Community Life Senior Manager

New Haven, CT - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About The Community Builders (TCB)

Join a growing organization that is strengthening neighborhoods across the nation! The Community Builders Inc. (TCB) is one of Americas leading nonprofit real estate developers and owners. Our mission is to build and sustain strong communities where all people can thrive.

About Community Life

Community Life (CL) is The Community Builders (TCB)s place-based model that uses healthy and stable housing as a platform for connecting our residents to services community resources and opportunities so they can thrive. By creating programs and building strategic partnerships with residents and local stakeholders CL helps create pathways to opportunities in early education economic mobility youth development community engagement voting registration healthy living and resident leadership.

The Community Life Senior Manager role at TCB The CL Senior Manager works in close collaboration with TCB Property Management and Development teams to ensure CL operational excellence across the Connecticut Community Life portfolio. The position oversees the implementation of the Housing Stability Standard of Practice and Community Success Plans at five affordable housing properties in New addition the CL Senior Manager will work closely with residents key stakeholders and partners to create pathways to resources and opportunities for every resident living in TCB Community Life properties. Under direct supervision of the Director of Community Life (New England) the CL Senior Manager will:

In collaboration with the site teams develop and implement the Community Success Plans (CSP) an annual workplan outlining strategies and activities that fit into sites strategic objectives; assess and report on progress regularly

Supervise a team of five Community Life Service Coordinator(s) interns and volunteers ensuring accountability of site team for carrying out the programs and activities included in the sites CSP

Recruit and supervise Resident Ambassadors resident leaders who will work to promote empowerment engagement and collaboration among residents living at Kensington Apartments in New Haven.

Use clinical skills to orient new residents and assess mental health or other complex issues; provide referrals and support as appropriate

Develop a network of social services partners to ensure residents are connected to the services they need as well as to foster collaboration and building relationships by creating a collaborative of partners that will support Community Success Plans.

Manage CL activities to ensure that TCB staff members and partner organizations are held accountable for high quality performance

Provide strategic guidance regarding staffing site operations/capacity and programming.

Manage administrative tasks like creating MOUs and vendor set up required for securing and executing contracts with providers and partners to carry out programming; oversee the timely submission of petty cash requests and reconciliation

Ensure the collection and input of all program and performance data by all CL staff in the CL Connect database. Coordinate with partners for sharing of data and metrics

Oversee CL budgets and fulfill reporting requirements for all grant funded activities and managing
progress towards fulfilling grant deliverables

Participate in professional development opportunities and contribute best practices

Coordinate with staff to ensure effective communication between site team community partners agencies funders and TCB corporate support

Oversee contractual relationship with The Connection Inc. providing intensive support services for select households

Perform other project-related duties as needed

Heres what were looking for

Experience building and maintaining effective partnerships and working with social service providers and other organizations

Demonstrated supervisory and management experience and interest in motivating and energizing staff

Demonstrated experience and expertise in using data and evaluations to inform practice and design

Experience engaging communicating and collaborating with residents of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds in areas relating to housing stabilization and goal setting

The clinical and assessment skills to support residents well-being

Excellent organizational communication (oral and written) and problem-solving skills

Strong personal initiative attention to detail and ability to work independently

Bachelors Degree required graduate degree in Social Work Psychology Public Health or related field highly preferred; 5 year of related experience with prior experience supervising staff

Fluency in English and Spanish (oral and written) preferred

Flexibility to work evening and weekends

Benefits

Medical dental and vision insurance
12 Paid Holidays & tenure-based PTO accruals
Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Company paid Life & Disability Insurance
403(b) retirement plan with company match
Tax-advantage accounts: commuter/parking medical & dependent care FSA
Hospital & Critical Illness Insurance
Confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
Salary: $70k

The Community Builders is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Experience:

Senior Manager

About The Community Builders (TCB)Join a growing organization that is strengthening neighborhoods across the nation! The Community Builders Inc. (TCB) is one of Americas leading nonprofit real estate developers and owners. Our mission is to build and sustain strong communities where all people can t...