Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission is currently looking for a Support Services Coordinator to join the Emergency Shelters team in Seattle, WA.

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission is a private faith-based organization that helps the community to reach out with compassion to those who have lost hope. And as a community, we empower one another to build, lead and give back.

The Support Services Coordinator is responsible for maintaining and overseeing the cleaning of the Men’s Shelter facility, to include the oversight of laundry facilities, trash, clothing room, pest control and ordering of supplies.

Our Emergency Shelters team is looking for its newest member and we think that could be you!

Shift Schedule

Monday - Friday from 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM, including occasional weekends, evenings, and holidays.

Essential Job Duties

1. Responsible for organization and maintaining inventory of cleaning/maintenance supplies, clothing, search & rescue supplies, and blankets.
2. General cleaning duties, which includes cleaning and stocking common areas and bathrooms and cleaning as well as program resident living areas.
3. Supervise program residents as they perform chores and volunteers as needed.
4. Contribute to the overall safety and maintenance of the building by filling out necessary maintenance request forms and reports.
5. Perform inspections, cleaning, and re-stocking of supplies in guest residences and restrooms.

• Due to the sensitive nature of these essential job duties we are only able to consider males for this position.

6. Maintain a positive, pleasant, professional Christian attitude. Work with other staff to forge and model transparent and supportive Christian relationships which will serve as a leadership example for recovery program men.

7. Attend and participate in all Mission, Division and Department meetings and training, as required.

8. Any other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1. The successful candidate will have an active church/prayer life and demonstrate a strong desire to serve the Mission by ministering to those whom it serves.
2. Must agree with Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission Statement of Faith, Mission and Vision Statements and have a personal ethos and work ethic that reflects the Mission’s Core Values.
3. Sensitivity to cultural diversity is required.
4. Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission accepts and encourages the involvement of volunteers at all levels in the organization. All Mission employees are expected to assist in the creation of meaningful and productive roles in which volunteers might serve in the organization, and to interact positively and cooperatively with our volunteers.
5. Ability to successfully pass pre-employment drug and criminal background screenings.
6. Possess a valid Washington State Driver’s License and be able to meet the standards of the Mission driver criteria required, including but not limited to:
   1. Clean driving record
   2. No current suspensions or revocations
   3. At least 21 years of age
7. Positive, professional, and flexible attitude required.
8. Ability to work both independently and within a team environment required.
9. Attention to detail and ability to follow-through required.
10. Basic cleaning and sanitizing skills required.
11. Microsoft Word and Outlook proficiency required.

Physical Requirements

1. Ability to stand, walk or sit for extended periods of time; bend, stoop or reach.
2. Ability to lift at least 75 lbs and ability to walk multiple flights of stairs carrying at least 25 lbs required.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Experience

Previous Operations (janitorial/laundry) experience preferred.

Statement of Faith

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the infallible, authoritative Word of God.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
• We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.
• We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.

Mission Statement

To serve, rescue and transform those in greatest need, through the grace of Jesus Christ.

Vision Statement

To forcefully impact poverty and brokenness, affecting such significant change that our communities point to God!

Core Values

• Sacred Relationships
• Passionate urgency
• Strategic effectiveness
• Courageous Belief
• Innovative and scrappy