Executive Director

Agency Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative

LOCATION Bakersfield, CA

FILING DEADLINE February 7, 2025

SALARY RANGE $135,000 – $175,000 Annually

The Ideal Candidate

The candidate should have experience collaborating with an Executive or Governing body to ensure that all CoC responsibilities are fulfilled within the purview of associated bylaws and governance charts. They will have experience in community engagement with various stakeholders of differing backgrounds and levels of education. They must be politically astute and comfortable with navigating within a landscape where homelessness is a key focus of community leaders, CoC members, and the public. The successful candidate will have the energy, motivation, and enthusiasm to drive the work and set clear expectations with data-driven goals and outcomes. The Executive Director must possess experience and excellent business acumen to ensure that work is completed efficiently and transparently. They must have a solid foundational knowledge of budgeting and finance. They must be able to manage a portfolio of projects at various levels and have experience in project management ranging from project genesis to contract execution. They will have a demonstrated background and experience in homeless policy including those set forth by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD. They will need a solid understanding and working experience in all phases of grants management, including research, application, award, reporting, and administration.

Ideally, the candidate will possess experience and a working knowledge of Bitfocus Clarity Human Services Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) or a similar homelessness database in order to work closely with the BKRHC Data Analyst on CoC data needs. This includes familiarity with HUD mandated reporting that include the Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA) report, System Performance Measures (SPM) report, Annual Performance Report (APR), Housing Inventory Chart (HIC), and Point-in-Time (PIT) Count. The ideal candidate will preferably have experience in data analytics, including data scrubbing, analysis, visualization, reporting, and knowledge of software applications including Tableau or Power BI.

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