Who We Are
Sabathani Community Center (SCC) is a 58-year-old African American institution and nonprofit serving a multi-cultural community of 50,000 community members in South Minneapolis. SCC was founded in 1966 by a handful of concerned community members seeking to address social and economic disparities in underserved communities in the areas of youth programming, housing, health and education. The organization is a major resource hub expanding services within the South Minneapolis community. Learn more at www.sabathani.org.
Why You'll Love Working Here
Sabathani Community Center has a rich history of serving South Minneapolis with a mission focused on "providing people of all ages and cultures with essential resources that inspire them to improve their lives and build a thriving community."
Sabathani Community Center (SCC) considers diversity, equity, and inclusion to be among our core values. We are committed to providing and promoting a diverse and inclusive environment, giving each person the opportunity to succeed professionally. By doing so, we thrive as an organization through diversity and the unique qualities and life experiences our employees bring to the workplace. SCC considers equal opportunity and non-discrimination to be fundamental to the mission and objectives of the organization. All staff hired at SCC are encouraged to embrace, continually support, and enhance social equity within our organization and in our community.
Wages & Benefits
$65,000 - $75,000 annual salary range; generous paid time off; 11 paid holidays per year; flexible scheduling; medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability; health savings and flexible spending accounts; agency-sponsored retirement plan with immediate vesting of employer contribution and eligibility for matching.
Schedule
This position is located in an office building and may include evening and/or weekend hours. Some duties and responsibilities can be performed virtually while some requirements are in the community.
A Typical Day in the Life...
A typical day as Sabathani's Senior Director of Housing provides an opportunity to lead Sabathani's Housing Stability Program and ensure housing initiatives are developed and implemented in alignment with best practices. Responsibilities will include the following:
- Leading bi-weekly Housing team meetings and providing updates from partners.
- Providing leadership to housing stability staff members to ensure successful execution of housing stability work.
- Facilitating any necessary and supplemental training for staff.
- Coordinating with local and state partners to ensure all families in need of housing stability services are receiving them in a timely manner.
- Overseeing the fulfillment of contract requirements, including meeting projected outcomes, filing maintenance and reporting procedures (SalesForce), ensuring regular internal auditing/monitoring, etc.
- Delegating task assignments between Coordinators to ensure more families may be assisted efficiently.
- Adapting effectively and rapidly and leading a large team in being flexible.
- Creating and reinforcing a culture of strong worker/participant relationships, a strengths-based approach, and high participant engagement in wrap-around programs/services (i.e. cross program and agency referrals and connections).
- Representing and promoting the agency's mission and programs in a variety of public settings (funder site visits, public presentations, agency network meetings, etc.).
- Attending leadership meetings and working with Sabathani's leadership team to capitalize on integrated programming/internal resources.
- Managing an annual program budget and assuming responsibility for all budgeted revenue and expenses.
- This position will supervise a team of staff supporting the programmatic responsibilities.
Who You Are
- You hold a bachelor's degree or demonstrate equivalent experience in housing or nonprofit management of at least 8 years.
- You have at least 5 years of experience managing programs and supervising staff.
- You have experience overseeing several program initiatives involving staff supervision, program evaluation, contract compliance, and budget oversight.
- You demonstrate a strong and comprehensive understanding of the Coordinated Entry System in Hennepin County and how each of the programs intersect with that system.
- You demonstrate a willingness to learn a variety of tasks, a serious work ethic, and a desire to work in a team-orientated environment.
- You have excellent organizational and communication skills.
- You demonstrate a thorough understanding of nonprofit practices.
- You have the ability to work independently, establish priorities, and meet deadlines.
- You understand the importance of customer service and being professional.
- You have knowledge and experience working with diverse groups of people of all socioeconomic conditions.
- You are skilled in conflict management.
- You are competent in MS Office: Word, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- You demonstrate the ability to maintain a good working relationship with all co-workers and the public.
- You have a valid driver's license, access to reliable transportation (with the ability to travel to sites within a 15-mile radius of the office), and the ability to meet Sabathani's driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit (not applicable for new hires living out of state).
Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of Sabathani Community Center. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran's status.
Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the recruiting process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.
Sabathani Community Center participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify's official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify's Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.
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