Posting Date: March 1, 2021
Please submit resume, cover letter and references to sarahrintamaki@connectingforkids.org
OMFWSA Status: | Non-exempt |
Employment Status: | Part-time |
Work Schedule: |
Approximately 40 hours per month from September through May depending upon the number of programs per week. Approximately 20 hours per month during June-August. We are budgeting 420 work hours for the current fiscal year, which runs from August through July. Schedule will require work during the daytime, various evenings, and Saturdays. Additionally, this employee may be asked to assist with matters outside his or her typical job responsibilities, including those occurring outside his or her typical work schedule. |
Location: | The work is primarily from your home during COVID; however, when in-person programs resume, our programs take place across Northeast Ohio and you would be expected to travel to program locations as needed. |
Reports To: | Executive Director |
Pay Rate: | $15/hr starting wage. No benefits. |
The program assistant needs to be an empathetic, caring team player who can cooperatively work with diverse staff and program participants while maintaining a professional image for the organization.
As CFK is a small non-profit, all paid staff’s job duties can vary in scope, demand, schedule, and location. Successful employees must be adaptable and willing to assist with a variety of duties even when they fall outside their regular job duties and schedule.
A high school diploma is required and a successful candidate must have experience with working with the public. This position would report to the Executive Director.
1. On-site coordinator for Music Therapy & More held across Cuyahoga County and Lorain County.
2. On-site assistant for Speaker Events, Coffee and Chats, Consults, Workshops or other programs held across Cuyahoga County and Lorain County.
3. Assists in distributing seasonal fliers and awareness kits to schools, professional offices, and other facilities. This would take place during the day when these facilities are open. This may require explaining about the awareness kits to the schools/daycares and encouraging their participation.
4. Attends various networking events and presents information about Connecting for Kids clearly and accurately. .
5. Facilitate volunteer events to assemble awareness kits. Responsible for communication about program and Connecting for Kids to volunteers and working with volunteers to accurately complete tasks.
6. Assists with CFK resource fairs.
7. Assists with fundraising.
8. Maintains CFK inventory and orders new materials as needed.
1. Assists with any CFK program or event that needs additional staffing levels.
2. Serves as a substitute for other staff members at programs including occasionally in child care room.
3. Connects new and existing families to resources that could be beneficial to them under direction of Family Resource Specialist.
4. All other duties as assigned.
To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty listed below, with or without reasonable accommodation:
This position’s primary work environment entails serving members of the public who may be unfamiliar with or anxious about their child’s development; they may be confused about what to do, and they may have extensive questions or concerns. As a result, they may be agitated, stressed, impolite, or unreasonable; yet CFK expects its employees to consistently provide courteous services in return. Participants in our programming may wear heavy perfumes, be eating strong-smelling food, present with inadequate hygiene, or present other environmental concerns for those with airborne allergies or other olfactory sensitivities. To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to work effectively throughout these changing dynamics and demands.
Additionally, this employee will travel to and inside a vast array of school, community, and professional buildings to interact with its staff, and encounter all the conditions of each of their respective work environments.
The annual fundraisers are held in venues that serve alcoholic beverages to guests and we often serve coffee and our programs held at libraries. This employee must be willing to work while these beverages are being served to participants.
This job description in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the employee filling this position, who will be required to follow instructions and perform any duties required by the employee’s supervisor or designee.