Employment
The Lowell Housing Authority's (LHA) Human Resources Department (HR) manages and supports our most valuable assets - its employees. HR counsels employees about benefits and career development opportunities. We partner with managers to conduct recruitment, hiring, training, and performance goals to maintain a qualified, productive, and diverse workforce, that in turn, better enables quality services for our residents.
LHA is a large housing organization with combined administrative, maintenance, and skilled staff responsible for management and upkeep of LHA properties across the city. As a team, LHA encourages innovation as we strive toward excellence. We offer competitive benefits and wages and support the professional growth of our staff through career training, tuition reimbursement, mentorship, and inspiration.
LHA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Benefits
- Benefits are offered for full-time (35 or more hours per week) positions and include:
- Pension plan - vested after 10 years.
- Health and Basic Life insurance coverage plans through the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC).
- Premier Dental insurance coverage.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care (DCSP), and Health Care Savings Account (HCSA) optional participation.
- Additional Optional Life insurance coverage.
- Long-Term Disability insurance coverage.
- Additional Disability insurance coverages.
- Deferred Compensation plan.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Employee Time Off benefits include paid annual holidays, paid vacation, and sick leave.