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Program Assistant, Sonoma County Programs
Community Project seeks a candidates for a new 25 hour per week Program Assistant position at our program site in Santa Rosa, California.
The position will begin in May, 2017. The ideal candidate for the job is a dynamic, detail
-oriented person with a passion for Ceres mission, love of teens, good administrative skills, ability to multi-task, and is upbeat, energetic, and heart-centered. He or she will have the ability and interest to work with both adult and youth volunteers in an empowering, respectful and kind way.
We will be accepting applications for the position through Monday, May 8th, 2017. Candidates should send a cover letter expressing why they are interested in working at Ceres Community Project and how their experience and skills match the position, along with a current resume and three references with the reference's name, email address and daytime contact info to: hr@ceresproject.org
We will acknowledge receipt of your application and, if we would like to speak with you further we will contact you by May 22nd. We apologize that we are unable to communicate personally with each applicant.
Below is a job description for the position. Please help us spread the word about this opening at Ceres by passing this email on to anyone you know who may be interested. Thanks so much for your support of Ceres Community Project.
Warm regards,
Jake Blehm
Director, Administration
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Organization
Founded in 2007, Ceres Community Project creates health for people, communities and the planet through love, healing food and empowering the next generation. We have three program sites in San Rafael, Santa Rosa and Sebastopol.
- Food as Medicine: We support primarily low-income people struggling because of a serious health challenge with home-delivered nourishing organic and locally produced meals, nutrition education and the caring support of the community.
- Youth Development Program: All the meals we provide are prepared by youth ages 14 and up who volunteer in our 3/4 acre food production garden and three commercial kitchen sites in Marin and Sonoma counties. Youth learn about growing, cooking and eating healthy whole foods and the connection between diet and health, develop life and work-ready skills, and experience their power to make a difference.
- Community Education: We educate clients, youth and the whole community about the vital importance of a diet based on healthy organic and locally-produced foods, and provide the knowledge, skills and inspiration for people to make and maintain real change in how they eat.
- National Replication: We have trained twelve communities nationally to replicate our model.
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Position Title: Pr
ogram Assistant
Part-time, Non-exempt
25 hours/week
Rate of pay: $16/hour
Start Date: May, 2017
Location: Sonoma County
Eligible for benefits including health insurance, paid holidays and paid time off after 60 days.
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Position
The Program Assistant provides general administrative and scheduling support to the Sonoma County Programs including the Youth Program, Santa Rosa kitchen, Catering Program, and the Ceres café. This person must be able to multi-task, manage a variety of details, and keep multiple balls in the air with grace and ease. This position will be primarily located in the Santa Rosa program site, but will travel and work in the Sebastopol program site at times.
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Responsibilities
Specific duties will include but not be limited to:
- Administrative support for the Santa Rosa Meal Program
- Manage the teen schedule for the Santa Rosa meal program and develop relationships with the teens
- Host the monthly youth volunteer orientations
- Data entry in the organization's database, including maintaining complete records and needed paperwork for all adult and teen volunteers
- Use the database to create the weekly Meal Program labels
- Inventory and receiving
- Teach some of the educational circles for the teens
- Administrative support for the Santa Rosa café
- Manage café volunteer schedule and other administrative tasks
- Admin support for the Catering Program
- Recruit and schedule teens for catering jobs, track and report their hours, and prepare invoices for the Accounting Manager
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Other administrative tasks as needed
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Qualifications
- A commitment to Ceres Community Project's mission and operating principles.
- 2+ years of hands-on office and administrative support experience.
- Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook a must.
- Excellent attention to detail and able to manage multiple tasks.
- Experience with nonprofit databases preferred.
- Knowledge of whole foods and/or food systems preferred.
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.
- Experience working with volunteers a plus.
- Ability to prioritize projects and strong problem solving skills.
- Ability to work well in a team.
- Ability to communicate warmly and clearly.
- Has a good awareness of self.
- Ability and desire to be in a work environment that values working as a team, relationships, and giving and receiving honest feedback.
- Physical requirements:
- Ability to stand, bend, stoop, sit, walk, twist and turn
- Ability to use a computer keyboard.
- Ability to lift 25 lbs.
- B.A. preferred.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
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OPERATING PRINCIPLES
Heart Centered & Love Guided
We are committed to expressing love, trust, respect and integrity in
our lives, work and organization.
Everything Matters
Nothing is left out. We work to have every action and choice lead to
the greatest positive impact.
Young People are the Future
Young People are intelligent, responsible, capable, creative and caring,
and must be central participants in shaping our collective future.
The Universe has a Purpose
Everything is connected, and life continually invites us to experience gratitude, abundance, connection, community and healing.
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