Housing Specialist

Quadel Consulting & Training • Newark, NJ

5d

About The Position

At Quadel, we’re driven by purpose. We believe that government and communities play a vital role in addressing the housing needs of low-income families and vulnerable populations. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, you’ll find a home here. Our mission is to partner with public and nonprofit organizations to help housing programs reach their full potential—because everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to live. Join us in building stronger communities, one home at a time.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Housing Specialist performs various program activities that include processing applications for eligibility, verifying participant's status to ensure continued eligibility, preparing documents and verifying information in conformance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations. If you are familiar with housing, transaction assignments may include: eligibility determination, leasing, annual re-certifications, interim changes, portability, moves, rent increases, rent reasonableness, hearing preparation and terminations.

Requirements

• Required to obtain Housing Choice Voucher Specialist certification within one year of hire.
• Two years of experience in an environment requiring extensive public contact or customer service, procedures and processes. Accounting, mortgage processing, and direct customer interfacing experience a plus.
• Strong computer skills.

Nice To Haves

• Accounting experience
• Mortgage processing experience
• Direct customer interfacing experience

Responsibilities

• Conducts assigned activities and transactions.
• Completes assigned work timely and accurately.
• Answers inquiries from participants, owners, applicants and the general public with the highest level of professionalism.
• Conducts all activities to ensure nondiscrimination.
• Maintains productivity information.
• Determines eligibility for program participation.
• Reviews applications, verifications and other documentation to ensure accuracy and completeness; ensures that required documentation is distributed to correct parties.
• Establishes and maintains individual applicant/participant files and handles all personally identifiable information (PII) in strictest confidence.
• Performs accurate and timely data entry to maintain updated computer files.
• Coordinates activities with Supervisors, Managers, Inspectors, and other coworkers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees