Bi-lingual Housing Counselor, Philadelphia Unemployment Project

Posted by on August 14, 2011

Bi-lingual Housing Counselor
Position Available

The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is hiring a Housing Counselor.  The position entails providing advocacy and assistance to unemployed and lower income persons facing problems with mortgage foreclosure, unemployment compensation and other programs to aid unemployed and low income people.

The Housing Counselor do mortgage delinquency and default counseling.  S/he will work with homeowners caught in predatory or sub prime mortgages to improve their long term chances of maintaining their homes.  S/he will work with homeowners through the Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program and other state and federal foreclosure prevention programs.  S/he will maintain files and track outcomes of his or her clients.

The bi-lingual housing counselor will assist in involving clients in efforts by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project to win reforms in programs of importance to the unemployed such as foreclosure prevention and other issues as they develop.

Qualifications:  Committed to economic justice. Good people skills. At least one year experience in social service delivery is required.  Experience in housing counseling or community organizing would be ideal but not necessary. Fluent in Spanish.  BA preferred but not required.

Excellent salary, commensurate with experience.  Excellent benefits, including fully paid health insurance, dental, eye glass plan, 403(b) pension, liberal holiday and vacation days.

Send resumes to Philadelphia Unemployment Project, 112 N. Broad St 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Fax 215-557-6981 or email to Erodriguez@philaup.org.