization's mission and vision.
- Ability to work independently of and in collaboration with other staff of the organization.
- Strong understanding of budgeting and personal finance.
- Good personal credit. Applicant's personal credit report will be reviewed prior to hiring decision.
- Ability to provide financial, credit, and housing counseling and receive and maintain certification necessary for housing counseling within two years.
- Ability to become a Notary Public within 6 months.
- Proven experience in working with neighborhood constituencies in urban neighborhoods.