Summer Maintenance Worker - $185/week

POSITION TITLE: Summer Maintenance Worker

DEPARTMENT: Camp Arnold

STATUS: Temporary/Seasonal, Non-Exempt, Hourly

PAY: $185/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!

GENERAL STATEMENT:

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.

SCOPE:

To provide assistance in the cleaning and maintenance of all camp facilities and grounds. To assist each program by setting up and taking down program areas as directed. To provide support to the staff and campers by providing services such as trash clean up, bathroom cleaning and paper product stocking, and to provide support in camp wide events, and to participate in daily devotionals.

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Attend and participate in evening programs and spiritual activities.
• Assist with evening cabin supervision and devotions as needed.
• 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.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Crew Chief or Assistant Camp Administrator.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

Safety and Supervision:

• 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.

Weekly Responsibilities

• Assist the Maintenance Crew Chief in any duties as requested in order to maintain a consistently high level of efficiency in the operation of the camp program
• Clean buildings and complete set ups as required in support of scheduled programming.
• Clean and prepare all areas for use by campers and guests:
  
  
  
  • Dust windows, doorways, and know down all cobwebs.
  • Sweep floors & porches.
  • Scrub bathroom sinks, showers, toilets, and clean mirrors.
  • Mop and disinfect bathroom shower & floor.
  • Clean disinfect and stock all bathrooms daily.
  • Re-stock all paper products.
  • Empty all trash & replace can liner, and take to main dumpster
  • Check & replace burnt light bulbs.
  • Prior to the start of each camp session, close and lock all buildings and rooms not planned for program use.
  • Periodically check to make sure that buildings and rooms not in use remain locked.
  • Interior & exterior painting as needed
  
  
  
  
• Moving equipment, appliances, furniture and home furnishing as needed
• Assist with grounds and landscaping projects as needed
• Keep the Maintenance Building neat & orderly at all times and keep all tools in their proper location
• Assist with general maintenance duties as needed
• Maintain inventory of supplies needed in this service
• Set up evening program (i.e. campfire) & prepare sleep out locations as needed
• Assist on opening day with luggage and camper needs
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the laundry rooms
• Attend all scheduled staff meetings and evening programs
• Conduct trail maintenance as assigned.
• Sweep outside porches and walkways daily.
• Wash porches and walkways as needed
• Keep grounds in order.
• Wash camp vehicles as needed.
• Chop firewood for evening camp fire programs.
• Assist in the general upkeep and maintenance of camp and its buildings.
• Assist assigned counselor with camper nighttime procedures.
• Assist, as able, with camper devotions each night in assigned cabin.
• Attending daily pray and bible study meeting each morning with the rest of the maintenance staff.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 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.

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is a reasonable and no undue hardship would result.

SPIRIT AND UNDERSTANDING:

By accepting employment with The Salvation Army, you acknowledge that The Salvation Army is a church, agree to do nothing to undermine its religious mission and acknowledge that your conduct must not conflict with or undermine the religious program of The Salvation Army Camp Arnold, or its religious and moral purposes. It is expected that all employees of Camp Arnold will conduct themselves in a manner likely to bring honor and glory to God, and credit and respect to The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to providing a respectful environment for all applicants and employees that is free from unlawful discrimination or harassment based on age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. Such equal opportunity for employment will apply to recruitment and hiring, training, promotion, salaries and other compensation, transfers and layoffs or termination.

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