The World at Abt

Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt. Creating a more equitable world is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges.

We are a team of 4,000+ people in over 50 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment and energy do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game.

To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and collaboration. Our open culture allows you to balance your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around the world, and we’ll do the same for you.

Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.

The Opportunity * *

Abt Global s seeks a Senior Associate within our Domestic Division/Technical Assistance and Implementation (TA&I) Capability to work on Homelessness technical assistance (TA) team projects funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with additional TA opportunities with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and other federal, state and local partners. Through these projects, our team supports communities nationwide in developing and implementing equitable, effective, and human-centered homelessness response systems and programs.   

This position will be dedicated to supporting efforts to end homelessness, through the VA, HUD, state, and locally funded TA initiatives in Abt’s portfolio. Additional opportunities within Abt’s TA portfolio, as well as our research and evaluation work, will be tailored depending on the skills, interests, and experience of the candidate. The position also requires working collaboratively as part of teams, exercising initiative, and communicating effectively with a diverse range of partners. Candidates must be comfortable with telework technologies and work styles since the candidate would be working with colleagues and TA recipients located throughout the country. Site travel may be required. 

Core Responsibilities

The focus of the position will be tailored depending on the skills of the candidate. Potential job responsibilities include: 

• Leading large direct TA engagements within communities, with a particular emphasis on supporting efforts to end homelessness among Veterans. These engagements are designed to help VA medical centers, along with partners such as Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) grantees, Continuums of Care (CoCs) and public officials improve their local crisis and housing responses to homelessness, identify and address disparities, and achieve significant reductions in homelessness. Areas of direct TA may include: 

• Working directly with VA medical centers, as well as community partners who serve Veterans, to address challenges to getting Veterans housing and supporting their housing retention.

• Unsheltered homelessness, including supporting encampment resolution strategies, street outreach and trauma-informed care.

• Landlord engagement, housing navigation and unit acquisition improvement and change management efforts at a system level

• Working cooperatively with communities and agencies to assess needs, develop and implement capacity building strategies to improve their housing development efforts especially related to reducing homelessness. 

• Cross-system and cross-community partner engagement and collaboration, including engaging with HUD field offices and public housing agencies to support HUD-VASH utilization.

• System modeling and coordinated investment planning and implementation

• Continuous quality improvement design and implementation 

• Advancing equity by assisting communities to analyze data to identify disparities, make data informed decisions to advance equitable outcomes, and adopt policies and processes to support a more equitable system. 

• Developing and delivering training curriculums, using virtual and in person modalities to expand the knowledge and skills of VA staff and partners to effectively implement housing development, assistance and homelessness programs. 

• Designing tools, products and guidance to be applied within specific engagements and shared nationally to support local efforts addressing challenges related to improving housing assistance and production programs.  

• Facilitating knowledge sharing to promote cross-learning within Abt and externally (e.g., communities, the VA, HUD, and our colleagues at other firms) to ensure all of those working to build capacity for strong program implementation can cultivate and apply the most effective strategies possible. 

• Managing workplan budgets, teams, deliverables, and communication with funders.

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates should have experience working to design and improve systems to end homelessness within a community, and strong collaboration skills. Candidates should have experience working with or within VA medical centers. Candidates should have knowledge of how systemic discrimination and racism have led Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other intersectional identities to be disproportionately impacted by homelessness and must be able to, or willing to learn to, think of and frame out equity-led systems-level strategies. Candidates will need to be able to intentionally partner with diverse populations, to center people with lived experience and expertise in TA strategies, to demonstrate strong data-informed thinking, and to help a community diagnose its challenges and build capacity to address deficiencies.   

Candidates should demonstrate experience with the following areas: 

• Understanding of VA homeless programs and systems and VA medical center culture

• Addressing unsheltered homelessness, including rehousing strategies targeting encampments, effective street outreach engagement, and trauma-informed care 

• Centering the experience of partners with multiple perspectives, including communities most impacted by discrimination and racism (e.g., Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other intersectional identities and experiences) and those with lived experience of homelessness in the full cycle of planning, decision-making and implementation processes. 

• Sixteen or more years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Ten years of relevant experience, or PhD+ Eight years of relevant experience.

What We Offer

We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.

Abt Global is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.

This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $120,000 to $190,000 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.

Disclaimer: Abt Global Inc. will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

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