Housing Navigator - Housing Access

Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC)-posted 4 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
San Francisco, CA
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We’re looking for a Housing Navigator to join our team and support LGBTQQ+ youth (ages 18–27) who are experiencing housing instability or homelessness in the Bay Area. We are hiring a staff to coordinate our housing access programming at Purple House and lead our direct service work with the Coordinated Entry and Rapid Rehousing system in partnership with the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH).

  • Provide individualized housing navigation services for LGBTQQ+ youth, including intake, assessments, and service planning.
  • Develop strength-based, social justice-centered support plans in collaboration with youth.
  • Offer culturally adaptive approaches to address the unique experiences of homelessness among LGBTQQ+ youth.
  • Ensure successful transitions to stable housing or appropriate community supports.
  • Facilitate workshops, leadership programs, and team-based activities.
  • Create and deliver curriculum rooted in youth development and popular education frameworks.
  • Host group and individual sessions in both school-based and community settings.
  • Coordinate and staff community events.
  • Conduct outreach in high-need communities, including street-based engagement.
  • Build and maintain relationships with local service providers, city agencies, and youth-serving organizations.
  • Support housing program visibility through tabling, flyering, and social media collaborations.
  • Accurately document services and interactions using multiple data systems.
  • Maintain up-to-date participant records and comply with confidentiality standards.
  • Collaborate with LYRIC staff and supervisor to ensure holistic care for youth.
  • Attend all staff meetings, retreats, and trainings.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • A seasoned youth development professional with at least 2 years of program coordination experience.
  • Experienced with case management, group facilitation, and curriculum development.
  • Knowledgeable about youth homelessness, especially as it impacts LGBTQQ+ and BIPOC youth.
  • Skilled in youth-centered models, including harm reduction, restorative justice, and youth-adult partnerships.
  • Deeply connected to LGBTQQ+ communities, with lived or professional experience working with youth of color, homeless or marginally housed youth, transgender and nonbinary youth, system-impacted youth, youth living with HIV, youth engaged in survival economies, and disabled, immigrant, or multilingual youth.
  • Technically savvy, with experience using Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Zoom, Canva, and digital reporting tools.
  • $800/year Health & Wellness Cash Supplement
  • $1,000/year for external professional development
  • 100% Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and acupuncture/chiropractic
  • Optional Health FSA and commuter benefits
  • 403(b) retirement plan with up to 4% employer match
  • 19 paid holidays (including your birthday and winter break)
  • 19 vacation days
  • 18 sick days
  • 1 personal day
  • Critical incident, bereavement, and jury duty leave
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