Housing Finder

Job summary

The Housing Finder will build relationships with landlords and participants to secure permanent housing while reducing barriers for individuals experiencing homelessness. This role involves conducting housing searches, ensuring units meet building codes, and collaborating with community partners to support participant well-being.

Job details

SLCS is currently seeking a full-time Housing Finder for the HART Hub. The HART Hub (Homeless and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub) is a low barrier treatment-oriented space offering supports to individuals who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and who face challenges related to addiction and/or mental health to recover and improve their overall well being. As part of this collaborative and client-centered team, you will work alongside external agencies/community partners, healthcare providers, addiction specialists, and participants working towards reducing barriers, connecting to resources, and supporting access to safe, appropriate, and permanent housing. This role focuses on meeting participants where they are at, building relationships with participants, determining needs, identifying barriers, conducting housing searches while building and maintaining landlord relationships as well as the creation of a housing stock portfolio. The Housing Finder position requires knowledge of the housing market, strong communication skills, collaboration, problem solving and attention to detail. This role also requires a strong knowledge of Housing First philosophy, with a trauma informed approach and understanding how to have crucial conversations are essential to the position. You will also be responsible for ensuring units meet bylaws and the building code act, assessing cleaning and repairs required in all units and utilization of advocacy skills in initial viewings with landlords on behalf of participants. This position also requires preparing and maintaining statistical data, compiled on an on-going basis to assist in identifying trends and developing strategies to navigate them. This position will work with individuals from diverse populations and cultures and will approach situations from a restorative lens. This position calls for a dynamic, creative professional who can engage landlords strategically, understand housing market trends, employ strong negotiation skills and work collaboratively with community partners to achieve the HART Hub mandate. This position will be responsible for the safety and security of participants, co-workers and community during employment. In this position, it is essential to work effectively alongside colleagues from other community agencies to assist participants in navigating the HART Hub and London’s housing system as a whole. The successful candidate will have to embrace these differences to strengthen the work being done. This position is split between office and community, and will be expected to regularly travel within the London community. Required Qualifications Post-secondary education from an accredited institution or relevant work experience (e.g. social services, real estate, property management, sales, marketing) Experience in sales, marketing or real estate is beneficial to the role Excellent knowledge of the Residential Tenancy Act and Housing First Philosophy and the local housing market Intermediate / Standard First Aid & CPR with AED - Level C Valid G Class Driver’s License and access to reliable vehicle Candidates who are proficient in both official languages of Canada will be considered an asset What we offer: Wage grid including annual wage progression Employer paid benefits package 3 weeks paid vacation to start Paid personal days Employer RRSP contributions Investment in your professional growth, including professional development funds This position requires a clear Police Check with vulnerable sector screening, at the applicant's cost, as per SLCS policy. We adhere to the French Language Services Act and are committed to equity, diversity, and an inclusive, barrier-free workplace under the AODA. Accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used. If accommodation is needed during recruitment, please inform the HR department. We do not use AI in screening or selecting applicants and this position is for an existing vacancy. SLCS values a diverse workforce to achieve our mission. We encourage applications from racialized communities, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, diverse faith communities, and those with varied lived experiences. Feel free to share your story in your cover letter.

What you’ll do

The Housing Finder will build relationships with landlords and participants to secure permanent housing while reducing barriers for individuals experiencing homelessness. This role involves conducting housing searches, ensuring units meet building codes, and collaborating with community partners to support participant well-being.

Requirements

Candidates must have post-secondary education or relevant experience in social services, real estate, or property management. A valid G class driver's license and knowledge of the Residential Tenancy Act and Housing First philosophy are required.

Benefits

• Employer paid benefits package
• Paid vacation
• Paid personal days
• Employer RRSP contributions
• Professional development funds

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• Collaboration · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Conflict Resolution · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Housing market knowledge
• Communication skills
• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Attention to detail
• Housing First philosophy
• Trauma informed approach
• Negotiation skills
• Advocacy
• Statistical data analysis
• Restorative lens
• Landlord relations
• Conflict resolution
• Chronic Diseases
• Trauma Informed Approaches
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification
• Addiction Recovery
• First Aid Certification
• Valid Driver's License
• Artificial Intelligence
• Mental Health
• Building Codes
• Social Work
• Communication
• Disabilities
• Equities
• Property Management
• Sales
• French Language
• Marketing
• Problem Solving
• Market Trend
• Negotiation
• Real Estate
• Statistics
• Detail Oriented

Job areas

• Social Services
• Healthcare
• Administrative
• Unclassified
• Residential Community Manager
• Real Estate Agents and Property Managers
• Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

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