Activities Coordinator - Stevenson House

The John Stewart Company; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision benefits

Vacation up to 10 days

Sick time up to 80 hours

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life AD&D & Long Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Commuter benefits

AT&T and ClassPass discounts

Wellness reimbursement

401(k) matching

Job summary

The John Stewart Company in Palo Alto, CA is seeking an Activities Coordinator to design and run engaging programs for residents, plan events, and maintain a welcoming atmosphere across sites.

You will work with management to schedule activities, produce a monthly calendar and newsletter, and help orient new residents to available services. Mandarin is a plus but not required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in activity service or related field working with low-income families, youth, seniors and disabled population.
• Mandarin speaking a plus but not required.
• Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work well with diverse and multi-lingual populations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct an ongoing schedule of established events and develop and implement new ideas for activities.
• Plan and facilitate special events as appropriate.
• Work with management team to ensure minimum disruption and coverage of scheduled activities.
• Compose and produce monthly newsletter and distribute to staff and residents by deadline.
• Create the monthly calendar of activities.
• Post activity and information flyers, poster and sign-ups in a timely manner.
• Welcome all new residents and provide them with current newsletter and orientation to activities within site.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Multilingual communication

Job description

Company Summary

The John Stewart Company is a full-service housing management, development and consulting organization that began in 1978 with a commitment to providing high quality service in the affordable housing sector. We work to enrich the lives of our residents and employees, while delivering our services cost-effectively, efficiently and with the highest levels of professionalism, compassion, integrity and respect.

Summary of the Position

• Conduct an ongoing schedule of established events and develop and implement new ideas for activities.
• Plan and facilitate special events as appropriate.
• Work with management team to ensure minimum disruption and coverage of scheduled activities.
• Compose and produce monthly newsletter and distribute to staff and residents by deadline.
• Create the monthly calendar of activities.
• Post activity and information flyers, poster and sign-ups in a timely manner.
• Welcome all new residents and provide them with current newsletter and orientation to activities within site
• Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work well with diverse and multi-lingual populations.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in activity service area or related field working with low-income families, youth, seniors and disabled population.
• Mandarin speaking a plus but not required.

Benefits for Employees who work 30+ hours/week

• Medical, dental and vision care; preventative medical care paid at 100%.
• Vacation leave of up to ten days per year in the first year.
• Up to 80 hours of sick time per year.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent Care.
• Company paid Life AD&D Long Term Disability.
• Free, confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter benefit program.
• Discounts for AT&T and ClassPass.
• $100 annual Wellness Reimbursement.
• Matching 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan of up to 2% of your compensation (for any employee who works 20 hours or more per week).

Benefits for Employees who work less than 30 hours/week

• Free, confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter benefit program.
• Discounts for AT&T and ClassPass.
• $100 annual Wellness Reimbursement.
• Matching 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan of up to 2% of your compensation (for any employee who works 20 hours or more per week)
• Up to 80 hours of sick time per year.

The John Stewart Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

The John Stewart Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative.

Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act requires businesses that meet certain minimum threshold requirements to provide a "notice at collection" to applicants for employment who reside in California. The notice at collection describes the categories of personal information to be collected about these California applicants and the purposes for using that personal information. Therefore, we have posted the Company's "Notice At Collection For California Applicants" here. Please review this Notice at your convenience.