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Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Specialist, Council for the Homeless

Vancouver Housing Authority

The Role

Overview

Administrative support for accounts payable/receivable in homeless services

Requirements

  • 0-5
  • 5-10
  • 10-20
  • 2 days
  • 42 days
  • military leave

What You Bring

-0 up to 5 -2 days -5 up to 10 -10 up to 20 -Military Leave Granted in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations. -1 and ¾ days -1 and ½ days -42 days

Benefits

-36 days -Deferred Compensation Employees may choose to make pre-tax contributions to a variety of investment options through the 401(k) plan or the 457 plan. A minimum $20 monthly contribution is required to participate in the plans. For the 401(k) plan, the state will match the $50 per month minimum contribution. The $50 match policy is evaluated on an annual basis. -39 days -Leave may or may not be paid leave, depending on individual employee's leave balances for earned leave. -Flexible Benefits Plan Under this program certain specific expenses (e.g.,medical and dental insurance premiums, medical expenses, dependent day care expenses) can be deducted from an employee's paycheck prior to taxes, resulting in a lower taxable income level. -Wellness Program The State Employee Wellness Program works to increase employees´ knowledge of options for healthier lifestyles through information and events that focus on improving behaviors affecting your health. Some specific benefits offered through the program include health risk assessments, fitness events, smoking cessation programs, and various other benefits. -Life Insurance -Health Insurance -Higher Education Fee Discounts and Waivers A 25% discount on undergraduate tuition at any state operated institution of higher learning in Tennessee is available to children 23 years of age or under of full time state employees. In addition, full-time state employees with six months of continuous service are eligible to have tuition fees waived for one course per semester at a state institution. For further information on higher education discounts, click on Chapter 1540 on the Secretary of State Rules and Regulations web page. -Vision Insurance -Bereavement Leave Leave with pay is granted for three days in the event of the death of an employee's spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parents, grandparents, siblings, stepparents, foster parents, or parents-in-law without charge to the employee's leave time. Two additional days of sick leave may be granted to provide a total of five days absence for this purpose. -Employee Assistance Program (EAP) EAP is a confidential counseling and referral service for all employees and their dependents. All services are strictly confidential and can be accessed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. -Leave earned in excess of the maximum allowable days will be transferred to the employee's sick leave account annually on the employee's anniversary hire date. -Sick Leave All full-time employees accrue 1 day (7.5 hours) of sick leave per month, provided they work the major portion of that month. -Retirement State employees are automatically members of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System . (TCRS) Employees must accrue 5 years of creditable state service to be vested (guaranteed retirement benefits when age requirements are met). Vested members of TCRS become eligible for service retirement upon completion of 30 years of creditable service or upon attainment of age 60. -30 days -Holidays Each year, full-time state employees receive 11 holidays off with pay. -Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST) Program (BEST) The Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST) was created by the Tennessee General Assembly for the purpose of providing Tennessee families with a means to save for their children's future college education costs. -Parental Leave Parental leave is an absence from work granted any employee who has been employed in state service for at least 12 consecutive months as a full-time employee. Parental leave is a combination of sick, annual, or special leave without pay for a period not to exceed four months following the birth of a child. -Family Medical Leave Allows up to twelve work weeks of leave* each year to eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons. Continued health insurance coverage is provided during the leave period, and the employee is reinstated to the same or an equivalent position once the leave period has ended. -Dental Insurance -1 day -Annual Leave Full-time employees earn annual leave each month at a rated based on years of service as follows: -Insurance There are a variety of insurance options available to state employees including:

The Company

About Vancouver Housing Authority

-Financially robust with $14.3 million in revenue, the agency has steadily grown its portfolio through internal development and partnerships. -Typical projects include mixed-income and supportive housing, such as Lincoln Place, blending case management with modern building design. -Holds Moving to Work authority since 1999, using it to innovate programs, streamline eligibility, and reallocate savings to self-sufficiency initiatives.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Affordable Housing

Subsidized Housing

Workforce Housing

Housing Development

Community Development

Public Housing

Housing Assistance