Operations Assistant - Part Time

Do you enjoy welcoming families, children, and staff and supporting office operations?

Community Action Head Start is looking for a friendly Operations Assistant to join our team at our K Street Center. This individual will be responsible for ensuring a safe, secure, welcoming, and informative entry into the Head Start Center. Our Operations Assistant also supports front office operations including billing, purchasing and monitoring of supplies, maintenance and custodial requests/needs, and data entry/support.

Starting Pay: $16.36/hour with $1,000 TRAINING INCENTIVE

This position is part time, 25 hours per week, Monday-Friday 12:45pm-5:45pm.

The Role:

• Ensure safe, secure yet welcoming passage into the center.

• Support front desk communications.

• Serve as an initial point of communication with families, public and partners, as well as a resource for information and support for site management and staff.

• Ensure timely and professional response to all phone and in-person inquiries.

• Guide visitors to appropriate people, places and resources.

• Ensure accurate and timely information is available at front desk and throughout public and staff work areas.

• Assist in the billing of clients

• Support with general data management

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Proficiency in MS Office and willingness to learn and become proficient in the use of other management software required.
• Strong verbal and written proficiencies of the English language required.
• One to two years’ experience in non-profit work, front-line with families/public preferred.

Benefits & Perks:

• Education Assistance Program for continuing education.
• Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Engaging work environment with friendly and supportive team members.
• Meaningful work that positively impacts families and children in our community.

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy:

Effective January 1, 2022, all employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, in compliance with any federal, state, and local regulations; and contract/funding requirements related to COVID-19 vaccination.

New or prospective employees hired after January 1, 2022, will need to have completed their first dose prior to their start date, and provide documentation of their current vaccination status. Full vaccination status, defined as vaccinated two weeks after receiving the requisite number of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved or authorized for emergency use by the FDA, must be completed no later than 6 weeks after their start date.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email hr@communityactionatwork.org and we will be happy to assist. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression), national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, marital status, genetics, or any other status protected under federal and state law.