REPORTS TO: Executive Director
WAGE STATUS: Non-exempt, $24.00/hr, 40 hr/wk
POSITION SUMMARY
Our mission is to provide essential services and opportunities to transition out of homelessness in Salinas’ Chinatown, a small yet densely populated area where chronic homelessness is literally grandfathered into the environment, and we have never been closer to success. Every day, we work side by side with Chinatown residents and our collaborative partners to make what seems overwhelming and impossible HAPPEN, serving with client-centered plans, mapping a way out of homelessness and extreme poverty. The work is extremely difficult, requires extraordinary resources, and exacting accountability and risk management.
The Senior Executive Assistant works closely with the Executive Director and they together are responsible for implementing and coordinating an administrative core and financial accountability that sustains this effort and builds staff resources to the betterment of organizational health. This is a unique opportunity that requires experience, dogged dedication, innovation and a true desire to SERVE an extremely high-barrier constituency in an equally high-barrier housing environment.
The Dorothy’s Place vision for Salinas’ Chinatown
Those suffering through chronic homelessness in Salinas’ Chinatown are given extraordinary opportunities to move out of unhealthy and unsafe encampment living and into safe and secure housing. Each recovery plan is driven by each individual’s desires to achieve good health and happiness. Dorothy’s Place joins with innovative stewards of community in the private, public and non-profit sectors to collectively move forward in housing our homeless and create sustainable social change.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following as well as other duties that may be assigned: • Preparing reports, memos, and other documents.
DESIRED OUTCOMES / PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
GENERAL JOB PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Knowledge of Work: Possesses and utilizes knowledge of the job which is essential to perform the specific functions and related work.
Quantity of Work: Accomplishes an appropriate volume of satisfactory work under normal conditions. Ability to produce results.
Quality of Work: Consistently demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, neatness and dependability to produce work within acceptable standards.
Timeliness: Completes assignments on or ahead of schedule.
Ability to Learn New Duties: Interprets, analyzes and responds appropriately in new situations. Develops guidance and procedures.
Training: Keeps core competencies current by participating in skills training.
Judgment and Common Sense: Decisions/actions are sound, including safety and risk management. Cooperation: Willing to work with others toward common goals.
Communications: Demonstrates relevance and clarity of written and oral expression. Effectiveness in exchanging ideas and information.
Initiative: Ability to originate, develop and create new ideas or take steps to get things done. Problem Solving: Identifies and evaluates alternative solutions and selection of the most appropriate course of action.
Attendance and Punctuality: Shows daily ability to reliably meet scheduled appointments, arrives on time and prepared to work, respects others’ time and sets an example for others.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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TRAVEL:
This job requires routine travel (driving) within the Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula areas and occasional driving and other travel to attend training and conferences.
Please submit cover letter and resume to: jill.allen@dorothysplace.org