Lead Emergency Shelter Coordinator - Graveyard Shift

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada seeks a Lead Emergency Shelter Coordinator for graveyard shift at our Main Campus in Las Vegas. This on-site, full-time role trains new shelter staff, oversees safety, and ensures orderly operations during night hours.

You will work with Case Management, respond to emergencies, enforce shelter policies, and maintain documentation. Minimum two years’ shelter experience and a high school diploma required; you must be able to work evenings, weekends, and

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum two years of prior shelter or related work experience.
• Flexible schedule to work after hours and weekends.
• Ability to understand directives and carry them out to completion.

Responsibilities

• Train new shelter coordinators and document training.
• Ensure safety and security during shifts.
• Monitor and evaluate training program effectiveness.
• Communicate to diffuse confrontational situations and use force only as last resort.

Skills

Shelter operations

Customer service

Active listening

Verbal communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Lead Emergency Shelter Coordinator - Graveyard Shift

Job Category: Residential Services

Requisition Number: LEADE001519

• Posted : August 20, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Main Campus
1501 Las Vegas Blvd N
Las Vegas, NV 89101, USA

Main Campus
1501 Las Vegas Blvd N
Las Vegas, NV 89101, USA

Why Work at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada

When you join Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, you’re becoming part of a mission that has uplifted our community since 1941. Every day, your work directly supports the most vulnerable individuals in Southern Nevada — offering dignity, hope, and critical services to people of all backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, or creed.

As one of the region’s leading nonprofit service providers, we operate 14 impactful programs that reach more than 4,000 people each day. Our team serves across four essential areas — Family Services, Food Services, Immigration and Refugee Services, and Homeless and Housing Services — including the largest Meals on Wheels and Emergency Shelter programs in Southern Nevada. When you work here, you’re not just doing a job; you’re helping transform lives.

What We Offer

We believe in taking care of the people who take care of our community. Catholic Charities provides a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive insurance coverage
• Generous paid time off
• A retirement plan to support your future

If you’re looking for meaningful work, mission-driven colleagues, and the chance to make a real difference every day, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada is the place to build your career.

Position Summary

The Lead Shelter Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the distribution of services to clients while utilizing the Emergency Shelter. The Lead Shelter Coordinator will observe, report, and document activity pertaining to the safety and security of the shelter. The Lead Shelter Coordinators will also be required to conduct training for newly hired shelter coordinators and to assume supervisory responsibilities as the shelter needs may require, to include the first level in-take area.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individual training and development of new shelter coordinators that address the needs and expectations shelter operations, ensuring that related training is properly documented and filed.
• On occasion work a shift(s) outside the normal shift hours as needed to train shelter new hires.
• Conduct effective induction and orientation sessions.
• Monitor and evaluate training program’s effectiveness and periodically report on them.
• Ensures a safe, secure shelter during assigned shift.
• Ensures the safety of clients and staff during any emergency to include evacuations.
• Ensures clients compliance with shelter policy and rules.
• Maintain mental and physical fitness to meets the demands of the position and the environment.
• Read, understand, implement, and enforce the agency’s departmental policies and procedures.
• Observe, report, and document violations of the Emergency Shelter operation.
• Maintain awareness of programs and services being offered by CCSN for referral purposes.
• Consistently display a professional demeanor, patience, fairness, and respect for all clients and staff members.
• Effectively communicate to diffuse confrontational situations and use force only as a last resort measure to protect clients and staff from the immediate threat of bodily harm.
• Be aware of situations that may result in safety hazard situations or property damage.
• Protect all confidential information, company property, and electronic data. Comply with safety rules.
• Effectively work well with others and promote a harmonious harassment-free workplace.
• Follow all directives from supervision as requested and without deviation.
• Give directives to staff in a respectful manner, always maintaining a fair and consistent approach.
• Operate as an extension of the shift supervisor.
• Work in tandem with Case Management
• All other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective shelter operations for the protection of people, data, and property.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service, including customer, needs assessment and referral to the proper program for further guidance.
• Ability to actively listen by giving full attention to what people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Ability to verbally convey information effectively.
• Sound judgment to ability to work autonomously.
• Ability to comprehend and execute basic instructions
• Possess average oral and written communication as well as management skills.
• Ability to prioritize work and meet necessary deadlines.
• Ability to record information and transfer information to the report writing authorities.
• Ability to utilize critical thinking, by using logic, policies, and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Knowledge of Housing First and Low Barrier principals.
• Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts. Work in violent, traumatic, or highly charged emotional environments, may be subject to exposure to blood and airborne diseases, utilizing required PPE as needed to guard against exposure.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum two years of prior shelter or related work experience.
• Ability to understand directives and carry them out to completion.
• Flexible schedule to work after hours and weekends, as necessary for training purposes.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to effectively communicate with clients, management, and other staff members.
• Ability to continuously sit and/or stand. Ability to walk frequently throughout campus and occasionally run as needed. Ability to frequently climb stairs and ladders, stooping, kneeling, reaching, handling and grasping as needed.
• Ability to respond to emergency situations, as needed.
• Ability to regularly lift 20 pounds; ability to occasionally lift and/or drag 50 or more pounds.
• Ability to operate and use office equipment, listen and communicate by radio.

This position pays $18.00 per hour, plus additional $.50 shift differential for overnight shift.

CCSN is a drug free and equal opportunity employer. All employees must successfully complete a drug test and background check prior to employment.

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