Organization Overview:
The mission of HomeFront is to end homelessness in Central New Jersey by harnessing the caring resources and expertise of the community. We lessen the immediate pain of homelessness and help families become self-sufficient. We give people skills and opportunities to ensure adequate incomes and to increase the availability of adequate affordable housing. We help homeless families advocate for themselves individually and collectively.
At HomeFront, our work is organized around five core beliefs:
- Safe, Secure Housing: On any given night, HomeFront provides a roof over the head of approximately 450 individuals, the vast majority of those children. HomeFront’s housing work spans a broad continuum: emergency shelter at our Family Campus, scattered site transitional living, over 140 units of permanent affordable supportive housing, and a robust set of homelessness prevention programs that distribute nearly a million dollars a year in rental assistance for families facing eviction or homelessness.
- Right Tools: For families to become—and, more importantly, remain—stable, they need the tools, skills, and opportunities to keep them on track and build self-sufficiency. Life skills are interwoven throughout all that we do, but we also offer formal programming through our Hire Expectations program: educational support for adults to study for and acquire their high school equivalency; career coaching, job skills training, and workforce development to obtain and keep a job that pays a living wage.
- Basic Necessities: We provide resources to thousands of households a year through our Resource Network. Each year, the Resource Network distributes thousands of grocery bags from three food pantries, furnishes hundreds of apartments through our Furnish the Future program, hosts over a thousand families to “shop” for clothing, shoes, housewares, and linens at no cost at our FreeStore, provides programming for topics ranging from health education, nutrition and healthy eating in our Teaching Kitchen, and expert-led workshops on topics such as parenting, budgeting, and coping with trauma.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership to 3 Program Directors and 2 support staff, coaching each team member to reach their individual potential, while demonstrating commitment to the delivery of high-quality programming around HomeFront’s core beliefs.
- Ensure programs are high-quality, trauma-informed, coordinated, and responsive to the needs of HomeFront families, including elements of choice and empowerment wherever possible.
- Develop and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders, including government agencies at all levels, community social service providers, businesses and local employers, funders, and volunteers.
- Collaborate with program teams and other key HomeFront staff to enhance creativity in service delivery and participant engagement and ensure access to all programming.
- Collaborate with Director of Innovation & Evaluation and HomeFront leadership to make data driven decisions and ensure ongoing quality improvement to programming.
- Solicit and integrate participant and staff feedback to develop new programs and program enhancements to meet identified needs.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with HomeFront program managers to ensure a holistic delivery of services to meet all participants’ needs.
- Collaborate with the Community Engagement department to engage volunteers and sponsors for activities at the HFC.
- Monitor established key performance indicators and complete program internal and external reports on deadline.
- Ensure and protect agency, employee and participant confidentiality and enforce program guidelines and safety regulations.
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of management experience.
- Proven ability to implement process improvement initiatives and develop new programming.
- Demonstrated experience in change management.
- Valid driver’s license.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Masters Degree in Social Work or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of state, Trenton and Mercer County social services landscape, surrounding county businesses, organizations and demographics.
- Experience in the non-profit sector including working with executive teams and volunteers.
- Demonstrated experience in WorkFirst NJ programming and/or career counseling and adult education programming.
- Knowledge of navigating healthcare and mental health systems for Medicaid recipients and uninsured.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs.
- Must be able to walk, stand and sit for long periods of time.
- Must be able to walk up and down several flights of steps.
- Exposure to the outdoors and inclement weather is possible.
Schedule:
- This is primarily a daytime role, but flexible scheduling may be required based on activities and coverage needs of the Family Campus, including evenings and weekends.
Travel:
- Some local travel may include accompanying or driving clients to events.
Other Duties:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required. Duties, responsibilities and activities may be added or changed as needed.
HomeFront, Inc is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome employees and prospective employees without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or veteran status.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
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