Temporary Shelter Support Staff

PorchLight; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

PorchLight is seeking a Temporary Shelter Support Staff member to join our Eastgate Bellevue program onsite. You will help maintain a safe, clean shelter environment and assist clients with daily needs while supporting their goals toward stability.

This is a temporary role with an anticipated 90 days. Hours: part-time (32 hours) or full-time (40 hours), nonexempt. Pay range: $23.00–$25.00 per hour. You will work as part of a respectful, empowering team dedicated to serving unhoused men.

Qualifications

• No formal education requirements stated in the ad.

Responsibilities

• Build respectful, empowering relationships with shelter clients.
• Help foster and maintain a healthy culture of respect, empowerment, and community where the men can move forward in their goals to achieve stability.
• Support clients with day-to-day needs (questions, concerns, hygiene, cleaning supplies, bedding, food).

Skills

Client relations

Empathy

Job description

13668 SE Eastgate Way | Bellevue, WA | 98005 PorchLight Cares .org
Position: Temporary Shelter Support Staff
Reports to: Progr am Coo rdinator
Hours: Part - Time, 3 2 hours , Full - Time , 40 hours
Classification: Temporary , Nonexempt
Salary Range: $23.00 - $25.00
Role: Onsite
ABOUT PORCHLIGHT
PorchLight is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1993 to provide a warm, safe, and
hospitable place for single men to sleep and be nourished with three healthy meals each day.
Today, with partnerships and support from King County’s Eastside commun ity, PorchLight serves
more than 1,700 people each year with street outreach, day center services, shelters, permanent
subsidized housing, case management, and other life - saving supportive services — including three
meals a day, 365 days a year.
PorchLight is a healthy , fiscally stable organization with a dedicated Board and staff poised to
advance its mission. Our core values are relationship, community, empowerment, dignity and
respect. These values embody the PorchLight mission to partner with men experiencing
homele ssness & the community to create a path to stable living.
OVERVIEW OF POSITION
This position is a temporary position with an anticipated duration of 90 days. However, this
timeframe is subject to PorchLight's needs and may be shortened or extended as circumstances
require.
The Shelter Support Staff fulfills duties that ensure the men are treated in accordance with
PorchLight’s values and mission. The Shelter Support staff helps build and maintain a culture of
respect and empowerment, a community where men and staff work together to provide safety,
support, a nd a smooth functioning environment. Building collaborative, empowering, and healthy
relationships with clients is critical to the success of this role.
This position helps ensure systems are in place and utilized to keep these facilities operating in a
structured and orderly manner. Shelter Support Staff assist with keeping the shelter spaces clean
and organized and ensure that activities, incidents, and needs of the shelter spaces and clients are
communicated to the appropriate PorchLight team members for assistance and follow - up.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Client Relations & Support

• Build respectful, empowering relationships with shelter clients.
• Help foster and maintain a healthy culture of respect, empowerment, and community where the men can move forward in their goals to achieve stability.
• Support clients with day - to - day needs (question, concerns, hygiene, and cleaning supplies, be dding, food, etc .).

Founded in 1993, PorchLight is a nonprofit organization helping unhoused men in East King County regain stability through safe shelter and comprehensive support that addresses health, housing, and self-sufficiency.

PorchLight recognizes that the ground we stand on is the traditional territory of the Coast Salish peoples. We honor their past and present connection to this land and are grateful for their stewardship, which continues to inspire our work creating spaces of safety, belonging, and renewal.