Job Title: Senior Program Manager
Organization: Corporation For Supportive Housing
Location: Newark
Salary: N/A
FT Regular
 
Job Description:
The Corporation for Supportive Housing is seeking an energetic,
results-oriented individual to be part of the New Jersey CSH hub office.
Under the direction of the Associate Director, New Jersey Program, the
Senior Program Manager, will support, strengthen, focus, and document the
impact of local systems change work in the City of Newark and the County of
Essex. CSHs policy and systems change agenda focuses on expanding on the
availability, and improving the coordination, of public funding sources for
the development and operation of the homeless delivery system, with a
special focus on housing for persons experiencing long-term homelessness.
All of these activities will require consultation and collaboration with CSH
staff and, State partners, City and County partners, and other relevant
allies and partners, including supportive housing providers. The Senior
Program Manager will work closely with employees throughout the organization
to utilize their expertise in various areas as needed. The Senior Program
Manager will have significant program responsibility to provide
project-specific assistance, training and capacity building to
community-based partners in both the public and private sectors and will
work with local and state government to create coordinated financing
streams.
 
Responsibilities:
The Senior Program Manager (SPM) will have the following responsibilities:
 
 Strategic Planning. The SPM will assist CSH staff and external
partners to develop strategic plans for local systems change work,
including:
 Coordinating and leading a systems change environment for
Newark that will include leadership; collaborative planning; financial
leverage; provider infrastructure, credible data and a network of allies.
 Determining the need for supportive housing units in the
locality  creating a pipeline of 500 additional permanent supportive
housing units
 Assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
related to funding for supportive housing and other issues that impact the
capacity of the locality to develop and maintain supportive housing;
 Identifying major sources of federal, state, and local
funding that are available and those needed to fund costs of capital,
operating and supportive services in the locality;
 Identifying goals and priorities for local policy work. For
example:
 increasing or sustaining funding for supportive housing from
specific programs
 establishing or strengthening systems to streamline and coordinate
investments from multiple agencies or programs
 removing barriers to siting supportive housing projects
 Coaching and mentoring in systems change practices. The SPM will
provide strategic advice, coaching, and support to CSH staff and local
partners and facilitate cross-fertilization of effective approaches to
assist in developing and implementing local systems change strategies.
 Implementation of appropriate outreach and engagement
systems
 Creation of a single point-of-entry for homeless persons
 Restructuring of the Newark shelter system to include
specialized shelters and the rehabilitation of unused shelter beds to
permanent housing
 Incorporation of and implementation of a rapid re-housing
policy for the City of Newark
 Delivery of trainings and technical assistance. The SPM will
contribute expertise and deliver training on state and local policy issues.
The SPM will also provide technical assistance regarding promising
approaches to using Medicaid to pay for services in supportive housing.
 Strengthen the emergency prevention programs to prevent
eviction and homelessness
 Coordination of projects and services for those re-entering
the community from the criminal justice system
 Coordination of systems prevention (mainstream programs for
mental health, substance abuse, TANF, child welfare, institutions)
 Development of tools. Working in tandem with CSHs Resource Center
National Policy unit, the SPM will develop tools and materials designed for
audiences of state and local government officials.. For example, tools and
materials would:
 Make the case for state and local government investments in
supportive housing
 Coordinate data management systems that can be analyzed to
asses how the homeless interact with mainstream systems or care, the
effectiveness of intervention, and the number of homeless people
 The development of a 10 Year Plan to End Chronic
Homelessness for the City of Newark and the County of Essex
 Describe promising approaches that have been implemented by
other local governments
 Document replicable approaches (e.g. collaborative funding
announcements or NOFAs) by providing examples from other localities
 Provide talking points or template letters for CSH and other
advocates to use when communicating to state agency leaders, governors,
legislatures, etc.
 Forging collaborations. The SPM will forge robust public-private
partnerships to implement a coordinated response to homelessness in Newark
and maintain positive relationships with CSH staff, state and local
government officials, program partners and other key stakeholders, and
facilitate connections between parties to advance knowledge dissemination
between localities.
 
The SPM may perform other duties or special projects as directed by the
Associate Director and/or Director of the New Jersey HUB
 
Qualifications:
 Bachelors degree or advanced degree in related field strongly
preferred. Experience may substitute for education.
 Minimum of six years experience in a non-profit or government
position where responsibilities included policy analysis, advocacy, or
strategic planning related to low income and supportive housing development
and finance, health care, mental health or social services. Working
knowledge of state and local funding streams that can be used to finance
operating and/or services costs of supportive housing preferred. Experience
working in (and/or providing direct assistance to) state or local government
is strongly preferred.
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
 Strong organizational, project management, research, and analytic
skills.
 Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government agencies
and community-based organizations.
 Strong computer skills. Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft
Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access and Outlook).
 Familiarity with and/or interest in issues related to supportive
housing including homelessness, low-income housing, finance, state and local
policies, social service delivery, community development, mental illness,
HIV/AIDS, harm reduction, etc.
 Eagerness and ability to manage a diverse set of tasks.
 Skilled in facilitation, team building, forging collaborative
partnerships, and developing and maintaining strong relationships within the
supportive housing community, and in convening and engaging people from
diverse groups and sectors.
 Must have the ability to work independently with minimal
supervision, and be able to represent CSH in public forums with a high level
of professionalism.
 Ability to function autonomously and exercise solid judgment on a
range of issues
 
 
How to Apply:
Contact Info:
 
Alison Recca-Ryan, NJ Director
Corporation for Supportive Housing
650 South Broad Street, 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08611
 
Resumes should be sent directly to: alison.recca-ryan@csh.org
 
 
Organization Web Site: csh.org
 
Email replies to: ryan@csh.org