Affordable Housing Administrator

Job Advertisement: Affordable Housing Administrator
Permanent Full-Time Position
Work Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (Hybrid work environment: required in-office two-three days per week)

Application Deadline: August 25, 2024

United Way Maritimes — with teams located in and serving the regions of Central New Brunswick, Colchester & Cumberland Counties, Halifax, Lunenburg County, Pictou County, Prince Edward Island, and Saint John, Kings & Charlotte — is a for-impact organization that brings donors, volunteers, and partners together to create lasting social change. We believe everyone matters and deserves to belong, be safe, and live a life of their choosing. To help, United Way Maritimes alleviates and reduces local poverty by funding, partnering, convening, and advocating for solutions. United Way Maritimes is part of a federated movement of 60+ United Ways across the country.

The staff at United Way Maritimes takes pride in bringing together people who have a range of experience, talents, and backgrounds. Our staff share a passion for each of the places we call home and bring many different skills and strengths to the work we do. Our community and social change priorities include poverty, social isolation, affordable housing, persons experiencing marginalization and vulnerability, and recovery and resilience to environmental, mass casualty and public health emergencies. We provide a supportive and flexible work environment filled with opportunity, support, balance, and laughter.

Reporting to the Director, Affordable Housing – Maritimes, the Affordable Housing Administrator provides a full suite of administrative, and operations support to the Affordable Housing division of United Way Maritimes. This individual plays a key role in managing day-to-day administration, including managing the calendars of the Director, Affordable Housing and the Affordable Housing Project Developer, managing supplier contracts, serving as the first point of contact for in-person, phone, and email inquiries, and supporting data integrity.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Work with suppliers and contractors to support various housing projects.
• Support different funding opportunities by conducting research, helping complete applications, and ensuring alignment with priorities.
• Provide proactive administrative support to various Affordable Housing division team members, including calendar management, minute taking, meeting scheduling, and more.
• Work with different advisory groups and committees to ensure strong stewardship of volunteers and organizational work.
• Serve as the primary “go to” person for any Affordable Housing division projects.

Our ideal candidate is a highly organized and communicative individual with a strong passion for and experience in service delivery. This individual is very adaptable, looks for new opportunities, and is comfortable working with minimal direction. They are interested in issues of housing, poverty, and social justice, and believe in the values and mission of United Way.

Additional Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of administrative assistant experience in a professional and fast-paced environment (experience supporting senior leaders is considered an asset).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and keen attention to detail.
• Confident communication and active listening skills.
• Strong Office 365 skills, including comfort with SharePoint and advanced knowledge of Excel and database programs.

United Way Maritimes is committed to a comprehensive compensation package including salary, pension contribution, health and dental benefits, generous vacation time, professional development and training, flexible work hours and location, and parking/transit pass. Salary range for this position starts at $49,300 per year. If you have questions about the role or compensation package, please contact Lucy Lanni at jobs@unitedwayhalifax.ca or 902-461-3064.   

If this sounds like you, let us know by sharing your resume and cover letter outlining why you could be the right fit for United Way Halifax and this role. Submit your application to jobs@unitedwayhalifax.ca by August 25th at 11:59pm (AST).   

United Way Maritimes deeply values equity and is committed to ensuring our staff community reflects the diversity of the wider community. We welcome applications from African Nova Scotian people, persons of African descent, Indigenous peoples, racialized people, women, persons with disabilities, persons of varied sexual and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. United Way Maritimes seeks to maintain its commitment to inclusion and equity and recognizes that increasing the diversity of our staff supports this objective. 

During the recruitment process, applicants have the right to request an accommodation. Applicants invited to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) and who require accommodation should discuss their needs in advance of the assessment.