Part-Time Safety and Facility Support Associate

POSITION TITLE: Safety and Facility Support- Part-time
REPORTS TO: Chief Operating Officer
BROAD FUNCTION: Promotes safety, and provides facility and operations support at agency locations

I. PROFESSIONALISM:

1. Values and participates in the Team as a proactive member.
2. Respects others’ professional opinions and tolerates a range of feelings.
3. Able to give and receive constructive criticism.
   
   

II. SUPERVISION:

1. Attends supervision consistently and comes prepared.
2. Able to receive feedback and to learn from it.
3. Has insight about self (i.e., strengths and weaknesses) and utilizes that knowledge toward growth and change.
   
   

III. SAFETY AND FACILITY SUPPORT:

1. Respond to emergent or escalating situations, as a part of a team, to promote de-escalation, safety, and indicated follow-up.
2. Proactively respond to situations, with a goal of preventing an emergent or escalating situation.
3. Promote the safety and well-being of our staff and consumers by supporting entry and exit from the building, waiting area space, and outside grounds/parking lot, through following agency procedures.
4. Daily review of the building and grounds for any upkeep, repairs or hazards, communication, and support of the resolution of repairs and hazards.
5. Submission of work orders for repairs or other appropriate maintenance in response to anything identified from #4 above.
6. Support Facilities Support Specialist with facility needs as requested.
7. Complete formal quarterly facility safety checklist.
8. Assist with quarterly/annual fire and emergency drills for facility.
9. Assist with Front Desk coverage as needed.
10. Cleaning of the building and grounds as needed to support high client volume or as needed to support other facility support staff being out.
11. Receive packages that come into the facility and deliver to staff within building.
12. Assist with vehicle maintenance and upkeep, taking vehicles for maintenance, DMV, or to support program needs.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience: Two or more years working in a safety/security role. Experience cleaning in a business environment. Valid driver’s license in good standing and experience with local and highway driving.
• Skills and Abilities: Good oral communication skills. Ability to create a warm, caring, non-threatening atmosphere. Willingness to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Possesses an understanding of professional ethics and issues of confidentiality. Ability to work on a multi-disciplinary team. Driver’s license and record in good standing.
• Professional Characteristics: The individual is warm, open, empathic, attentive listener, self-aware, ethical, creative, organized, flexible, open to criticism, patient, responsible, able to work independently, mature, self-motivated, dedicated, enthusiastic, willing to take on additional tasks and responsibilities, and interested in seeking additional training and skills.

Pay Rate: $20 - $22/hr.

Vacation & Benefits:

• Vacation: As a full-time employee working generally 35 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the Family Connections group benefit plans. Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, long term disability, retirement plans, and additional supplementary benefits. Yes, you can elect to not enroll into these benefits. You will also be eligible to accrue vacation, personal, and sick days in addition to 12 paid holidays, and summer wellness Fridays.

• Benefits also include professional development assistance, referral program, internal/external trainings, Capella University partnership, 403b retirement plan with employer matching (3% max) (you can enroll in your 403b without a waiting period) , employer-paid life insurance, employer paid Long-term Disability (LTD) insurance, employer paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, etc.

• Work Environment/Physical Demands: The individual must possess the ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, and lifting of up to or in excess of 50 pounds.

*The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job or that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Family Connections is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to excellence. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age veteran status, or sexual orientation or other protected classes under the State and Federal law.