Community Program Specialist II

Community Program Specialist II

The County's Department of Housing, and Workforce Solutions is filling a position for Community Program Specialist II who will be assigned to the Office of Homeless Services located in Riverside, CA. Travel throughout the County of Riverside is required. The incumbent in this position will be responsible for working with both nonprofit organizations and individuals who advocate for homeless services. The incumbent will be responsible for researching and analyzing programs, policies, and regulations related to homeless services;

developing recommendations for operational improvements; coordinating and implementing new programs and/or process changes; monitoring contract compliance and program performance; and preparing reports, presentations, and policy documents. Lastly, the selected candidate will also act as a liaison with community organizations, service providers, and other county departments. The most competitive candidates will have experience with diverse populations, case management, working with the homeless and/or social service programs related to homelessness and project management experience.

The County of Riverside's Housing and Workforce Solutions (HWS) Department is a dedicated group that prioritizes delivering services to the County's most vulnerable populations. Through helpful interventions that meet our county's housing and workforce related needs, HWS is promoting prosperous neighborhoods and healthy communities. Can you see yourself here?

• Assist in the preparation of budgets and perform cost/benefit analysis of specific programs; review financial data on an on-going basis to ensure conformance with established guidelines.

• May recruit, monitor, evaluate, and manage various program activities with related budgets to ensure program/contract compliance of goals and objectives; implement corrective measures as required.

• May direct, train, assign, and evaluate subordinate clerical and technical personnel in the performance of routine tasks.

• May develop and review departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with state and federal legislation, regulations and directives.

• May compose selected correspondence, reports and directives for use in public hearings and meetings with state officials.

• Assist in developing, coordinating, implementing, and maintaining a long range public education and awareness plan encompassing issues and the missions of the department; encourage members of the community to develop skills needed to improve their quality of life and/or become self-sufficient and involved.

• Assist in conducting community needs assessments; motivate and organize members of low income communities and diverse cultural communities to get involved in poverty and related neighborhood issues; serve as facilitator for the development of issue forums; represent the department at public hearings and community functions; perform public speaking activities; coordinate and/or participate in special community events and public recognition programs as it relates to each program and open house activities.

• Assist in data gathering and analysis to show measurable differences in program success.

OPTION I

Education:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, preferably with a major in communications, English, social behavioral sciences, or a closely related field to the assignment. Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education on the basis of one year of full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45-quarter units of the required experience.

Experience:

Two years of performing community organization/ development work, which included disseminating information to internal and/or external audiences through a variety of communication media.

OPTION II

Education:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, preferably with a major in communications, English, social behavioral sciences, or a closely related field to the assignment. Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education on…