Stockbridge Apartments
Department: Housing and Family Services
Reports To: Lead Resident Advocate
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Approved: November 2022
Hours: 8-10 per week
Compensation: 50% monthly rental subsidy plus $10/hr.
Note: Candidates must be able to live at Stockbridge; this position is currently on hold
until an apartment unit becomes available. Please check back for updates.
Program Summary

All ICCF Community Homes (ICCF) Community Connectors will receive hands on training in
Christian community development principles, asset-based community development, and nonprofit
administration. They will be responsible for completing several projects independently and will
also assist ICCF in the achievement of its mission to build equitable opportunity, affordable homes,
and thriving neighborhoods.

Position Summary

ICCF, a faith-based community development organization, is seeking a Community Connector who
will serve as an on-site strategic neighbor at its multi-family housing developments located at
Stockbridge. The Community Connector in this role will be positioned to interact across various
socioeconomic levels and racial identities to engage and foster cohesive community and
relationship building among neighbors and community stakeholders.

Responsibilities

The Community Connector will help to design an on-site approach to building organic connections
among the residents who call ICCF home and residents in the surrounding ICCF developments, as
well as with the organization who may occupy a ground-floor commercial space. The Community
Connector will use an asset-based approach to work in partnership with other key neighbors who
live and work in the neighborhood.

The Community Connector position combines the skills of a community organizer with the
spiritual and relational gifts of a parish priest or pastor. As community organizer, the Community
Connector’s top priority is to know the community, become known within the community and
model a “neighboring” lifestyle. As parish priest or pastor, the chaplain should develop the art of
integrating the witness of our hope in Jesus within the challenging hopelessness which many
persons and communities are feeling. The Community Connector’s mission is relationships and
community building, not evangelism. However, if we listen and affirm people and trust the Holy
Spirit to empower every contact and conversation, the evangelistic impact will become evident. The

Community Connector recognizes the centrality of prayer and is always ready to pray with and for
people as the situation and the Spirit leads.

The Community Connector Team is a newer and expanding team at ICCF. The first six months will
be focused on getting to know residents, engaging with them in ways that could include the
following: being present, praying with them, listening to their stories, learning about each other,
getting to know people, sending notes of welcome and compassion, etc. The Community
Connector, Resident Engagement team members and HFS department leadership will meet
monthly to connect, problem solve, share celebrations, look at basic qualitative data and analyze
current situation. Throughout this program, the Community Connector will collect qualitative
notes and quantitative interaction notes to contribute to this pilot. The Community Connector will
meet periodically together with his/her supervisors will share qualitative and quantitative data via
an evaluation report to the ICCF Leadership Team that will focus on conveying key learning
gathered from this initiative. This report will provide recommendations for what a permanent
Community Connector effort should, or should not, include.

The lease agreement between the Community Connector and ICCF will include the successful
execution of this position. If for some reason either party would like to exit from the Community
Connector and ICCF position and lease agreement, the lease may be exited per fair housing
guidelines and the Community Connector may be given the opportunity to continue his/her lease
at fair market rate.

The ICCF Community Connector subscribes to the following principles:•

The Lord Jesus Christ, God’s son, redeems us through His death and resurrection and
empowers us by the Holy Spirit. The Bible is God’s Word and through it we are called to live
out justice, reconciliation, and redemption. The church nurtures God’s people gathered in a
community to carry out God’s Word.•

To follow Jesus in seeking God’s Kingdom in today’s world•
To live a neighboring lifestyle in the community and call others to do the same•
To value the dignity and personhood of all persons as children of God•
To serve without discrimination regarding race, culture, class, religion, gender or

sexual orientation•
To work with the community to discover the assets and opportunities for community

wholeness and development•
To work in the confidence that God is at work within the neighborhood to create the shalom

of God’s Kingdom•
To work with the churches and other institutions serving the community to imagine what

the Shalom of God means in this context•
To continually sound the call for others to join us in this work as neighbors, investors

partners and friends

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL POSSESS:

• A high degree of initiative, independence and tenacity; able to identify and prioritize actions

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field plus 1 year of internship or work experience
working with a diverse group of people.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must be able to follow both written and verbal instructions, speak and write articulately, and write
professional financial commentary and proposals.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to apply mathematical operations to basic operations for report writing.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of resident situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to hr@iccf.org.

ICCF is an EOE.