About the Department
The City of San José, the Capital of Silicon Valley, is one of the nation’s best-managed cities and one of the top ten cities in which to live, work, and do business. Moreover, the City of San José is the center of cultural, government and economic activity for the region. The employees of the City of San José have embraced the following values: Integrity, Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Celebration. The City’s Housing Department is seeking an individual whose values align with the values of the City’s employees.
The Housing Department's mission is to assist San José's lower- and moderate-income families by increasing, preserving, and improving housing that is affordable and livable, and to the extent possible, ensuring long-term affordability and contributing to neighborhood revitalization.
Position and Duties
The
Community Programs Administrator is part of the City’s Housing
Department and will be assigned to the Homelessness Response Team, which
focuses on the City’s broad response to homelessness, including the
concerns about homeless encampments in neighborhoods, and the need to
connect homeless residents with services and housing. This position will
report to the Homelessness Response Manager.
The Community Programs Administrator will engage in a variety of activities designed to implement programs that will work to organize, coordinate and supervise activities in targeted areas to clean up homeless encampments and create clean and safe neighborhoods. This position will collaborate with multiple non-profit partners, corporations, governmental organizations, contractors, neighborhood groups, City staff and homeless subpopulations to provide day-to-day response to homeless issues. This position on the Homelessness Response Team will be responsible for the full coordination of all resources related to conducting encampment abatement. This position will have the following duties and responsibilities:
- Provide support for the encampment abatement program.
- Support activities that provide basic services, eliminate blight, reduce crime, improve the environment, and strengthen neighborhoods.
- Facilitate neighborhood clean-up services and targeted encampment abatement in targeted areas throughout the city.
- Facilitate outreach to individuals in homeless encampments to direct them to shelter and services.
- Facilitate outreach and services to neighborhoods concerned by impacts resulting from homeless issues.
- Facilitate collaboration and coordination needed to ensure that all resources are in place to conduct encampment clean ups, blight elimination, and environmental remediation.
- Oversee security following encampment abatement activities.
- Direct service providers as needed to ensure all resources are maximized and employed in a coordinated manner.
- Assist in compiling data for reporting purposes.
- Other related duties as assigned.
The position requires someone who can coordinate effectively with City staff from other departments, nonprofits, and outside agencies; work well both independently and as part of a team; and have excellent written and oral communication skills. The ideal candidate will posses the ability to work some nights and weekends as needed. The selected candidate will work both in the office and in the field and may be exposed to wet, hot, cold and hazardous working conditions. Bilingual applicants speaking a second language such as Spanish or Vietnamese are preferred. On occasion the incumbent may be required to lift objects that weigh up to 40 pounds.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
The Community Programs Administrator will engage in a variety of activities designed to implement programs that will work to organize, coordinate and supervise activities in targeted areas to clean up homeless encampments and create clean and safe neighborhoods. This position will collaborate with multiple non-profit partners, corporations, governmental organizations, contractors, neighborhood groups, City staff and homeless subpopulations to provide day-to-day response to homeless issues. This position on the Homelessness Response Team will be responsible for the full coordination of all resources related to conducting encampment abatement. This position will have the following duties and responsibilities:
- Provide support for the encampment abatement program.
- Support activities that provide basic services, eliminate blight, reduce crime, improve the environment, and strengthen neighborhoods.
- Facilitate neighborhood clean-up services and targeted encampment abatement in targeted areas throughout the city.
- Facilitate outreach to individuals in homeless encampments to direct them to shelter and services.
- Facilitate outreach and services to neighborhoods concerned by impacts resulting from homeless issues.
- Facilitate collaboration and coordination needed to ensure that all resources are in place to conduct encampment clean ups, blight elimination, and environmental remediation.
- Oversee security following encampment abatement activities.
- Direct service providers as needed to ensure all resources are maximized and employed in a coordinated manner.
- Assist in compiling data for reporting purposes.
- Other related duties as assigned.
The position requires someone who can coordinate effectively with City staff from other departments, nonprofits, and outside agencies; work well both independently and as part of a team; and have excellent written and oral communication skills. The ideal candidate will posses the ability to work some nights and weekends as needed. The selected candidate will work both in the office and in the field and may be exposed to wet, hot, cold and hazardous working conditions. Bilingual applicants speaking a second language such as Spanish or Vietnamese are preferred. On occasion the incumbent may be required to lift objects that weigh up to 40 pounds.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of training and experience equivalent to:
1. Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in public administration, social work, sociology, psychology or a related field
2. Experience: Four years of increasingly responsible professional experience related to this program assignment.
3. Licenses or Certificates: Possession of a valid California driver’s license
4. Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will not prepare or file a labor condition application with the Department of Labor.
Close Date: Mar 11, 2015
Salary: $78,270.40 - $95,347.20 Annually
To Learn More and Apply
To view the full announcement for this exciting opportunity and apply online with the City of San José, please visit the City of San José’s employment page
