Housing Specialist

Long Beach, CA.

 

📍 Location: On-Site – Long Beach, CA.

📅 Schedule: Full-Time | Non-Exempt

💼 Department: Transitional Age Youth

📈 Reports to: Core Program Director 

💰 Pay Range: $18.00-$20.00

The hourly range for this position is $18.00 - $20.00 for employees hired in Southern California. The pay range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate for candidates hired within the Southern California region. Candidates hired in other California locations may have different starting rates based on cost of living and market data variations. Factors that may be used to determine your actual starting rate include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and internal comparisons to other employees in similar roles. 

📝️ Position Summary

The Housing Specialist plays a critical role in supporting Transition Age Youth (TAY) by securing and maintaining safe, stable housing placements within the community. This position coordinates housing logistics, landlord relationships, financial tracking, and compliance requirements to ensure participants have safe and well-maintained living environments as they work toward independence.

This is an ideal opportunity for a highly organized professional who enjoys relationship-building, housing coordination, and mission-driven work that directly impacts young adults.

 

✨ Make a Meaningful Impact

As a Housing Specialist for Aspiranet, you will have the opportunity to work from a place of deep meaning and impact.  You’ll be a part of a vibrant team with like-minded professionals who are the bridge between foster care and independence for some of our community’s most vulnerable young adults.  

Although your primary responsibility is to be a Leasing and Housing Specialist for up to thirty young adults, the work you’ll remember is showing young adults what it feels like to have their community rally around them.  And in return, you’ll understand what it means to change the direction of another person’s life. 

This flexible opportunity will allow you to do something you’re passionate about while gaining real-world experience working in social services.  This is the ideal position for someone looking for an enriching experience or to launch their career, a social services or property management professional who enjoys working with young adults, or someone working on their Bachelor’s degree in social work or a related field.

 

🔍Key Responsibilities

Your Skills and Duties

• Identify, secure, and maintain safe and appropriate housing options for program participants.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with landlords, property managers, and vendors.
• Coordinate all move-in and move-out processes, including lease education, furnishing, utilities setup, and inspections.
• Track unit vacancies and lease renewals to ensure timely occupancy.
• Support rent payments, housing-related financial tracking, stipends, and share-of-cost processes.
• Educate participants on apartment care and shared living expectations.
• Coordinate maintenance requests and unit readiness.
• Maintain accurate documentation in compliance with HIPAA, licensing, and agency standards.
• Stay current on tenant rights, ADA requirements, and relevant housing regulations.
• Participate in supervision, meetings, and trainings.

 

✅ Qualifications

Education & Work Experience

• Associate degree in Business Administration or related field OR (2) years of relevant professional office experience involving financial transactions, petty cash, fund disbursement, and data entry
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook and Excel required)
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Effective interpersonal and customer service skills

Licenses & Certifications

• Must meet Community Care Licensing employment requirements (fingerprint clearance, Child Abuse Index clearance, TB screening)
• Valid California Driver’s License with satisfactory driving record

 

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

This position typically operates in a standard office environment. The noise level is generally quiet and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels at all times.

 

❤️ Why Aspiranet?

• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits package, and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching.  
• Flexible paid time off including 11 paid holidays, 10 vacation days, 10 sick leave days, two diversity days, and paid birthday time off.
• Access to our employee assistance program including 24/7 crisis line; up to 6 counseling sessions per issue.  
• Access to the free Aspiranet Employee Perks Program. Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, wellness, pet care, gym memberships, theme parks, and more
• Training opportunities are available to support your ongoing development and career aspirations.  
• Collaborate in a supportive, inclusive, and mission-aligned culture. 
• Opportunity to lead meaningful initiatives that support employee wellbeing.

 

🏋️‍ Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

 

This position typically operates in a standard office environment. The noise level is generally quiet and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels at all times.

 

⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunity

Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. We believe a diverse workforce within a culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) increases creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork for the youth and families that we serve and the organization as a whole.  Aspiranet strives to provide our employees with a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.

 

📝️ How to Apply Join us in building brighter futures.

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