Housing Coordinator

Come grow with us!

Over the past few years, Community Options has experienced exponential growth in our Behavioral Health Division. We are a statewide organization with ten offices across North Dakota and countless programs tailored to the individual. Through our person-centered approach, we can assist many people to recognize their potential. At Community Options, we have lots of opportunities for advancement, which means working with us offers countless ways to make an impact with a fast-growing company!

Community Options is seeking a motivated self-starter for Housing Coordinator for our rapidly growing team. This position offers room for considerable growth within the organization. As a Housing Coordinator with Community Options, you have an important role. You will work with clients to assist them with securing stable housing and aid them with goal setting to mitigate barriers that are preventing them from maintaining this. You will also work cross-functionally with other teams to refer clients, so they are able to meet their goals. At Community Options, it is important to meet our clients where they are, so there is an expectation that you will travel and/or work outside of the office at least 60% of the time. The salary for this position is $18-$21 an hour depending on experience (DOE).

Community Options works with individuals from all walks of life. Through our person-centered approach, we offer support services to aid people who have experienced:

• Low-income or poverty
• Homelessness
• Justice Involved
• Brain injury
• Mental health diagnosis
• Addiction
• Single parents

Why Community Options?

• Health insurance starts at $55/month* (individual plan)
• Vision and dental insurance
• Paid leave time
• Paid Holidays
• 401k
• Life insurance
• Rewarding work impacting the lives of those you serve!

Community Options exists to help people live individually and be active in their community.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate Degree and two (2) years of related work experience, i.e., human services, customer service, or a related field. A bachelor’s degree or additional related experience may be used in lieu of work experience and/or degree (up to four years)
• Valid driver's license, acceptable driving record, reliable transportation, and proof of insurance for the vehicle subject to the statute of the licensing state will be required based on assigned job duties
• Successfully pass a criminal background check, and drug screening, and obtain ND Department of Human Service (DHS) pre-employment approval

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Knowledge of community resources
• Understanding of human services and welfare programs, and evidence-based model programs
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Proficient in the use of computers; knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Networking skills to build relationships with staff
• Always maintain a professional manner with clients and in the community

• Commitment to company values and mission
• Ability to motivate and coach
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Effective time management skills and ability to prioritize duties

Reporting to this position: None

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be in an office or community setting. Assigned work shifts will vary depending on the customers' or company's needs; employees must be flexible to work mornings, afternoons, evenings, overnights, holidays, and weekends at one or more locations as determined by the customers.

NOTE: The duties listed are not intended to be all-inclusive. Responsibilities assigned to any individual employee are at the discretion of the appointing authority.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Community Options does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, genetics, religion, age, or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.