Homeownership Engagement Coord.-Champlain Trust​/VHCB

Expand Champlain Housing Trust's (CHT) community reach, and curate meaningful program enhancements to ensure clients achieve their home ownership goals. This position will build an outreach campaign targeted at expanding CHT's presence in the community, assist clients through CHT's programs, tracking client turnover and outcomes, and track client satisfaction, providing meaningful analysis on client feedback that will better CHT home ownership programs.

CHT is now the largest land trust in the country, owning or managing 2,500 apartments, stewarding over 712 shared equity homes and operating a loan fund that provides affordable home loans, farm worker housing loans and project management to services to low-income Vermonters. Our Neighbor Works Home Ownership Center (HOC) offers group education and one-on-one counseling for various types of housing needs, including financial capability, renting, buying a home and housing retention.

CHT has been at the forefront of addressing unmet housing needs for decades. Our organization is committed to bridging the home ownership gap in Vermont with a focus on low-to-moderate income households, households of color and members of our community who find it difficult to buy.

This position is part of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Ameri Corps (VHCB Ameri Corps). The VHCB Ameri Corps program supports the innovative dual-goal approach to creating stable affordable housing opportunities for Vermont residents while preserving the natural and working landscape.

This position is Full Time:
Requires 1720 hours for an average of 40 hours per week for 47 weeks. Member will receive a living allowance of $31,000 (pre-tax), and an education award of $7,395 (pre-tax) upon successful completion of service.

Other benefits include health insurance, federal school loan forbearance, and various training and networking opportunities.

• Provide information to community about financial education, shared equity home ownership, and special loan programs
• Oversee distribution and collection of education and homeowner client surveys, provide analysis of client feedback
• Coordinate focus groups to compile feedback into program recommendations
• Develop outreach initiatives with community partners
• Facilitate workshops, presentations, and groups (and plan and coordinate event details)
• Support clients to engage with programs and services
• Assist clients with applications
  
  Participate in an Independent Service Project, all VHCB Ameri Corps trainings/events/service days, and program initiatives

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Health Coverage
• Living Allowance
• Training.

• Car recommended
• Permits attendance at school during off hours
• Permits working at another job during off hours.

• Community Outreach
• Housing.

• Communications
• Community Organization
• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• General Skills
• Social Services
• Team Work.

01/12/2027- 12/10/2027

Full Time

High school diploma/GED

Minimum:17 Maximum:99

VERMONT

From 09/15/2026 To 12/11/2026

Carolyn Connor

88 King St

Burlington VT 05401

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https://vhcb.org/vhcb-americorps/service-opportunities/