Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.  

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities. 

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JOB SUMMARY

This position coordinates, plans, and assists the day-to-day administration of the Coordinated Entry program on behalf of Salt Lake County’s local homeless coordinating committee and Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness (SLVCEH). The position works closely with the program manager to review, resource, and implement system wide Coordinated Entry standards and activities, which aim to effectively connect people with interventions that will rapidly end their homelessness. Responsible for coordination of program upkeep and data management tasks and works with internal and external partners to ensure a continuity of service around coordinated entry.  

Provides complex data support by collecting, organizing, and analyzing data from various sources. Processes and monitors the quality and consistency of data. Provides information by designing methods to collect and retrieve data. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in Social Work, Psychology, Human Services, Business Administration, Public Administration, or other closely related field; OR, an equivalent combination of related education and experience.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates the implementation and administration of the CES which includes data management and general operation of the program and its related activities, including the Community Triage Group.
• Guides the collection of client data submitted from community partners and maintains by-name list generated from the Homeless Management Information System.
• Develops and conducts operational training for customers.
• Creates and implements tools such as statistical reports, graphs, images, and lists to simplify complex data.
• Prepares publications, training materials, business presentations, publications, marketing collaterals, and other educational materials.
• Performs quality control on data to ensure data integrity. Uses quality control to identify opportunities for trainings.
• Analyzes information using various statistical methods.
• Collects data by identifying sources of information used to design survey and collection methods. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of:

• Database entry and maintenance
• Community resources and their related services
• Homelessness, housing, and other social systems
• Administering and coordinating homeless service programs
• Principles and practices of providing social services to culturally diverse populations
• Homeless Management Information System
• Knowledge of trauma informed practices Data visualization techniques
• Survey terminology
• Training and development practices
• Computer system application
• Mathematical formulas to derive meaningful insights
• Statistical analysis 

Skills and Abilities to:

• Process data with attention to detail
• Provide excellent customer service
• Present trainings in group settings
• Lead and effectively communicate with diverse groups
• Deal with complex issues and situations
• Follow written procedures and oral instructions
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Analyze and process information logically
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSITION

This is a time-limited position without tenure and is exempt from the career service system.

This is not a remote position, we work in a hybrid environment giving you flexibility to manage working from home and being in the office.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Repetitive work while sitting for long periods of time in front of a computer.

Lifting, sitting and bending.