Senior Resident Service Coordinator

Beacon Communities•Boston, MA

30d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Resident Service Coordinator (Sr. RSC) develops and coordinates support services for residents. The Sr. RSC will ensure resident and community success through close work with property management, building and sustaining relationships with local and regional partners, planning programs and other on-site opportunities for residents, and working one-on-one with residents to assist them in achieving their goals and maintaining housing stability. A Sr. RSC is defined in one of the following three ways: Supervising other RSCs at the same property or at proximal properties, Responsible for supporting proximal properties without an RSC, or Complexity/size of property requires someone with more experience.

Requirements

Minimum of four years of experience as a Resident Service Coordinator in housing or equivalent work experience.
Ability to work some weekends and evenings is required.

Nice To Haves

M.S.W., M.A. in Counseling, Human Services, Sociology, Community Development, Public Health, or a related field preferred.
Knowledge of Yardi, Property Management databases, FamilyMetrics is a plus.
Knowledge of federal, state, and local policies affecting housing is a plus.
Bilingual in English and dominant language of minority in community i.e., Spanish, Cape Verdean, Haitian Creole, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, etc. is a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership for the property in creating and implementing programs, partnerships and services that meet the needs of residents and fulfill any obligations based on property financing.
May include supervising RSCs both within the property and across the region and supporting properties without an RSC.
Participate in Sr. RSC leadership calls with other Sr. RSCs across the company and lead projects and tasks to further the goals of the department.
Attend meetings to plan for acquisition of new properties in the region.
Ensure effective working relationships with Area Resident Service Manager (ARSM), RSC colleagues, corporate staff and Property Management team.
Assess and coordinate resident referrals and resources by recommending solutions to resolve resident issues impacting their life and refer them to suitable community services, resources and entitlement programs, as appropriate.
Build relationships with residents to better understand their aspirations and goals and connect them with local resources and opportunities.
Create partnerships with local organizations to successfully implement community engagement initiatives including implementation of required contracts.
Assist elders or those at-risk, and non-elderly residents with disabilities to maintain living independently through collaboration and coordination of programs with wellness nurse/health care agency to addresses common health concerns such as, fall prevention, nutrition, grief and loss, medication management, dealing with incontinence, healthy weight loss, brain health/improving cognitive functions and general social-emotional wellbeing.
Lead coordination of resident support and resources on housing stabilization issues such as late rent payments, housekeeping, and other lease violations.
Collaborate with the property management team to develop program budgets that reflect needs of the resident population and that comply with program finance obligations.
Create consistent outreach and communication with residents including completing new resident assessments, newsletters, flyers, monthly calendars, telephone calls and door knocking.
Use Beacon’s data collection and analysis systems to document services provided to residents and outcomes achieved.
Track and monitor the property’s Community Engagement budget.
Processes Reasonable Accommodation requests for residents with disabilities.
Collaborate with the property management team and attend weekly meetings as required.