Outreach Specialist

Company: PeopleShare Inc
Location: Vineland
Posted on: April 26, 2025

Job Description:

PeopleShare is looking for a Outreach Specialist in Vineland, NJ 08360 for a role with a non-profit that helps homeless Veterans find housing. This role requires 1-2 years of experience and a previous background as a Veteran or emergency responder such as Police, EMT, or Firefighter is a plus.

Title: Outreach Specialist

Location: Vineland, NJ 08360 (primary office)

Salary: Full-time Direct Hire: $55k/year

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30 PM, 30 minute lunch. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Travel Requirement: 30-60% - Southern NJ counties, vehicle provided

Overview:

This position is responsible for ensuring accessibility to the program for Veteran households, especially those experiencing literal or imminent homelessness. The Outreach Specialist coordinates outreach initiatives to find homeless Veterans and their families and to facilitate the program application process. This role works to develop community partnerships which provide veteran referrals and supportive services and establishes referral processes to support the access of benefits and resources.

Responsibilities:

• Operates under adherence to VA and agency policies and requirements.
• Assists with referrals, document collection, applications and participant screening.
• Performs habitability housing inspections, as needed.
• Maintains confidentiality of client and proprietary information.
• Develops referral relations with community partners, such as local nonprofits, and county housing authorities.
• Maintains records to include community asset maps, outreach trackers, mileage logs, and fuel receipts.
• Conducts outreach initiatives to locate homeless veterans and provides our presentations to community partners in order to promote public awareness to program goals.
• Ensures safety measures within office and field environment for clients, partners and staff.
• Primarily responsible for identifying and coordinating with Program Manager on Fleet maintenance issues.
• Organizes Outreach efforts to meet VA requirements, along the five lines of effort:
  • Outreach
  • Case Management
  • Access to VA Benefits
  • Access to other public benefits.
  • Financial Assistance to eligible households, as necessary
  • Develops and maintains relationships beneficial to program and agency in order to generate referrals to the program.
  • Attends all internal, external and community meetings and events relevant to the position and/or ensures staff attendance at all applicable meetings and events.
    
    Competencies:
    
    
  • Problem Solving/Analysis
  • Customer/Client Focus
  • Project Management
  • Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
  • Leadership
  • Technical Capacity
    Work Environment:
    
    This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
    
    Requirements: Job Type: Permanent Post Date: 04/21/2025

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