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The Role
The Vice President of Community Services leads programs for homeless and at-risk individuals, ensuring integrated services while managing multi-disciplinary teams. Responsibilities include strategic planning, budget oversight, and improving community outcomes with a focus on equity and social justice.
Summary Generated by Built In
This position will be posted for a minimum of 5 days
The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.
Our Philosophy of Service: We believe all people have the right to adequate housing and health care. We work to remove the barriers that restrict access to these rights. Society benefits when adequate housing and health care are available to everyone. We create lasting solutions to homelessness by:
· Honoring the inherent dignity of those we serve, affirming their capabilities and fostering their hope that a better life is possible.
· Building strong, caring and trauma-informed communities through the integration of housing, health care and supportive services.
· Advocating for social and racial equity, inclusion and diversity, and challenging the status quo in partnership with our workforce members and those we serve.
· Achieving excellence through continuous quality assurance, innovation and professional development.
· Using resources judiciously and effectively.
The Vice President of Community Services is responsible for furthering our mission by providing executive leadership, vision and guidance of multi-disciplinary teams providing a variety of comprehensive services to homeless and at-risk families and individuals throughout CCH. This role is a culture steward who sets the tone for how we show up for each other and for the people we serve by modeling curiosity, accountability, equity, and a deep respect for lived experience. The position will ensure that all CCH community service programs provide consistent, quality and integrated services, and will guide the development and expansion of existing community services throughout CCH. The VP also plays a central role in building a healthy, high-performing environment: clarifying priorities, strengthening cross-team trust, and reinforcing practices that support client outcomes. The position will also ensure integration with and access to health care, supportive housing, and other services provided by CCH.
Additional Requirement
- Valid driver’s license required. This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business and/or role.
Coalition Benefits
- Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
- Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
- Vision insurance.
- Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
- Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
- Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
- Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.
The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.
Essential Job Functions
- Works collaboratively with the Integrated Health and Supportive Housing Executive Team to lead, develop, manage, and supervise community services across all areas under their direction in accordance with applicable policies and procedures established by the Board of Directors, program funders, and management staff.
- Hires, trains, and supervises the Director of Ft. Lyon, Director of Transitional Housing, Director of Department of Outreach and Engagement, Associate Director of Employment Services, and the Manager of Rural Initiatives.
- Serves as an active member of the Integrated Health and Supportive Housing Executive Team and Organizational Executive Team to promote and ensure integration with and access to health care, supportive housing, and community services provided by CCH.
- Participates in strategic planning and development of trauma-informed community, recovery, and outreach services across CCH, to include identification of unmet needs, creation and implementation of streamlined client intake processes, and integration of all community services into programs across CCH.
- Participates in statewide initiatives that seek to expand housing and homeless services in rural communities across the state.
- Works closely with the Chief Financial Officer and Program Directors in budget development.
- Works closely with Program Directors and Grants Analysts to monitor and adjust grant budgets as needed to maximize program impact, effectively spend down available funding, and avoid budget deficits.
- Oversees supervision provided by Program Directors, fostering a mission-driven culture, providing staff development assistance, and working with Human Resources to swiftly resolve employee relations challenges. Reviews and approves decision-making within programs.
- Performs other job duties as assigned.
Qualifications Summary
- Clinical education or Master’s degree welcomed.
- 3+ years’ experience/expertise in evaluating, developing and sustaining housing, health care or support services programs, integrated approach preferred.
- Experience working in organizations serving marginalized communities, social justice, healthcare, or human services preferred.
- Demonstrated skills in negotiating and mediating, particularly in sensitive situations.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment with respective stakeholders including finalizing applications to meet submission deadlines.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, social services or other related field required.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience managing multi-million dollar organizational or program budgets.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience supervising a multi-disciplinary management team to drive organizational goals.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience managing multiple housing and/or human services programs simultaneously.
- Extensive experience leading and developing management teams
- Demonstrated experience hiring and developing staff, coaching, evaluating performance, setting goals, and measuring success.
- Valid Colorado driver's license is required.
Education and Requirements
Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We offer a full suite of benefits for our eligible employees and their dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
- Health Insurance - HMO or PPO
- Dental plans, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, supplemental life insurance
- Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 403(b) retirement savings matching,
- Extensive paid time-off, including holidays, sick leave, and vacation
The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business, social services or related field
- 3+ years' experience managing organizational or program budgets
- 3+ years' experience supervising a management team
- 3+ years' experience managing housing or human services programs
- Valid Colorado driver's license
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The Company
What We Do
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the causes and consequences of homelessness in Colorado. They provide a comprehensive approach that includes housing, integrated healthcare, substance use treatment, employment services, and childcare. Their mission is to improve the health, well-being, and stability of individuals and families experiencing homelessness through compassionate, patient-centered care and advocacy for justice and long-term housing stability.
