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Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Workplace Environment: Unionised, CUPE 1281
Workplace Location: 180 Bloor Street West with occasional location work at the St. George, Scarborough and Mississauga campuses of the University of Toronto

About CUPE 3902

CUPE 3902 is the trade union representing more than 8,000 part-time, contract academic workers at the University of Toronto (teaching assistants, sessional lecturers and post-doctoral fellows). We are looking for someone willing to commit to a democratic union culture while working with a diverse membership under the direction of, and in close collaboration with, an annually elected executive committee.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience interpreting collecting agreements and handling, processing and filing of grievances
• Experience interpreting and enforcing standards of relevant labour legislation
• Negotiation Skills
• Research skills in labour law, university governance and bargaining
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (media relations, web and graphic design)
• Understanding of organizational procedure
• Experience with union training and education
• Familiarity with University issues
• Demonstrable interpersonal skills and the ability to work both collectively and independently
• Post-secondary education

Duties

• Filing and processing of grievances; assisting with arbitration process; assisting/training stewards in grievance filing and processing
• Act as co-chief negotiator during collective bargaining; assist in tasks associated with negotiations
• Membership Service: advise members with resolving work-related problems
• Act as resource and advisor to local executive and assist in carrying out of its duties
• Assist with the production of Local publications
• Assist in planning and implementation of union campaigns and mobilization
• Act as liaison between other campus groups and labour organizations

CUPE 3902 is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals without discrimination.

CUPE 3902 is a unionised employer with a competitive wage and benefit package. This position is salaried and pays $72,386.32/annum, with a contracted raise upon completion of the six-month probationary period.

To apply, submit a cover letter and resume as a single PDF file, titled in the following format: “Surname_GivenName_staffrep application” by 5:00pm, 2 August 2016 to hiring@cupe3902.org

Applications that do not follow this format will not be considered. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The Center seeks to hire up to two Program Associates to join a dedicated team that is launching an exciting new program formed in partnership between the Center and the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery that will help working and middleclass homeowners residing in New York City’s coastal neighborhoods. This new program will deliver engineering services and counseling that will help homeowners meet their resiliency challenges, combat displacement, and lower their housing costs. The Program Associate is a full time, exempt position reporting to the Deputy Director for Homeowner Services.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

● Project management support, including working with RTAPP subcontractors and vendors to ensure completion of program services and deliverables and compliance with funder mandated procedures

● Coordinating the delivery of services and program interventions for lowandmoderate income residents in communities vulnerable to displacement and flood risk;

● Contributing to and reviewing reports to funders; alerting staff to reporting timelines and supporting the timely and accurate preparation of reports;

● Through analysis of program metrics, reports, and field work, provide feedback up to stakeholders and identify training needs and process improvements that benefit low income and moderateincome communities;

● Maintaining and overseeing the collection of program data; Providing case level and day to day programmatic support required for the successful administration of the RTAPP program;

● Preparing reports, presentations, and memoranda for partners and stakeholders;

● Contributing to a collaborative team environment necessary to further large scale resiliency efforts;

● Other duties reasonably related to job responsibilities.

Skills & Qualifications

● Bachelor’s degree required; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

● Excellent communication skills, patience, and friendliness;

● Experience working in public private-partnerships, housing counseling, legal services, disaster recovery, or constituent services is a plus;

● Must work well with the public and fellow staff members;

● Meets rigorous deadlines and handles challenging tasks with efficiency and attention to detail;

● Passionate about promoting affordable homeownership and Superstorm Sandy recovery;

● Able to coordinate, organize, prioritize and execute multiple responsibilities in a fast paced setting;

● Excellent oral and written communications skills;

● Proven ability to carry out demanding workload with consistency, efficiency, timeliness, attention to detail, and 100% follow through;

● Collaborative work style and ability to thrive in team settings;

● Passionate about promoting affordable homeownership, Superstorm Sandy recovery and resiliency, and an equitable New York;

● Fluency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); knowledge of Salesforce or other CRM is desirable;

● Computer data entry skills required;

Enterprise Community Partners is seeking a Fellow to support the development of a comprehensive program related to the preservation of public housing in New York. 

About Enterprise

Enterprise’s mission is to create opportunity for low- and moderate-income people through affordable housing in diverse, thriving communities. We are also committed to addressing the impacts of long-standing racial segregation and sustained disinvestment in neighborhoods. Enterprise provides programs and expertise, advocates for effective policies, and raises and leverages financial resources to help communities create and preserve safe, healthy affordable housing. Over more than 30 years, Enterprise has invested $16 billion to create or preserve nearly 320,000 affordable homes nationwide, including nearly 50,000 in New York, and touched millions of lives. Enterprise employees create opportunities for low-income families to open doors to hope and opportunity. Enterprise incubates new programs to solve persistent issues related to affordable housing and community development, scales them up through capital, and transforms systems through policy change.

