Program Manager

Summary

At Partners for HOME, your challenge will be to ensure we create a highly coordinated, homeless crisis response system that delivers outcomes and measures that can be scaled in order to effectively connect individuals experiencing homelessness to the appropriate and most expedient housing solution. Our team’s mission is to lead a coordinated community effort and to layer and leverage the resources and relationships to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring.

Essential Job Duties and Functions

We are looking for an ambitious and industrious relationship builder to undertake a variety of policy, administrative and project management tasks.

Operational duties include, but not limited to:

• Working in close partnership with the Continuum partners, and the City of Atlanta Staff/Departments, and other key stakeholders to develop and initiate strategic planning activities and the Annual Action Plan that support ClearPath, the 5-year strategic plan specifically as it relates to lines of work for youth, families, diversion and prevention and employment.
• Designing and developing homeless prevention and diversion housing pilot and programs for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
• Developing performance measures and benchmarks and assists with performance monitoring of all new programs and initiatives associated with youth, families, employment, diversion and prevention.
• Partnering with agencies receiving related funding resources to further alignment with the CoC and lead and drive committee work and strategies.
• Providing guidance and interpretation to the CoC of HUD regulations/guidelines, contract language, procurement policies, and procedures.
• Developing broad-ranging relationships and provide exceptional customer service to our Continuum Partners, partnering with them to ensure a transparent system is in place to measure outcomes and deliver results.
• Leading the strategic project management of the Youth and Family Committees and ensure strategic goals are met.
• Leading the development and expansion of employment/income access and integration into the CoC.

Qualifications and Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in project management
• Significant experience building relationships, and gaining community buy-in and consensus building
• Previous experience in partnering with leadership for the delivery of projects
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Preferred record of measurable results in cultivating relationships
• Superb organizational skills, with the proven ability to create and implement efficient development systems, plan strategically, allocate work, set and manage objectives, analyze and mitigate risk, and create and manage projects.
• Ability to excel in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, diverse, results-oriented environment, and to handle multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills to effectively work with a broad spectrum of stakeholders.
• Professional, precise, and persuasive writing and editing skills.
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to perceive and understand people’s motivations.
• Highly industrious with a strong work ethic; sense of urgency/impatience for action.
• Integrity and humility that encourages and inspires constituents; strong sense of judgment.
• We have an ambitious and spirited culture that is passionate about ending homelessness. We strive to display heart, empathy, and resolve in our daily interactions with one another.
• Thrive under pressure, consistently meeting expectations and commitments on tight deadlines, all while managing a variety of tasks and relationships in an efficient and meticulous manner.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and of project management tools
• High energy and a passion for the CoC’s mission and goals are required
• Master’s degree in Social Work or related degree preferred

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume. In your cover letter, please specifically address why this position is of interest to you, why you think you would be a good fit for it, and how you meet the qualifications and requirements. Submissions without a specific cover letter and resume may not be reviewed.