Homeowner Services Coordinator

For one year, get paid to build sustainable solutions in a community, gain valuable hands-on experience and prepare for your future. This full-time AmeriCorps service position offers a great opportunity to make an impact in the lives of others while building your own knowledge and skillset.

AmeriCorps National members serve the community in direct service and capacity building activities.

What will you do?

The homeowner services coordinator builds and maintains the pipeline of homeowner families by leading efforts to recruit and educate qualified families for both homeownership and home repair opportunities. This role involves recruiting homeowner family applicants and serving as their point of contact as they go through the application process. Together with a family selection committee, you help select homeowner families for a variety of housing products including new home construction, repair or rehab of existing homes and weatherization projects.

• Coordinate existing programs to recruit homeowner applicants for traditional homeownership opportunities or for expanded housing products such rehab, repair or weather revitalization.
• Conduct applicant orientations and assist families throughout process of completing the housing application.
• Work with the family selection committee to select homeowner families based on established criteria and regulations.
• Work with the family services committee and staff to provide educational opportunities to homeowner families.
• Maintain site safety by adhering to Habitat construction safety policies, modeling best practices and guidelines, volunteer education and site monitoring.

This position will focus on homeowner services aspects of Habitat affiliate operations.

Where will you serve?

• Organization name: Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta
• Nearest metropolitan area: Atlanta, GA
• Full-time staff: 11
• Expected number of AmeriCorps members: 1
• Number of homes to be built: 15
• Number of homes to be repaired: 15
• Activities and attractions: Our affiliate's office and ReStore in Smyrna are minutes away from The Battery Atlanta, a sports and entertainment complex anchored by Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. Our metropolitan location boasts popular attractions such as Six Flags over Georgia and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, and we are 15 miles from the City of Atlanta's unlimited experiences: Mercedes Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena, the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca Cola, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.
• Unique projects: Holistic responses to community safety guided by MBS Consultants, the Marietta Public Service Housing Program which enables city and school district employees to live in the city they serve through affordable homeownership with Habitat, evaluating key outcomes of our affordable homeownership program using Success Measures data collection tools, implementing an advocacy campaign to gain local support for Habitat.

Benefits of AmeriCorps service

• Living allowance of $17,600 for approximately 10 months of service.
• Segal Education Award of $6,895, upon successful completion of service.
• Forbearance for most federally-guaranteed student loans.
• Health care benefits and enrollment in Employee Assistance Plan.
• Personal and medical leave - approximately 10 days total.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.
• Child care benefits, if you qualify.
• Worker's compensation insurance.

Minimum Requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, national or lawful permanent resident at least 18 or older and have a high school diploma or GED.

What are we looking for?

Our ideal candidates:

• Are passionate about serving the community through direct service.
• Demonstrate respect for diversity of opinion, experience, and background.
• Desire to gain hands-on experience in the affordable housing and nonprofit sector.
• Have experience working on a team.
• Possess stellar interpersonal communication skills.
• Are motivated and committed to serve full time and in person.