Enterprise recognizes diversity as a driving force that allows us to further our goal of building stronger communities, ending housing insecurity, and lifting individuals out of poverty. We believe an inclusive environment broadens our perspective, enabling us to better support the communities we serve, and makes for a richer, more dynamic place to work every day.

The preservation of public housing communities is one of Enterprise’s key strategies to address the preservation of affordable housing and to better connect residents to opportunity across all neighborhoods. Public housing provides affordable homes to our region’s most vulnerable residents, including extremely low-income families and seniors. Enterprise has identified three core pillars of this program:

1. Support stakeholder and resident engagement so that public housing preservation strategies are shaped by stakeholder and resident input and residents are empowered and educated through the process of preservation.
2. Enhance service connections to better expand access to neighborhood services.
3. Integrate green, healthy and resilient design practices into preservation projects and develop participatory design strategies.

Our accomplishments related to public housing preservation in New York include:

• With the support of the Atlantic Philanthropies, Enterprise partnered with six public housing authorities, including the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), to strengthen peer networks of older adults living in public housing. This work helped increase the confidence and empowerment of low-income older adults, improved housing authorities’ understanding of resident needs, and directly improved the delivery of health and social services to low-income senior residents. Following conversations with NYCHA residents, Enterprise delivered a best-practices memo to NYCHA leadership in 2013 on how to help NYCHA’s seniors find alternative housing solutions that let them age safely and independently in place, while freeing up larger units to help the thousands of families on NYCHA’s waiting list.

• With support from ConEdison, Enterprise developed an energy and water retrofit strategy for 66 NYCHA developments (31,000 apartments). The project envisions a three-year, $140 million program that would generate up to $14 million in annual utility savings while reducing the peak electrical load by 12 MW.

• The Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship partners early-career architectural designers with local community development organizations, where they facilitate an inclusive development approach to create green, sustainable, and affordable communities. The 2016-2018 cohort includes a Rose Fellow at NYCHA, who is focused on supporting the Authority’s design excellence goal, including developing a peer design review and developing design guidelines.

• In winter 2016, Enterprise and other partners convened a diverse set of stakeholders, including NYCHA, community-based and advocacy organizations, and NYCHA residents to develop a set of guiding principles to ensure the preservation of resident rights as NYCHA leverages new financing programs to preserve 15,000 units of public housing. This group of stakeholders is also developing tools and strategies to engage and educate residents in the preservation process.

• Enterprise is a partner with the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery on their Public Housing Resiliency Pilot, funded by the National Disaster Resiliency Competition. Through this program, Enterprise is working with four public housing agencies in New York State to incorporate resilience and disaster preparedness into their properties and operations.

Job Responsibilities

The Fellow will build on the work above to support the implementation of a robust programmatic approach to preserving public housing that counteracts systemic disinvestment in our region’s public housing, and leverages programs, capital solutions, and policies that promote healthy, green, and resilient public housing communities better connected to their neighborhoods. As part of this work, the Fellow will also help facilitate collaboration across departments in Enterprise’s New York Office.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Lead the implementation of projects related to the preservation of public housing properties and improvement of design and energy efficiency of public housing portfolios
• Create and pilot tools that support the three goals of empowering residents, enhancing connections to services and neighborhood amenities, and integrating green, healthy and resilient design practices.
• Manage events and stakeholder convenings
• Support internal strategy and coordination across programs
• Work with Program Director to strategize on the evolution of the program
• Work with our communications team to create case studies and other materials that highlight our work to date

Because of the developing nature of this program, the Fellow will need to be nimble, creative, thoughtful and persistent in identifying, assessing, and developing new opportunities to add value to the field. The Fellow will consult closely with Enterprise NY Office leadership on this work, and will receive ample support and feedback.  At the same time, the Fellow will have a unique opportunity to have a significant impact on the direction of the work.

This position is for one year and includes full benefits

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in relevant area (public administration, urban planning, social sciences, development, etc.) or undergraduate degree and at least 2 years of related work experience
• Self-directed and motivated, and persistent at collecting and synthesizing information from various sources
• Strong project management skills
• Enthusiasm, flexibility, and creativity
• Experience working in collaborative teams and a diverse set of stakeholders
• Strong research skills, including ability to independently direct research and collect information from sources both publicly and non-publicly available
• Strong written/oral communication and organizational skills
• Familiarity with the affordable housing and/or public housing sectors a plus
• Experience with resident engagement and education a plus

This position is located in NYC and reports to Michelle Mulcahy, Program Director and Chief of Staff.

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