Homelessness Technical Assistance/Associate (Remote Flexibility)

The World at Abt

Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt Associates. Creating a more equitable world is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges.

We are a team of 3,000+ people in over 50 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment, energy, and innovation do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game.

To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and collaboration. Our open culture allows you to balance your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around the world, and we’ll do the same for you.

Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.

The Opportunity

As a Homelessness Technical Assistant, you will be responsible for working with communities and agencies to assess needs and develop and implement capacity building strategies to improve housing efforts related to reducing homelessness. You will assist communities to analyze data to identify disparities, make data informed decisions to advance equitable outcomes, and adopt policies and processes to support a more equitable homeless response system.

Core Responsibilities

1. Leading youth homelessness TA. Including work with Continuum of Cares (CoCs), community partners, and youth action boards (YABs).

• Advancing equity by assisting communities to analyze data to identify disparities, make data informed decisions to advance equitable outcomes, and adopt policies and processes to support a more equitable system.
• Working cooperatively with communities and agencies to assess needs, develop and implement capacity building strategies to improve their housing development efforts especially related to reducing homelessness.
• Data collection design and analysis, including disaggregation by race, ethnicity, gender, and other characteristics.
• System modeling and coordinated investment planning.
• Continuous quality improvement design and implementation.
• Coordinated entry policy, design, and implementation.

2. Strengthening the TA team’s capacity to implement equitable practices in the design and delivery of TA, with a particular emphasis on racial equity given the intersections with homelessness and housing instability.

3. Direct TA engagements within specific communities; designed to help CoCs, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) recipients, other homeless service providers, local partners, and public officials improve their local crisis and housing responses to homelessness, address disparities, and achieve reductions in homelessness.

4. Developing and delivering training curriculums to expand the knowledge and skills of state and local grantees.

5. Designing tools within specific engagements to support local efforts addressing challenges to improving housing assistance and production programs.

6. If you are interested in the work described in this posting, we strongly encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet all the listed qualifications. We value experience in the field of homelessness and recognize that there are a variety of ways that relevant experience can be gained. Candidates should include experience gained through internships, volunteer work, lived experience of homelessness or housing instability, and community involvement beyond paid positions related to homelessness and housing instability.

What We Value

• Strong knowledge of the CoC Program, and practical knowledge of the ESG Program and fair housing. Candidates should have practical knowledge of program regulations and compliant implementation.
• Experience centering the experience of partners with multiple perspectives, including communities most impacted by discrimination and racism (e.g., Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other intersectional identities and experiences) and those with lived experience of homelessness in the full cycle of planning, decision-making, and implementation processes.
• Experience with child welfare systems.
• System modeling and coordinated investment planning.
• Experience facilitating a process to identify and analyze local housing and community development needs and develop strategic approaches to the use of HUD-funded resources to address those needs.
• Bachelor’s Degree + 9 years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + 7 years of relevant experience, or PhD + 4 years of relevant experience.
• Bilingual candidates are highly preferred.

What We Offer

We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.

Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.

This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $91,408.75 to $146,254.01 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.

Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $91,408.75 - $146,254.01 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: Remote