Homeowner Services Coordinator - Part Time - 2025-26

Habitat AmeriCorps
United States, North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mar 29, 2025
Homeowner Services Coordinator - Part Time For one year, you can get paid to build sustainable solutions in a community, gain valuable hands-on experience and prepare for your future. This part-time AmeriCorps service position offers a great opportunity to make a real impact in the lives of others while building your own knowledge and skillset. AmeriCorps National members serve the community in direct service and capacity building activities. What will you do? The Homeowner Services Coordinator builds and maintains the pipeline of homeowner families by leading efforts to recruit and educate qualified families for both homeownership and home repair opportunities. This role involves recruiting homeowner family applicants and serving as their point of contact as they go through the application process. Together with a family selection committee, you help select homeowner families for a variety of housing products including new home construction, repair or rehab of existing homes and weatherization projects. Coordinate existing programs to recruit homeowner applicants for traditional homeownership opportunities or for expanded housing products such rehab, repair or weather revitalization. Conduct applicant orientations and assist families throughout process of completing the housing application. Work with the family selection committee to select homeowner families based on established criteria and regulations. Work with the family services committee and staff to provide educational opportunities to homeowner families. On occasion, build alongside homeowner families as they complete their contract requirements. This position will focus on homeowner services aspects of Habitat affiliate operations. Where will you serve? Organization name: Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Nearest metropolitan area: Raleigh-Durham, NC Full-time staff: 33 Expected number of AmeriCorps members: 6 Number of homes to be built: 20 Activities and attractions: Beaches and the Atlantic coast are 2.5 hours to the east, and the Blue Ridge mountains are 3 hours to the west! Chapel Hill is a thriving college town with a plethora of amenities. In addition, Raleigh and Durham, NC are within a 20-30 minute drive from our office. Both areas offer an even wider variety of amenities and attractions including and extensive collection of historic sites, museums and parks. There is always something to do in the area! Unique projects: This roll will support two key projects in our Homeowner Services Department: 1. Unity in the Community: this is a yearly event that happens in one of our communities. The event is completely free for attendees. There are hot dogs, hamburgers and ice cream, and a wide variety of activities like bounce houses and games. There are also a wide variety of organizations that table this event to help connect residents with a wide variety of resources. The AmeriCorps member will plan this event with the community leaders and, of course, participate in the event itself (of course). 2. Homeownership HUB: There are many things that homeowners need to know about as they transition through each stage of homeownership. We are always working to expand our HUB of online resources that will help our homeowners navigate every phase of homeownership. Through this HUB, we are hoping to answer all sorts of questions like "how do I sell my home?" and "what happens when I pay off my home loan". We have software that allows us to design videos for the HUB, and we frequently use Canva to design helpful infographics. We would love to see our AmeriCorps Homeowner Services Coordinator take the lead on our Homeownership HUB - this means that there is a lot of room for the member serving in this roll to create something that matches their personal vision and goals. When will you serve? Start dates are flexible and based on this location's availability. Talk to the hiring manager for this position about start dates during your interview process. The start date will be 4-6 weeks from receiving an offer and no earlier than August 2025. Benefits of AmeriCorps service Living allowance of $10,800 for approximately 10 months of service. Segal Education Award of $3,697.50, upon successful completion of service (lifetime maximum of two full education awards). Forbearance for most federally-guaranteed student loans. Health care benefits and enrollment in Employee Assistance Plan. Personal and professional development opportunities. Worker's compensation insurance. Supplemental Benefits Housing stipend paid directly to your landlord ($400 per month) Minimum Requirements Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, national or lawful permanent resident at least 18 or older and have a high school diploma or GED. What are we looking for? Our ideal candidates: Are passionate about serving the community through direct service. Demonstrate respect for diversity of opinion, experience, and background. Desire to gain hands-on experience in the affordable housing and nonprofit sector. Have experience working on a team. Possess stellar interpersonal communication skills. Are motivated and committed to serve part time and in person.