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The Partnership for the Homeless Seeks Housing Advocate

The Partnership for the Homeless has an immediate opening at our Family Resource Center (FRC) in East New York, Brooklyn, for a talented and creative Housing Advocate to join a multi-disciplinary team that works to assist children and their families, who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, break free from the cycles of need and move toward greater economic opportunity and independence.

Some of the responsibilities of the Housing Advocate will include:

  • Assisting homeless families secure decent, affordable housing, and those families at-risk maintain their housing or relocate to more suitable housing.
  • Providing direct advocacy assistance to individual clients and client groups, which may involve issues involving government benefits and other income supports; assistance in remediating housing conditions, and assistance at administrative hearings and in housing and other courts.
  • Collaborating with and acting as a resource for other FRC staff on housing issues.
  • Undertaking significant community-wide impact activity, working with community, client and other groups related to neighborhood and city-wide housing issues.
  • Providing community education to clients, client groups, and staff of community-based organizations regarding housing issues, along with the preparation of materials relating to the presentations.
  • Working with legal aid/legal services attorneys and members of the private pro bono bar, as necessary, on legal issues impacting our clients and client groups.

The qualifications of the Housing Advocate will include:

  • Demonstrated commitment to working with homeless and at-risk clients;
  • Experience in providing community-based services, with a strong expertise in housing;
  • An understanding of the City’s housing market, and the ability to develop strong business relationships in the private housing market (real estate owners, developers, and brokers) and the supportive housing community;
  • Excellent organizational, communication (written and oral), and leadership skills;
  • The ability to work collaboratively with other staff and community-based organizations;
  • A demonstrated commitment to social and economic justice;
  • A willingness to work non-traditional hours and days to meet project needs;
  • BA/BS or advanced degree preferred; and
  • Bilingual skills (strongly preferred but not required).

How to apply

For more information about the Partnership for the Homeless, please visit our website, www.partnershipforthehomeless.org. Competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to:

The Partnership for the Homeless
Human Resources Department
305 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY10001

or email – jobs@pfth.org

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