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Field Operations Coordinator

Rebuilding Together New Orleans

Posted 06/07/21

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923 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130

Inactive
Full-Time
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Nonprofit / Museums
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Job Description

About Us

Rebuilding Together New Orleans is a community revitalization nonprofit focused on rebuilding the homes and lives of New Orleans homeowners. RTNO has quickly grown into one of the largest home rehabilitation non-profit organizations in New Orleans, completing over 650 home repair and community revitalization projects since 2005. By focusing our program in target neighborhoods, RTNO meets the needs of the communities we serve quickly and efficiently by leveraging corporate, private and public dollars, volunteer labor and help from the AmeriCorps program. We are currently focused on meeting the growing need to make homes safer through aging in place repairs, energy-efficiency upgrades and exterior repairs. These repairs strengthen neighborhoods by allowing low-income homeowners to stay in their longtime homes as they age, inhibiting blight from spreading and keeping invested homeowners in place.We believe that everyone has the right to live in a safe and healthy house, and have been working towards this mission since 1988. 

Position Title: Field Operations Coordinator

Summary:

This person will be responsible for assisting in the field operations to ensure construction projects for low-income homeowners are completed in a cost-efficient and timely manner. Duties include assisting field staff members with project development documents, overseeing and training volunteers, perform skilled work onsite and coordinating materials and supplies for volunteer builds. The Field Operations Coordinator will work alongside the Construction Manager and Director to oversee volunteer and federal grant projects. This position is field based: the majority of time is spent on construction sites leading home repair projects. Anticipated start date: July 2021

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Field Operations Coordinator will be responsible for the following:

-          Interact and communicate with homeowners in a respectful, sensitive manner through the entire rebuild process.

-          Conduct technical evaluations; inspect and assess projects for minor and moderate home repairs.

-          Lead groups of volunteers on build sites. Determine tasks for skilled and unskilled volunteers.

-       Complete skilled carpentry tasks on job sites.

-          Develop material and supply lists.

-          Train volunteers and AmeriCorps members on how to safely use power tools and equipment.

-          Provide instruction and supervision to AmeriCorps members, including those in the Nacy and Josephine Fradella Job Training Program.

-          Meet timelines and strive to go under budget on each construction project.

-          Work with RTNO staff members to provide general construction oversight on volunteer and federal grant projects.

-          Coordinate delivery and/or  pick up of project supplies and materials.

-          Coordinate and pull materials, safety equipment and supplies for large scale volunteer builds.

-          Execute special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent combination of education and work experience)

● At least one year of volunteer coordination and general construction experience

● Ability to problem solve and be flexible in a dynamic work environment

● Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

● Computer skills within a Windows environment

● Excellent organization skills, ability to work on multiple tasks at one time


● Ability to lift 60 lbs. 


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About Rebuilding Together New Orleans

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Rebuilding Together New Orleans (RTNO) was founded in 1988. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of low-income homeowners, particularly those who are elderly, disabled, veterans or single head of households with minor children. 

CURRENT PROGRAM

RTNO has quickly grown into one of the largest home rehabilitation non-profit organization in New Orleans, completing over 650 home repair and community revitalization projects since 2005. By focusing our program in target neighborhoods, RTNO meets the needs of the communities we serve quickly and efficiently by leveraging corporate, private and public dollars, volunteer labor and help from the AmeriCorps program. We are currently focused on meeting the growing need to make homes safer through aging in place repairs, energy-efficiency repairs and moderate kitchen and bathroom repairs. These repairs strengthen neighborhoods by allowing low-income homeowners to stay in their longtime times as the age, inhibiting blight from spreading and keeping invested homeowners in place.


MISSION STATEMENT

Repairing homes, revitalizing communities, rebuilding lives.


VISION STATEMENT

Safe homes and communities for everyone.


HISTORY

Rebuilding Together New Orleans (RTNO) started in 1988 as a revitalization program called Christmas in October, modeled after the national Christmas in April program. It was implemented to address the needs of existing homeowners, namely the elderly and disabled who had become ill equipped to manage home repair.

In 1988, 11 homes and 1 school were painted and repaired, utilizing 373 volunteers provided by 14 corporate and community groups. A total budget of $24,349 was raised through corporate donations.

At the start of 2005, RTNO had worked on 900 owner occupied houses, seven neighborhood schools, six community centers, a courthouse and a warehouse through expansion and hardworking volunteers.

After Hurricane Katrina, RTNO modified its mission to aid those displaced by the storm. Instead of only smaller projects, RTNO began to focus on the total renovation and rebuilding of storm-damaged homes. By reinvesting in and restoring the existing housing stock of the city, RTNO was able to bring homeowners back to their homes, as well as provide a model for restoring and preserving New Orleans’ historic neighborhoods. RTNO‘s home rehabilitation program targets the urban poor, who are the population in New Orleans most affected by Hurricane Katrina. Families that return to their homes in New Orleans – rather than live in exile or in a trailer – sustain a constant, stable, healthy living environment while building their equity and regaining financial independence.