Employment Opportunity – MHO Repair/Rehab Specialist

Are you the next Repair/Rehab Specialist for Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO)?

Are you enthusiastic about improving the lives and health of the most vulnerable homeowners? Do you have the heart to improve housing conditions by eliminating threats to life, health, and safety?

Do you have a passion for serving low-income elderly, veterans, disabled, single-parent, and large family households in Asheville and Buncombe County? Do you value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and can you demonstrate this professionally and personally?

MHO serves more than 700 households each year and builds an average of more than 60 new homes annually. Now they seek a Repair/Rehab Specialist to join a dedicated team and help achieve their strategic vision.

MHO continues to expand and improve its services to meet the critical needs of Asheville and Buncombe County residents. MHO knows that more than 10,000 Buncombe County households struggle to afford a safe, attractive home in a good neighborhood and that although less than 10% of people of color live in the area, more than 45% of those individuals face house insecurity.

What will you do as MHO’s Repair/Rehab Specialist?

• The Repair/Rehab Specialist works directly with clients, contractors, and funders to improve housing conditions by eliminating threats to life, health, and safety. The program serves low-income elderly, veterans, disabled, single parents, and large family households in Asheville and Buncombe County.
• Conduct home visits to assess repair needs.
• Create a work write-up detailing necessary repairs ensuring that all required repairs are included in the scope of work.
• Compile-time/cost estimates and materials list before each job.
• Determine if the project requires specialty subcontractors and arrange if necessary.
• Coordinate and supervise contractors to ensure quality and timely repairs.
• Purchase materials if needed.
• Complete required documentation, maintain files in an orderly fashion, and report progress to the program manager regularly.
• Manage the agency’s contact with the homeowner, including any subcontractors, to be a positive experience.
• Move construction activities forward in an organized, cost-effective, and timely manner.
• Make appropriate design/construction decisions within available financial resources for each job, while working with the program manager.
• Ensure timely scheduling, appropriate purchasing, job safety, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including OSHA, Lead Paint, Asbestos and local building permit, zoning, and septic requirements.
• Ensure all needed reporting and billing is complete and submitted on time to funders.
• Complete all necessary documents as required by the funder.

Why MHO?

MHO is a nonprofit housing and community development organization serving principally Asheville, Buncombe County, and other areas of western North Carolina. Our mission is to build and improve homes, neighborhoods, communities, and lives, and to build hope and dignity in the people we serve. We believe that if you work in this community, you should be able to live in a safe, attractive affordable home in a good neighborhood, and when you retire or if you become disabled, this should still be true.

MHO produces over $10 million each year in affordable and workforce housing development, apartment leasing and management, home lending, housing preservation in the form of Emergency Home Repairs for low-income homeowners, and neighborhood revitalization. Since our founding in 1988, MHO has helped over 6,000 households and now serves over 1,600 people each year in our combined programs.

The foundation of MHO’s core values is diversity, equity, and inclusion. MHO’s commitment to this foundation is unwavering, across all of their work. These principles are central to their mission and to their impact. They know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex housing problems of a changing and increasingly diverse world. With that, with leadership and support from NeighborWorks of America, a network of housing and community development organizations, MHO is working to build on its positive record of diversity, equity, and inclusion by incorporating DEI principles and practices in all areas of MHO operations, programs, hiring and human resources, training, promotions, contracting, management, and governance. And we look forward to a new team member who can join us on this continued journey!

Want to know more?

Visit MHO’s website at www.mtnhousing.org.

• Key lived experiences, attributes, and skillsets sought in the Repair/Rehab Specialist
• Experience with residential construction, remodeling, and/or maintenance.
• Excellent references in previous construction/repair activities.
• Ability to communicate clearly and accurately in written and oral formats.
• Knowledge and experience in preparing and reading basic construction drawings.
• Ability to work with government regulations in construction, including required documentation.
• Ability to work respectfully with low-income, elderly, and handicapped homeowners.
• Ability to demonstrate compassionate service with diverse individuals from all walks of life, including, but not limited to, race, income, age, and ability.
• Ability to exercise good independent judgment, including assessment of repair needs, prioritizing jobs, and planning effective and cost-efficient repair methods
• Valid NC Driver’s License.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Think you are MHO’s Repair/Rehab Specialist?

To apply, click on the link to the Repair/Rehab Specialist position profile at ArmstrongMcGuire.com/jobs.

You will see instructions for uploading your compelling cover letter, resume, and salary requirements. Please provide all requested information to be considered.

In case of any technical problems, contact [email protected].

No applications will be accepted by email or directly from third-party posting sites. Review of candidates will continue until the position is filled.

Salary is commensurate with the requirements of the position and begins in the $50,000 range.

Benefits include health, dental, and life insurance, short-term disability, a flexible spending plan, 403(b) retirement plan, 11 paid holidays, and accrued vacation and sick time.