Community Building Assistant - Chez Ami

Central City Concern • Happy Valley, OR

13d • $23 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

The Community Building Assistant performs routine cleaning, upkeep, and monitoring of building activities as part of the property management and supportive housing team at Chez Ami, a two-story alcohol- and drug-free community in Happy Valley, Oregon. The role helps maintain safe, clean, comfortable, and livable buildings and supports community cohesion by identifying and reporting resident and building issues, assisting residents, and coordinating with other building staff.

The position includes cleaning and maintaining common areas and residential rooms, preparing vacant rooms, monitoring security and building policies, responding to resident and visitor questions, and connecting residents with appropriate staff and resources. It also involves maintaining logs and records, handling tenant notices and property, reporting hazards and emergencies, and complying with safety, privacy, confidentiality, and agency policies. The position works Saturday through Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Thursdays and Fridays off, at Chez Ami in Happy Valley, Oregon. Compensation is listed as $22.71–$30.13 per hour; external candidates are capped at $26.35 per hour under the union contract, and final compensation depends on relevant experience, education, credentials or licensure, and internal equity. This is an AFSCME union-represented position.

Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, and understand English.
• Must not be a registered sex offender.
• Must have basic computer skills, including Word, Excel, email, and basic file management.
• Must generally be able to bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, reach, pull, lift heavy objects, and climb stairs, with reasonable or no accommodation.
• Must adhere to Central City Concern’s drug-free workplace policy and the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Must adhere to the agency’s nondiscrimination policies.
• Must be able to interact effectively and respectfully with coworkers and clients from diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, lifestyles, and sexual orientations.
• Must comply with safety, privacy, confidentiality, and security requirements, including HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with janitorial work and resident services.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high-quality, comfortable, and safe living environment in the buildings.
• Perform building upkeep, room inventory, room turnover, vacant-room preparation, and routine pest-control measures.
• Identify pests such as roaches, bed bugs, ants, and rodents; perform follow-up cleaning after pest-control treatments, including vacuuming pests and disposing of bed-bug-infested property.
• Greet residents and visitors, answer their questions, and provide information and updates to staff.
• Clean and straighten lobbies, hallways, unoccupied offices, bathrooms, elevators, residential rooms, and interior and exterior common areas; clean windows, floors, countertops, appliances, and fixtures, and perform other sweeping, mopping, dusting, vacuuming, washing, disinfecting, and polishing.
• Conduct periodic inspections of common areas and report hazardous conditions or emergency situations.
• Serve or distribute tenant notices, bulletins, and rent statements as assigned by Property Management or Supportive Housing staff.
• Help new residents become familiar with the community and available resources, and refer residents or clients to appropriate service staff as needed.
• Answer and direct telephone calls, take messages, deliver notices and documents, and maintain files as time allows or as assigned.
• Maintain daily event logs, delivery logs, incident reports, building rosters, and other assigned or necessary reports and forms.
• Monitor surveillance cameras and overall property security, and monitor and enforce building visiting policies.
• Collect random and required observed urinalyses as assigned by Property Management or Supportive Housing staff.
• Keep the lobby updated with relevant health and social services information.
• Remove ice and snow as required during inclement weather.
• Inventory, label, and store tenant property.
• Report to other sites as directed by the supervisor.
• Follow safety procedures and all applicable privacy, confidentiality, and security regulations and policies, including HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2; immediately report breaches involving protected health information or personal identification information to the CCC Compliance Department and a supervisor or designee.
• Gather, edit, and refine program boilerplates and impact data, and help keep files organized and updated.
• Follow all Central City Concern policies, procedures, and guidelines; attend required meetings and training; and perform related duties within the scope of the role.

Benefits

• Paid time off beginning at four weeks of accrual per year, with accrual increasing with longevity.
• Up to 11 recognized holidays and two personal holidays, depending on work-shift schedule.
• 403(b) retirement savings plan with an employer match of 4.25% in the first year, 6% in the second year, and 8% in the third year.
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage.
• Employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Sabbatical program offering extended time off at years 7, 14, and 21.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed