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Sally Goodwin

Program Specialist
Irondale ,ON

Summary

Program Specialist experienced in housing policy, report writing, project development and evaluation, quantitative and qualitative research methods, survey design, and data management. Strong interpersonal communication skills, ability to adapt to changes in timelines and project goals. Extensive experience working directly with homeless and unhoused population.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
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1
Language

Work History

Program Specialist

CAYR Community Connections
Newmarket, ON
05.2023 - Current

Team Development and Supervision:

  • Facilitate, recruit, and engage Peer Advisory Committee (PAC) members
  • Plan, organize, and manage outreach staff shifts, outreach locations, and operating schedules on monthly basis
  • Identify and coordinate capacity building opportunities with clients, PAC members and community members
  • Train and onboard outreach staff, placement students, and volunteers
  • Establish goals and create action plans to achieve goals on monthly basis

Program Coordination:

  • Monitor, manage, and analyze program data using multiple data systems
  • Partner with management to develop, revise, and implement appropriate evaluation frameworks for programs
  • Identify program and service access gaps through program evaluation, create team wide solutions to be implemented seamlessly
  • Track, monitor, and report data management to ensure accurate data system records

Community Engagement:

  • Organize and manage program development from conception through successful execution
  • Maintain relationships with key community stakeholders
  • Collaborate, build capacity, and engage across other agencies and government bodies
  • Plan, organize, and execute community wide events for public engagement, agency participation, client knowledge building, and community support
  • Provide ongoing and up-to-date training through best practices to clients and community members to ensure funding deliverables are met and key demographics are reached
  • Plan and execute meetings to connect organizational representatives, community members and clients
  • Planned and executed meetings to connect organizational representatives, community members and clients

Coordinated Access + Shelter System Research Asst

Trent University - Research For Social Change Lab
Peterborough , ON
09.2022 - 01.2023
  • Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis, summation, and report findings
  • Reviewed documents and data to identify trends and patterns
  • Collected research data through interviews, surveys and leading focus groups
  • Co-conducted and planned community wide Town Halls, focus groups, and city wide surveys and conducted and produced lit reviews
  • Knowledge immersion of federal, provincial and municipal housing policies, legislation and by-laws through researching Coordinated Access Systems, HIFIS data system, municipal Point-in-Time counts, municipal By-Name list, and other housing systems

Housing Policy Analyst - Lead Researcher

Age-friendly Peterborough
Peterborough, ON
01.2022 - 06.2022
  • Conducted case studies related to innovative, affordable housing and tiny homes provincial policy mandates and amendments to municipal residential by-laws
  • Conducted literature review on provincial policy related to affordable housing, secondary dwelling units in Ontario
  • Conducted 16 interviews with key experts (council members, township and municipal employees, municipal policy planners, building code etc.) in field of affordable housing
  • Collected, transcribed, and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data
  • Collaborated with stake holders (board members, supervisors, team leads, fellow researchers, municipal staff, and members of public)
  • Facilitated meetings with key stakeholders to develop recommendations resulting from research and data analysis
  • Edited and summarized research findings and themes and collaborated/validated findings with community
  • Led multi-sectoral discussions to share findings of research and gain ‘buy-in’ from different community partner
  • Authored final report for agency which was used to inform their strategic goals for following year
  • Validated results and performed quality assurance to assess accuracy of data

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

Trent University
Peterborough, ON
12.2022 - 12.2023

Diploma - Social Service Worker

Fleming College
Peterborough, ON
08.2017 - 08.2017

Skills

Project Coordination

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Timeline

Program Specialist

CAYR Community Connections
05.2023 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

Trent University
12.2022 - 12.2023

Coordinated Access + Shelter System Research Asst

Trent University - Research For Social Change Lab
09.2022 - 01.2023

Housing Policy Analyst - Lead Researcher

Age-friendly Peterborough
01.2022 - 06.2022

Diploma - Social Service Worker

Fleming College
08.2017 - 08.2017
Sally GoodwinProgram Specialist