Overview:
Beyond Housing exists because home matters. We begin with actual houses and housing preservation, focusing on quality and stability to give people a place to start. But there is more to a home than the house ~ home is about the life that happens in and around the house, as well as the life that fuels and draws out the best of the people within it. That life, in turn, is shaped by the community, its influences, its structures, and the people and dynamics that define it.
Beyond Housing helps entire communities become better places to live. We engage where we are needed, focusing on building consensus among leaders, providing and preserving housing, fostering community structures that shape lives, and guiding systems that make people’s lives better.
We lead with vision for what a community can be ~ every community is different, but thriving communities tend to share the same basic set of positive traits regarding housing, safety, education, health, infrastructure, and access to basic human services. We bring together leaders and resources, volunteers and citizens, and pursue a wide assortment of creative approaches to build stronger, healthier communities for life.
Finally, we are community builders, not kingdom builders. “It’s their neighborhood, future, & dreams.” Our objective is to help build and contribute the good things we do for the sake of adding value to the lives of the people we are honored to serve.
Position Summary:
The Community Engagement Manager is a key member of Beyond Housing’s presence and engagement within the local and broader communities. The Community Engagement Manager is responsible for the successful management of Beyond Housing’s comprehensive community engagement initiatives and will be challenged to help grow robust resident and business engagement in the 24:1.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Supporting the development of community engagement strategies and activities for the 24:1 Community.
- Researching and synthesizing best practices for resident-led volunteers and capacity building initiatives.
- Identifying resident leaders and relaunch community coalitions and/or other resident-led committees.
- Overseeing and guiding community outreach to update the 24:1 CommUNITY Vision Plan.
- Managing ongoing engagement of residents to expand community knowledge related to policies, projects, programs, and services.
- Documenting implementation data and other community engagement activities.
Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in community development, community engagement, public administration, project management or related fields.
- Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
- Excellent speaking and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications is required.
- Familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM databases.
- Strong interpersonal skills. The Community Engagement Manager must establish meaningful relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience with group facilitation and balancing multiple agendas for a common goal.
- Ability to commit to a flexible work schedule. The ideal candidate must be available to participate in evening and weekend meetings and events including resident committee meetings and other community events.
- Knowledgeable about the challenges residents in low-income, majority minority neighborhoods face from long-standing racial exclusion.
- Knowledge specific to the communities with in the “24:1” is preferred.
- Demonstrated commitment to the principles of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion.
Personal Qualities:
- Collaborative – A dynamic personality that is collaboratively minded, can recognize and identify strengths, seek consensus around mutual goals, and build meaningful relationships.
- Creative and Curious – A systems-thinker and builder, who is not afraid to be innovative in designing solutions and has skills in articulating these ideas and concepts.
- Methodical – Strong analytical, systems, and problem solving skills to evaluate performance, prepare reports, and recommend/implement solutions using independent judgment. Ability to move from concepts to action through strong program design and evaluation.
- Reliable – Leadership skills that reflect and value a team approach, demonstrated integrity, effectiveness, efficiency, and the ability to deliver high quality service. Highly capable of handling multiple tasks, projects and timelines. Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Trusted – Ability to work with residents, partners, and staff of diversified backgrounds with a positive, optimistic, solutions oriented attitude. Shares a deep respect for the community, its stakeholders and the residents that we serve.
- Driven – Passion for the work and an interest in continuous learning and improvement.
Supervisor:
- Chief Transformation Officer
Supervises:
- Occasional supervision to practicum students, Pershing Fellows, seasonal interns, and/or consultants may arise
Salary and Benefits:
- Salary – $55,000
- Full-time salaried position with benefits for full-time position as determined in current Beyond Housing Employee Handbook
Summary of Physical Requirements:
This position works in a professional office environment and other community-based settings. It requires the use of computers, phones, and face-to-face conversations. The constant use of eyes, ears, and hands will be required in all environments where work is performed. The incumbent is required to stand, walk, reach, stoop, climb, lift, carry and bend when performing essential job functions in the office and at other locations. These activities may include walking through various locations during activities, operation of common office equipment – such as photocopiers, mailboxes, scanners, etc.
Physical Demands (percent of time during a workday)
- Climate Controlled Environment – 85%
- Non-climate Controlled Environment – 15%
- Inside Building/Structure – 85%
- Outside Building/Structure – 15%
- Sitting – 75%
- Standing – 25%
- Stationary – 75%
- Walking – 25%
- Reaching Overhead – 30%
- Reaching Other – 70%
- Tasting – n/a
- Smelling – n/a
- Stooping – 10%
- Kneeling – 20%
- Crouching – 20%
- Crawling – 5%
- Climbing – 10%
- Lift (lbs./frequency %) – 50lbs./15%
- Carry (lbs./frequency %) – 75lbs./15%
- Bending – 25%
Application Instructions:
Please send resume in PDF or MS Word format to hr@beyondhousing.org or complete the form on this page. This position will remain posted until it is filled.
