Housing Officer

Sagamok Anishnawbek

Social Services

POSTED: 3 days ago

Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation

5330

March 21, 2025

PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
HOUSING OFFICER - Housing Department
Salary: $24.00 - $32.00 (based on experience)

JOB SUMMARY:
Sagamok Anishnawbek responds to the health and social needs of the community, cultivates and nurtures the desire to take control of personal health and social well-being; and stimulates and enriches the quality of life in the community by providing and promoting affordable and safe
housing.

The Housing Officer's primary responsibility is to monitor, manage, and administer tenant profiles and secondly to provide technical support in clerical, administrative, and management tasks for the housing program and services.

POSITION DUTIES:
- Assist applicants and members with finding affordable housing.
- Provide information and strategies to expand and support homeownership opportunities. Includes obtaining a home or temporary housing, providing general counseling on homeownership options, or issuing and addressing tenant notices.
- Provide money management solutions to assist families and tenants.
- Address and resolve landlord and tenant issues.

Administration & Clerical Support
- Greet visitors at the office and respond to incoming telephone calls and refer them to the appropriate staff member if applicable.
- Prepare standard correspondence on housing program's services and operations.
- Track inquiries made to the housing programs and services and to ensure that appropriate and timely follow up occurs - task oriented results.
- Arrange meetings with clients, tenants, staff, committees, and other government or agency representatives.
- Develop community surveys and compiling.
- Actively support the preparation of quarterly, annual, and scheduled reports to management, council, and funding partners.
- Input and maintain a database for tenants and record (develop) housing inventory into the housing management system.
- When required, record and transcribe minutes of meetings as directed by the housing manager.
- Prepare work orders for the CID department when required and provide reports to housing manager.

Financial Support
- Be knowledgeable of all housing financial and tenant agreements.
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and housing work plans.
- Assist in the annual audit preparation and include the CMHC program audit and the Quality Assurance audit under the ISO designation.
- Prepare purchase orders and cheque requisitions as required.
- Collect and maintain statistics and documentation for evaluation and reporting purposes.

Communication
- Maintains housing systems, processes, forms, communications materials, and websites to ensure effective operations, integrity of protection of -information, and positive member experiences.
- Support effective communication between Sagamok Anishnawbek Departments, and with outside service organizations.
- Participate in community development meetings and training sessions and ISO activities as required, from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Post secondary degree in a business, social services or related field.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience working in a similar role.
- Computer skills, MS Office Suite, and record management experience.
- Knowledge of applicable legislation, standards, policies and procedures within Indigenous community and governance area.
- Must have the ability to deal calmly with clients who may be distressed and potentially behave irrationally.
- Anishnawbek language fluency is an asset.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- Must provide a negative Criminal Records Check (CPIC) that is valid within 6 months.
- Must have a valid Ontario driver's License and have access to a vehicle for on the job use with appropriate liability insurance.
- Maintain strict confidentiality in accordance with policies established by Sagamok Anishnawbek.
- Exemplary communication skills, both written and oral with added value of strong public communication abilities.
- Ability to work flexible hours.
- Ability to perform complex tasks and to prioritize multiple projects.
- Knowledge and appreciation of Native Culture and Heritage are considered definite assets.
- Ability to gather data, analyze and compile information, apply sound problem solving.
- Subject to six months' probation.