LEAD TENANT RIGHTS COUNSELOR

Position: Lead Tenant Rights Counselor

Reports to: MSROC Program Manager

Compensation: $52,000-56,160 Full-Time, commensurate with experience. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, acupuncture, mental health Teladoc, Long term disabilities, and Life insurance; generous vacation, sick leave, winter recess, and holidays; Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account, commuter benefits, and 401(K).

.To Apply: Visit https://dscs.isolvedhire.com/jobs/ to apply. Resumes submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.

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About the Organization:

Founded in 1982, Dolores Street Community Services (DSCS) is a multi-issue, multi-strategy nonprofit organization, with almost 150 employees and an annual budget of $14.5 million, based in San Francisco's Mission District. Our mission is to nurture individual wellness and cultivate collective power among low-income and immigrant communities to create a more just society. We provide direct services to meet immediate needs, as well as affect broader change by engaging in advocacy and community organizing, working on a wide range of issues-from homelessness, to housing, to immigration, to employment. We believe deeply that these issues

are interconnected, and that they must be addressed in solidarity to create a more just society. To learn more about our organization's model and impact, we encourage you to watch the

following video.

Position Objective:

The Mission SRO Collaborative (MSROC), a partnership with Lyon Martin Health Services/ Women's Community Clinic, the Mission Neighborhood Resource Center, and the San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition (SFADC), organizes with SRO (Single Room Occupancy) hotel tenants throughout the Mission to protect SRO housing stock, improve living conditions, and fight for housing justice.

DSCS seeks a Full-Time Tenant Rights Counselor to provide counseling to low-income tenants across the city with issues involving their tenant rights and housing justice. This counselor will carry a caseload of tenants, prepare formal documents to assist tenants in on-going conversations with property owners/landlords, perform informative workshops, conduct outreach on an as-needed basis, and other duties, as assigned. This position will work as part of the MSROC team and represent the agency in some citywide collaboratives and coalitions.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and perform intake on and provide housing counseling to low-income tenants (including monolingual. Spanish-speaking) by assessing housing problems, answering questions, and providing relevant

• Monitor and keep track of program deliverables.
• Provide warm referrals to other programs for financial assistance, counseling, or other supportive services based on the tenants'/clients' individual
• Advocate for families and individuals by coordinating with outside agencies in regard to code enforcement and general eviction prevention support in an effort to help tenants housing stability.
• Coordinate and facilitate educational Know-Your-Rights workshops, leadership development programs, and peer-to-peer outreach and preventive
• Participate in advocacy and organizing campaigns related to housing justice, including organizing tenants to choose winnable goals, and strategize to win concrete
• Represent MSROC in housing rights coalitions and coordinate collaborative work with other participating organizations and other coalitions that work in related
• Ensure information regarding a client's housing situation is updated in the database in a timely manner, and all supporting documents are filed in accordance with DSCS policies and procedures.
• Plan and ensure tenant participation at weekly and monthly meetings, legal clinics, community events, mobilizations, or other activities by conducting outreach and timely follow-up.
• Conduct tenant outreach and provide educational materials to individuals and families on an as-needed
• Work with other DSCS staff to coordinate MSROC tenant input and support on other community-related issues such as land use, civic engagement, immigrant rights, and economic
• Generate reports according to the program funding requirement.
• Attend weekly/monthly meetings with supervisors to report on outreach, problem-solve, and plan upcoming

Other Organizational Duties:

• Conduct business in accordance with the DSCS Employee Handbook, exercising sound judgment and serving the best interests of the agency and the
• Work within the framework of the agency's mission, vision, values, theory of change, and organization's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, restorative justice, trauma- informed work, and language
• Commit yourself to treating each community member with respect and
• Perform other duties as

Desired Skills:

• Background in and passion for working with low-income and immigrant communities around issues of affordable housing, land use, and/or immigrant & worker rights; familiarity with these issues in the Mission District and San Francisco, highly desired. Ability to inspire others with respect to the agency's mission, vision, & values, commitment to equity and social justice, and intersectional work,
• Commitment to a larger vision for immigrant, housing, and economic
• Ability to develop a thorough understanding of housing and tenant rights and
• Ability to interact with a wide range of clients with cultural humility, kindness, and
• Ability to assume responsibility quickly and work independently and as part of a
• Ability to use good judgment, multitask and meet

• Ability to read, understand, and apply language from manuals, policies, technical procedures, and
• Ideal candidates will have experience working and building trust with low-income immigrant families/individuals, including at least two years' experience as an organizer, tenant rights advocate, and/or
• Ability to speak, read, and write in Spanish is
• Willingness to work some evenings and weekends to design a flexible schedule

Dolores Street Community Services is an equal-opportunity employer which values lived experience and seeks applicants of the greatest diversity possible. We encourage people of color, women, older people, members of the LGBTQ community, and individuals with disabilities, including HIV and community members who grew up in the Mission District. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.