Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission is currently looking for an Overnight Support Services Coordinator to join the Women and Children’s Ministries 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 Overnight Support Services Coordinator works with a team of staff to help create a safe, healing environment for women and children in a Christian residential program- responsible for maintaining facility safety, order, cleanliness and back-up assistance to other staff.

Our Women and Children’s Ministries team is looking for its newest member and we think that could be you!

Shift Schedule

Monday - Thursday from 10:30 PM - 6:30 AM

Essential Job Duties

1. Perform random and frequent walks through the entire interior of the building. Record evening report in staff log at the end of each shift.
2. Perform Breathalyzer tests and Urine Analysis drug screens for individuals entering the building after curfew or returning from the hospital.
3. Handle issues that may arise with individuals during the overnight.
4. Do occasional room check or searches as needed.
5. Respond to emergency calls on overnight phone and ECP room alarms.
6. Assess and record safety hazards and maintenance needs.
7. Perform janitorial duties including duties left over from evening shift.
8. Assist with a variety of administrative duties.
9. Model Christ in all encounters with guests and hold guests accountable to program guidelines by leading them to self-evaluations when necessary.
10. Handle office telephones and monitor incoming persons.
11. Record and organize messages for clients and staff. 
12. Provide referrals for callers when necessary.
13. Help maintain a positive, pleasant, Christian atmosphere at Hope Place.
14. Attend and participate in all Mission, Division and Department meetings and training, as required.
15. 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. Strong love for the Lord and for people.
7. Janitorial and cleaning skills
8. Clerical and administrative skills
9. Ability to work independently.
10. Experience working with a diverse population.
11. Ability to work in cooperation with the other Mission staff.
12. Good attention to detail and follow-through.

Physical Requirements

1. Ability to stand, walk or sit for extended periods of time; bend, stoop or reach.
2. Regularly lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds.
3. Talk on telephone and use computer extensively.
4. Ability to stay awake during overnight hours.
5. Ability to wear a mask for the duration of the shift.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience

Previous janitorial experience and experience working in social services 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 bring the love of Jesus and hope for a new life to our homeless neighbors.

Vision Statement

Every Homeless Neighbor: Beloved, Redeemed, Restored

Core Values

• Sacred Relationships
• Passionate Urgency
• Strategic Effectiveness
• Courageous Belief
• Innovative and Scrappy