Housing Division Operations & Grants Coordinator

Jobtailor; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced administrative professional to support the Housing Division in Salem, Oregon. You will contribute to housing production, affordability, and related measures by maintaining processes, data, and grant programs while ensuring compliance and equity commitments.

In this role you will help optimize operations, manage grants software, draft letters and contracts, and coordinate communications within the division and with local governments across Oregon.

Qualifications

• Three years of secretarial or administrative support experience including coordinating office procedures, preparing narrative and statistical reports, and administrative data collection and analysis.
• Associate degree in general office occupations and two years of qualifying secretarial or administrative support experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to learn and work within specific agency programs or operations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and harmonious working relationships.
• Ability to analyze, evaluate, and solve procedural problems.
• Ability to collect, analyze, interpret, and report data in narrative and statistical formats.
• Ability to assist management in developing short- and long-range goals and objectives.
• Lived or professional experience serving historically and currently underserved and under-resourced communities.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available
• Cover letter and resume required
• Professional-level attention to detail, spelling, grammar, and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Support, establish, and maintain procedures and controls for Housing Division initiatives advancing housing production, affordability, and choice
• Help implement systems, procedures, and practices that improve technical staff efficiency and sustainability
• Create tools and structures that continue supporting the division after the limited-duration position concludes
• Support administration of technical assistance and grant programs for local governments across Oregon
• Coordinate internal and external communications for the division
• Support processing of public records requests
• Participate in agency-wide equity efforts
• Partner with the Administrative Specialist to maintain daily operations, systems, processes, and workflows
• Manage and update Housing Division grants management software and coordinate project progress with the Housing Division Manager
• Connect policy development, programmatic workloads, and team structure to identify operational solutions
• Establish and maintain procedures and controls for technical assistance to local governments
• Draft routine letters and contracts
• Maintain files and databases in accordance with program protocol
• Monitor program activities for compliance with state laws, provider eligibility, client needs, and subcontractor, vendor, or client abuse or fraud

Skills

Administrative Support Experience

Data Collection And Analysis

Grants Management Software

Compliance Monitoring

Equity Efforts Participation

Education

Associate degree in general office occupations

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Grants Management Software

Database Management

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced administrative professional to support the Housing Division in Salem, Oregon. You will contribute to housing production, affordability, and related measures by maintaining processes, data, and grant programs while ensuring compliance and equity commitments.

In this role you will help optimize operations, manage grants software, draft letters and contracts, and coordinate communications within the division and with local governments across Oregon.