What are the responsibilities and job description for the HOUSING COUNSELOR position at Express Employment?
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Located in Roseburg, OR
Salary : DOE
Position Summary
Clients Housing Counseling Programs empower low- to moderate-income families to achieve safe, stable, and affordable housing through comprehensive, client-centered counseling. The Housing Counselor plays a critical role in providing pre-purchase, post-purchase, and rental counseling services to help clients navigate the complexities of housing decisions, overcome obstacles, and build long-term stability. Experience in mortgage lending or real estate is a plus. This position reports directly to the Director of Wealth Building.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Client-Focused Housing Counseling
- Pre-Purchase Counseling :
- Evaluate client readiness for homeownership through comprehensive financial and credit assessments.
- Guide clients in understanding the homebuying process, budgeting, and available down payment assistance programs.
- Post-Purchase Counseling :
- Assist clients with managing homeownership responsibilities, including maintenance planning, budgeting for unexpected expenses, and strategies to prevent foreclosure.
- Provide ongoing support and resource referrals to ensure long-term housing stability.
- Rental Counseling :
- Advise clients on securing, maintaining, and transitioning from rental housing, including understanding tenant rights and responsibilities.
- Develop personalized action plans for clients facing housing challenges or seeking to improve their rental situation.
- Conduct thorough assessments of clients' housing needs and develop tailored action plans.
- Educate clients on local housing resources, financial management, and legal rights related to housing.
- Build lasting relationships with clients by providing clear, accessible, and empathetic counseling.
Outreach and Community Engagement
Workshop Support and Facilitation
Data Management and Program Evaluation
Professional Development and Travel
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
Specific requirements include :
Preferred Qualifications :
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include those required for reading, writing, and typing. This position will be working primarily indoors and some of the time in an outdoor environment for events or cleaning up. From this movement, the employee will encounter varying temperatures. The noise level is low in the office environment.
Jennifer
Express Office : Roseburg
741 Northeast Garden Valley Boulevard
Roseburg, OR 97470
