About This Job:
Our mission is to provide affordable housing, quality of life opportunities, and build safe communities, one family at a time. The social service analyst serves as the family self-sufficiency (fss) coordinator, helping families participating in housing assistance programs work toward financial stability and economic independence. The position is responsible for recruiting and enrolling participants, developing individualized goals, providing case management, connecting families with community resources, and monitoring progress toward self-sufficiency. Successful candidates must have strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and case management skills. The ability to build relationships, motivate participants, maintain accurate records, manage multiple priorities, and work independently is essential. Candidates should also demonstrate compassion, professionalism, accountability, and the ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of families by helping them overcome barriers, increase their income, pursue educational and employment opportunities, and achieve long-term financial independence. It is a rewarding role for someone who enjoys working with people, building community partnerships, and seeing measurable results from their efforts.
Key competencies for success:
Communicating effectively: Conveys information clearly, listens actively, and explains concepts in ways that promote understanding and engagement.
Managing stakeholders: Identifies and engages key partners, maintains productive relationships, resolves issues, and adjusts based on feedback.
Thinking critically: Analyzes information objectively, identifies patterns, evaluates evidence, and forms well-supported conclusions.
Acting with ethics and integrity: Maintains confidentiality, demonstrates honesty, and upholds ethical principles in all interactions.
Adapting to change: Responds flexibly to evolving circumstances, adjusts priorities, and remains effective during change.
Demonstrating emotional intelligence: Recognizes and understands emotions in oneself and others, using this insight to strengthen relationships and resolve conflict.
Driving results: Sets clear goals, remains focused, follows through on commitments, and uses feedback to improve performance.
Minimum Qualifications:
Three years of experience in social services; OR six years of full-time experience in any field; OR a bachelor's degree. Experience substitution: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
Job Specification:
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the state civil service, can be found here. Job Duties and Other Information
Job duties:- Supervise the daily operations of assigned affordable housing communities to ensure efficient, effective, and compliant property management.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and performance oversight for assigned housing staff, ensuring accountability and adherence to agency policies and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with HUD regulations, LIHTC requirements, housing authority policies, fair housing laws, and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Coordinate with maintenance staff to ensure work orders, preventive maintenance, inspections, and unit make-ready are completed timely manner and meet quality standards.
- Collaborate with housing choice voucher staff, resident services, contractors, vendors, and community partners to support resident success and efficient operations.
- Support agency initiatives, special projects, audits, and inspections by maintaining organized records and ensuring audit readiness.
- Position-specific details:
- Appointment type: Job appointment: This job is listed as an appointment that could last up to four years.
- Career progression: This position does not participate in a career progression group.
Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.
Benefits:
Louisiana state government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
- Insurance coverage: More information can be found at Parental leave: Up to six weeks paid parental leave. More information can be found at Holidays and leave: State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New year's day
- Martin luther king, jr. day, mardi gras, good friday, memorial day, independence day, labor day, veteran's day, thanksgiving day and christmas day.
- Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the governor. State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement:
State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):Louisiana state employees retirement system (www.lasersonline.org). Lasers has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system Teacher's retirement system of Louisiana (www.trsl.org)Louisiana school employees retirement system (www.lsers.net), among others
