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Brilliant Corners • Los Angeles, CA 90014 • Posted 9 days ago via ZipRecruiter
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The Housing Coordinator at Brilliant Corners provides direct services to formerly homeless individuals throughout Los Angeles County, supporting them with all aspects of the housing process. This role involves working with program participants in various settings, including scattered-site, project-based, and residential facility settings, to secure quality affordable housing, ensure housing retention, and maintain unit habitability. The coordinator collaborates with property providers, case management, and service providers to support program participants' well-being and prevent eviction.
Location: Los Angeles
Salary: $24.04/hr
Organization Overview
Founded in 2004, Brilliant Corners provides innovative housing and housing-related services to California’s most vulnerable individuals, with an emphasis on those transitioning from, or at risk of, homelessness or institutionalization. We develop, own, and manage multi-family supportive housing and licensed residential care homes. We implement a broad array of scattered-site, one-on-one supportive housing, and clinical case management programs through partnerships with developmental services, homeless services, veterans’ services, and health care sectors.
In short, we do good work.
We have offices statewide with a staff of passionate people. While we are growing rapidly, we are also selective: We’re seeking inspired, talented people who want to be effecting profound change and who have fun doing it.
Department Summary
The Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool (FHSP) is a supportive housing rental subsidy program of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS), along with other governmental partners, managed-care organizations, and foundations. The goal of the FHSP is to secure quality affordable housing for extremely vulnerable Angelenos. Brilliant Corners, the central coordinating community-based partner for FHSP, works to secure a broad range of housing options, including individual apartments, blocks of units, and entire buildings. Brilliant Corners identifies and secures units Countywide, provides move-in assistance and rental subsidy disbursements, coordinates with case managers, and assists with neighborhood relations.
Position Summary
Housing Coordinators provide direct services to formerly homeless individuals throughout Los Angeles County—this includes support with all aspects of the housing process. Brilliant Corners has program participants living in scattered-site settings, project-based settings, and residential facility settings that can have either FHSP locally funded subsidies or a federal voucher to subsidize their rent. Housing Coordinator applicants may work with program participants in any of the settings or subsidy types listed above. With guidance from the Program Supervisor, the Housing Coordinator will help formerly homeless individuals move into housing in Los Angeles County and provide housing retention services after move in. The Housing Coordinator will work directly with tenants and work collaboratively with property providers, case management and/or service providers to ensure that program participants successfully retain their housing over time. The Housing Coordinator will ensure program participants’ well-being and unit habitability by conducting weekly, monthly, and quarterly home visits. The Housing Coordinator will work creatively to prevent eviction and other housing-related issues. Housing Coordinators that work with federal voucher holders will learn about the public housing agencies as well as Brilliant Corners’ policies and procedures to serve as a subject matter expert to their program participants in all housing-related issues.
Position Responsibilities
Requirements
Professional Experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Core Competencies
Organizational Values
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
A valid, clean CA driver’s license and a personal insured vehicle are required.
Travel Requirements
This position requires frequent visits to properties, attendance to on-site vendor meetings, community meetings, funding workshops, trainings, and other events in the greater Los Angeles County. Occasional attendance at events outside Los Angeles County, including Brilliant Corners’ events throughout California, may also be required.
Physical Requirements
Candidates should have physical mobility for tasks such as standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, twisting, and walking on uneven surfaces. They should be capable of performing stationary tasks like sitting for up to 6 to 8 hours a day. Additionally, candidates should be able to lift, carry, push, pull light to moderate weights up to 15 pounds safely. Requires mental acuity for analytical reasoning and document interpretation.
Salary range for this position is $24.04- $29.14 annually. This position is being offered at $24.04 annually.
Brilliant Corners does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring, and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
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