Associate Program Director - The ARCHES Project - Sheltering

• Driver qualification status required for this position. Driver license and satisfactory drive record for previous three years required.
• Candidate must pass comprehensive MWVCAA and ODHS background screenings prior to employment.

• Knowledge of federal, state and local grant and budgeting requirements and procedures.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to work some evenings, weekends, early morning hours.
• Ability to effectively present information to senior management, staff and public groups.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Possess intermediate to advanced computer skills. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, database software, online tools, and video conference platforms.

• Implements program guidelines, policies and procedures designed to promote stable housing across Marion and Polk County.
• Oversees and strengthens department workflows designed to improve client service outcomes.

• Supervision of Shelter Program Managers.
• Mentors and oversees the Community Resource Program by staff hiring, evaluation, training for new employees, daily oversight, monitoring/coaching, and ongoing training and professional development.

• Assists in coordinating and maintaining compliance for all grants (Federal, State, local, and Foundational.)
• Researches evidence-based practices and initiates partnerships to continue to increase assistance services.
• Oversees data compliance and data quality, analyzes data, and provides training and support to employees utilizing the database.

• Implements and promotes the agency's mission, assisting vulnerable populations to address intense needs, barriers, and risk factors in order to make positive life changes and gain stability.
• Conducts programmatic evaluation and data analysis; tracks outcomes.

• Promotes and markets all programs that comprise the Community Resource Program.
• Establishes and maintains positive community partnerships for continued development of programs.
• Participates in collaborative planning efforts that are responsive to community needs.
• Coordinates and facilitates community meetings.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Speaking and hearing abilities required.
• Requires the ability to analyze, focus and manage pressures of deadlines, public speaking, media attention, and changing circumstances; may require working at a rapid pace to carry out tasks.
• Occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Requires frequent personal mobility between offices and sites. Frequent local travel and occasional distance travel as needed.
• Manual dexterity for computer and office equipment, and the capacity to quickly learn new technologies.
• Occasional urgent situations requiring law enforcement involvement and/or paramedic professionals.
• Close quarters, often with a client population experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, and/or severe and persistent mental illness, and/or unpredictable behavior.
• Occasional exposure to bodily fluids and malodorous air.
• Maintains calm dispositions and regulates emotions when clients, staff, or others may become escalated.
• Regulates emotions and handles pressure of frequent demands for attention, time and work tasks.

Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency