Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre Job Board
Housing and Homelessness Program Coordinator
Description
Employment Opportunity: Housing and Homelessness Program Coordinator
Location: Halifax, NS
Salary Range: $65,000.00 - 75,000 (based on skills/experience)
Employment Term: April 2026 to March 31st, 2027 (possibility of renewal) Full time hours (35 hours/ week)
Reports To: Executive Director
Position Summary
Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is centrally located in the urban Indigenous community of Halifax and is looking for One (1) The Housing & Homelessness Program Coordinator. This role will provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for MNFC’s Indigenous Housing Program. Reporting to the Executive Director, this role ensures high-quality, culturally grounded housing supports for Indigenous individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
The position is responsible for three primary areas: team leadership, funding and financial management, and overall program oversight. The Manager ensures services are delivered with accountability, cultural integrity, and measurable impact.
Core Responsibilities
1. Team Leadership
· Lead, supervise, and support a multidisciplinary housing team.
· Provide ongoing coaching, performance management, and professional development.
· Offer consultation and guidance on complex client cases.
· Ensure staff have the resources and direction needed to effectively support clients.
· Foster a collaborative, trauma-informed, and culturally safe team environment.
2. Financial & Funding Management
· Oversee multiple funding agreements and ensure compliance with all funder requirements.
· Develop, manage, and forecast annual program budgets.
· Monitor monthly expenditures to ensure alignment with approved budgets.
· Reconcile program spending to ensure full and accurate use of funds by fiscal year-end.
· Prepare financial and outcome reports for funders.
· Identify funding gaps and write grant proposals to secure additional resources.
3. Program Management & Operations
· Provide overall operational oversight of the housing program.
· Ensure appropriate management and reconciliation of all client-related and staff expenditures.
· Develop and maintain program policies and procedures that prioritize dignity, confidentiality, and culturally safe practice.
· Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of client outcomes.
· Build and maintain relationships with landlords, housing providers, community partners, and government stakeholders.
Qualifications & Experience
· Post-secondary education in social services, community development, public administration, or a related field. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
· Minimum three years of experience in housing, homelessness, or community-based social services.
· Demonstrated experience leading and supervising staff.
· Experience managing program budgets and multiple funding streams.
· Strong understanding of Indigenous trauma-informed practice, Housing First, harm reduction, and systemic barriers to housing.
· Knowledge of tenancy legislation, income assistance, and related housing systems.
Additional Requirements
· Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
· Successful completion of Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Check.
Indigenous ancestry is an asset for this position, please self-identify
Application Deadline: March 31st, 2026
Submit Resume and cover letter to: https://mnfc.applytojobs.ca/
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel working within this job title.
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is an equal opportunity employer; and complies with all fair employment practices laws. We are committed to providing a workplace free form unlawful discrimination and harassment and prohibit the same against employees, applicants or other covered persons by co-workers, supervisors, managers, or third parties based on a person’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, veterans status, disability unrelated to job requirements, ethnicity, genetic information, military service, political affiliation, marital status and pregnancy or other protected status.
Qualified Indigenous applicants will be given priority in accordance with the Aboriginal Employment Preference Policy of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) reserves the right to refuse all applications for employment. The MNFC will not assume any expenses related to this or any job application process included and not limited to travel, relocation, and application development.
*Only those applicants who are screened in for an interview will be contacted
Compensation
$65,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year