Grant Writer and Manager
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville is currently seeking a full-time Grant Writer/Manager (GWM) to serve as a visionary partner in leading the grant seeking activities of the affiliate. The GWM will proactively identify potential funding opportunities, lead teams of internal and external stakeholders to prepare competitive proposals, gather and write content for applications, and ensure that the affiliate is focused on maximizing public and private grant revenues through aggressively pursuing funding aligned with Habitat’s mission, needs, and programs.
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Community Engagement Specialist (Bilingual)
The Bilingual Community Engagement Specialist is part of Habitat’s Department of Family and Community Partnerships, which provides direct services and supports for applicants and Habitat homebuyers. The Department is made up of both Financial Coaching staff who support families individually as they journey towards homeownerships, as well as Community Engagement staff that support each neighborhood or build to anticipate and react to challenges pre and post closing. This will range from facilitating spaces to aid in building new support systems, helping as needed when children change school districts, etc. This position reports to the Associate Director of Community and Family Services.
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Family Empowerment Coach (Bilingual)
Habitat for Humanity is seeking to fill two full-time Family Empowerment Coach (FEC) positions to provide direct services and support for applicants and Habitat homebuyers. This position requires bilingual language skills in Spanish and English.
The Family Empowerment Coach (FEC) is part of Habitat’s Department of Family and Community Partnerships, which provides direct services and supports for Habitat applicants, homebuyers, and homeowners. The Family Empowerment Coach provides a variety of direct services for low to moderate-income individuals including conducting financial empowerment workshops, assessing individuals’ and families’ financial capabilities, and providing personalized one-on-one financial coaching sessions. Empowerment coaching involves an ability to engage and motivate clients, a capacity to deepen one’s understanding of personal finances, and the ability to teach that knowledge to others.
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Community and Financial Empowerment Specialist (Rehousing-Bilingual)
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville is currently seeking a full-time, bi-lingual (Spanish/English) Community and Financial Empowerment Specialist (CFES) to join its team at Southwood.
The Community and Financial Empowerment Specialist (CFES) reports to the Southwood Rehousing Manager and works very closely with Southwood Property Management and Community Engagement staff as well as the Core Homeownership team to facilitate healthy rehousing choices for all families directly impacted by the redevelopment of Southwood and to ensure that families are well-supported throughout their rehousing journey. This role is responsible for the planning, supervision and execution of transitional supports for families being temporarily or permanently rehoused as part of the redevelopment and ensuring that all activities are compliant with federal Uniform Relocation Act regulations. This person is responsible for meeting with families and assessing their housing needs/goals, evaluating their finances, and explaining their housing options in redeveloped Southwood and any steps necessary to financially prepare to purchase or rent a home in redeveloped Southwood.
Must be bilingual in English and Spanish.
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Assistant Property Manager (Bilingual)
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville is currently seeking a full-time, bi-lingual (Spanish/English) Community Assistant Property Manager at Southwood.
The Assistant Southwood Property Manager is the onsite representative of Southwood Charlottesville LLC/Habitat for Humanity for the mobile home park and is responsible for the day-to-day property management administrative functions. Functions include, but are not limited to, handling requests for assistance, coordinating lease renewals, enforcing park rules and regulations, sending notices, collecting payments and representing the park owner at court. This position works closely with the Southwood Maintenance Manager, Southwood Community Engagement Staff and Southwood Rehousing Staff.
Must be bilingual in English and Spanish.
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Store Manager
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville is seeking a full time Habitat Store Manager.
The Store Manager is part of The Habitat Store team and is responsible for overseeing retail operations and ensuring excellent customer service and experience. The Store Manager effectively leads the store retail staff to ensure all retail operations run smoothly, are sustainable and strive to provide an excellent shopping experience. The Store Manager is also responsible for creatively identifying opportunities for store staff to stay regularly connected to the broader affiliate and Habitat mission and effectively communicate the mission to the broader community.
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AmeriCorpsFamily Services Coordinator (Bilingual English/Spanish)
The Family Services Coordinator helps to build and maintain the pipeline of ready-to-purchase homebuyer families in Legacy Southwood by leading efforts to recruit and educate qualified families for homeownership opportunities within Redeveloped Southwood. The Coordinator serves as one of the first points of contact for approved homebuyers as each approved family must complete the application process. Duties can include, but are not limited to, conducting applicant orientations, completing pre-qualification assessments, assisting families in application completion, processing applications, conducting homeowner education classes, meeting one-on-one with families, and (occasionally) building alongside families. This member moves us substantially forward in accomplishing our goal to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing to the Greater Charlottesville community. In particular, our affiliate aims to approve 40-50 families for homeownership in Redeveloped Southwood in fiscal year 2024.
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Community Connector - (English/Spanish, Bilingual)
The Community Connector (CC) is part of Habitat’s Department of Family and Community Partnerships and works closely with Habitat staff to mobilize neighborhood residents to act together to strengthen their community. In close collaboration with the Community Engagement team, the CC will work to build trust in the community and deep relationships with Southwood community members. He/she will engage residents in conversations about the redevelopment process and rehousing opportunities in future Southwood and will identify and recruit community leaders to participate in public meetings, public testimonies and other actions that will advance community priorities. The CC will be an outgoing, creative self-starter that will spend most of his/her time in the Southwood neighborhood connecting with neighbors. The CC will creatively utilize various methods to connect frequently with residents including door knocking, organizing community events and activities, conducting home visits, greeting parents and children at bus stops, flyering, walking the neighborhood, text/telephone outreach and social media communication.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Habitat for Humanity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Women, minorities and protected individuals such as those covered by Section 3 are encouraged to apply. This organization is required to collect certain information from each job applicant. This information does not affect our hiring decisions and is kept separate from all application materials we receive. Please assist us by completing the form located here and submitting it with any required documents. Once we receive the completed form, it will be forwarded to our Human Resources department for recording and storage in a separate file.
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Employee Benefits
Habitat for Humanity offers a competitive benefits package for our full-time and our part-time employees.
***Vaccination against COVID-19 is a requirement of employment at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville.***
