At Home in Highlands: Community Safety and Well-Being Grant Project.
Project Manager job posting
Closes: February 22, 2023.
Compensation: $35/hr, with ~6 hours a week.
At Home in Highlands (AHiH), a program of the Highlands Community League, is looking for a part-time contract Project Manager to manage a grant-funded community research project that seeks to verify and overcome barriers to welcome, inclusivity and hospitality in the Highlands neighbourhood.
Grant activities look at issues like, and include:
- the housing profile of Highlands
- housing affordability barriers and possible solutions
- landlord hesitancy and discrimination, and helpful supports
- not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) perception and education
- current availability of services and supports, and identification of gaps
- documentation of a model for achieving the AHiH vision
- alignment with City of Edmonton affordable housing strategy
The ideal candidate is/has:
- Skilled in project management
- Skilled in team management
- Experience and interest in community development
- Experience and interest in affordable housing, homelessness
- Experience in organizing and facilitating meetings
- Awareness of neighbourhood governance and governing bodies (e.g. community league, EFCL)
- Skilled in electronic administration and communication (email, document management, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, etc.)
- Able to work from home
- Able to accommodate flex in work hours (ebb and flow in work intensity)
- Ideally lives in Highlands
The anticipated hours are an average of 6 hours/week at $35/hour over a two year contract. Payment will be made by an invoicing schedule to be determined with the grant advisory group.
The position will start in March 2023.
Please submit a cover letter and resume to AHiH at [email protected] by February 22, 2023.
