Summer Office Assistant - $350/week

Summer Office Assistant

POSITION TITLE: Summer Office Assistant

DEPARTMENT: Camp Arnold

STATUS: Temporary/Seasonal, Exempt

PAY: $350/week - Room and Board (lodging and food) included

Join a team where you can offer compassion, dignity, and sustainable opportunities for people in need in your local community!

The Salvation Army is an inspiring place to work. With offices in every major US city and over 120 countries around the globe, it's a place where people can invest in people on every level. In the Northwest region of the US, we serve people with food to shelter opportunities and almost everything in between. We are committed to being an efficient and effective network of local offices that make up a huge western region team. In other words, we're committed to being big and small at the same time. That makes us a seriously great place to work. As one of the most impactful social service organizations in the world, we hire people who constantly seek new ways to keep us moving forward. We welcome you on finding your place to offer opportunities for people in need!

The Salvation Army is a branch of the Christian Church, and the ultimate goal of all programs is spiritual regeneration of all people.

The Salvation Army is an equal opportunity employer.

To maintain an office that functions in a neat and orderly fashion which includes answering the phone, typing, filing and making reports.

Be responsible for answering the camp phone and being the 1st point of contact for our clients

Attend and participate in evening programs and spiritual activities

Maintain a standard of cleanliness in personal grooming and in living quarters

Assist with the clean-up of the total camp at the end of each session and at the conclusion of the summer

Assist with evening cabin supervision when assigned

Any other duties as assigned by the Office Manger or Assistant Camp Administrator.

Enforce camp policies and procedures

Maintain the utmost level of safety for staff and campers at all times.

Ensure compliance with American Camping Association standards of safety and programmatic conduct at all times.

Coordinate and implement all program components relative to the daily schedule in a timely fashion.

Assist with registration of campers

Maintain correspondence, camp bulletins, etc., assist as needed

Keep count of campers and report count to kitchen and dining room for first meal.

Assist as needed in maintaining records for the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Make a weekly Fire/Emergency file consisting of: every cabin roster, staff roster and their living quarters, and fire/emergency procedures

Answer phones in a friendly and helpful manner.

Assist guest services coordinator with Day Camp Registration

Be available for camper parents, to answer questions and give direction

Post bus rosters at the end of each camp week

Input camper data into a camper database to help in the recording of measurable goals

Keep main office orderly and clean

Assist camp staff in printing tasks and at times when they require the use of the front office.

Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis

Ability to grasp, push, pull objects and reach overhead

Ability to operate telephone.

Ability to operate a desktop or laptop computer

Ability to lift up to 25 lbs

Ability to access and produce information from a computer

Ability to understand written information.

A generous benefits package is included with full-time positions: paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and medical, vision, and dental insurances.

Health Insurance: Low bi-weekly premiums ($34.62) for employee only coverage, Kaiser HMO for those residing in a Kaiser service area, Anthem EPO/PPO is available for those residing outside of a Kaiser service area. Voluntary +1 and +family coverage at additional cost. Delta Dental DHMO and DPPO dental insurance offered starting at $2.31 bi-weekly cost. Employees are covered by an employer paid life insurance policy. Voluntary supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability plans are available.

Retirement Plans: Employer-funded Money Purchase Pension Plan (Defined Contribution Plan) 50% vested at 5 years eligible service time, employee funded voluntary 403(b) options

Parental Leave: Benefit will be one week (5 business days) of paid leave at the employee's normal rate of pay for births, adoptions and foster placements.

Sick Leave: 12 days annually accruing from day one, eligible for use after 3 months' service time.

Paid Vacation: 2 weeks annually accruing from day one, for non-exempt positions. 4 weeks annually accruing from day one, for exempt positions. Accrued vacation eligible for use after 6 months' service time.

Paid Holidays: 13 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday per year

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Salvation Army Western Territory