Resident Services Coordinator - Arlington

About True Ground Housing Partners

True Ground Housing Partners (formerly APAH) was founded in 1989 by four families motivated to address affordable housing in Arlington, VA. Today, we have grown into one of the region’s leading nonprofit affordable housing developers. Our rental communities provide affordable housing to more than 5,000 people in the Washington DC Metro Region for neighbors earning between 30% and 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI).

True Ground exists to provide quality affordable housing and resident-centered programming to help our residents make the most of their home. True Ground is a mission driven, community minded and resident focused organization guided by seven core values: compassion, integrity, collaboration, innovation, excellence, impact, and racial equity.

The Resident Services Coordinator (RSC) is an integral and collaborative member of the Resident Services Team actively supporting residents to live stably in their housing, and to thrive in the community. The Resident Services Coordinator empowers residents with information and referrals, navigating access to resources, and opportunities to grow and advance. The Resident Services Coordinator is responsible for execution of onsite resident programs, special events, and direct resident support and assistance.

The RSC also plays a key role in completing team collective goals by assisting with ongoing resident assessments (intake, needs), various administrative tasks and supporting other work of the Resident Services Managers and Director of Resident Services.

• Effectively coordinates, prepares, manages, and executes assigned resident programs, for all ages, based on survey results indicating resident need and interest. Resident programs (on-site at True Ground properties and virtual offerings) include relevant topics such as tutoring, financial literacy, community service, health services, job readiness/workforce development, and resident leadership training.
• Ensures effective scheduling of events, direct outreach to residents and attendees, appropriate room set up/virtual access planning, and thorough material preparation.
• Manages and engages volunteers to successfully support programming and promote volunteer retention.
• Coordinates and delivers weekly onsite programs with key partners including enrolling residents (when required), ensuring eligibility, coordinating with partners, managing volunteers, creating streamlined processes, and troubleshooting issues.

• Assist residents with lease compliance issues, such as housekeeping and late rental payments, including locating, coordinating, and monitoring necessary and appropriate services for residents with these service needs.
• Manages, coordinates and maintain regular contact with residents (at each designated development) primarily through face-to-face meetings, and /or phone contact specific to each individual/family needs.
• Effectively creates opportunities for outreach to residents by promoting classes/programs, workshops, and special events through various mediums (flyers, website, phone calls).

• Collects, manages, reports and analyzes data, through the case management platform, on a weekly basis to ensure accuracy and consistency with established data collection standards. Utilizes the case management platform daily to better understand Return on Investment for Resident Services Team
• Manages and reconciles a monthly program/services budget.
• Creates monthly/quarterly calendar of events, produces outreach flyers, and newsletters.
• Routinely participate in full staff calls, regional peer sharing calls, meetings with property managers, meetings with direct supervisor, and meetings with the leadership team.

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• Strong attention to detail
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills/Active listener
• Friendly outgoing personality/Empathetic
• Team orientation
• Able to adapt to changing priorities

• Bilingual in English/Spanish (required)
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent prior experience in Human Services, Social…