Landlord Specialist

The Landlord Specialist will support the Permanent Supportive Housing Program team in managing relationships with landlords working with the PSHP program.  This position leads the efforts to outreach, recruit, collaborate, and educate landlords, property managers to work with PSHP. This position supports staff with landlord engagement training, provides mediation support, and actively collaborates with staff, supervisors and landlords to ensure that PSHP participants have access to affordable housing options and maintain that housing once it has been secured. 

This is a full-time (40 hours/week) position with a Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm schedule

A BSW, BA, or equivalent experience in a helping profession. Must be comfortable with communicating and selling the benefits of our program. Additional preferences include knowledge of issues related to homelessness and housing; a positive regard for consumers accessing services for homelessness and poverty; knowledge of community resources, solid communication and organizational skills; ability to work well independently and as part of a team. This position also requires local and statewide travel on a regular basis. Experience working in fields of real estate, property management, recruiting, marketing, communications, social services, or other related fields.

Compensation and Benefits

This full-time position offers an hourly rate of $23.82 as well as generous paid time off, insurance, and retirement plan benefits include:

• 4 weeks (160 hours, accrued) vacation time, 12 days (96 hours, accrued) sick time, 32 hours personal time, 12 Paid Holidays
• Health insurance w/ 100% employer-paid option; Dental insurance w/ 100% employer-paid option; Vision insurance; Employer-paid Life, STD, and LTD insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan w/ employer match

To Apply: We encourage applicants to apply via Preble Street’s website employment page. Applications (resume and cover letter, preferred) may also be emailed to [email protected] or mailed via USPS mail to Preble Street Human Resources, 55 Portland Street, Portland, ME 04101.

If you need assistance or accommodation in the application process, please contact us at [email protected].

Please note that automatically generated confirmations of receipt will be sent in response to applications sent via email. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be otherwise contacted.

Preble Street, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency, has been working since 1975 to provide best practice social services that meet urgent needs and end hunger and homelessness for individuals and families in Maine living in poverty.

Preble Street is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to equity and inclusion in our workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and consider applications for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.   

Preble Street recognizes that Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, LGBTQ2IA+ people and women are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t believe they meet every qualification described in a job posting.