Homeless Action Center (HAC) is a community-based legal services program founded in 1990 to provide legal services to people who are homeless in Alameda County. HAC’s specialty is public benefits advocacy, with a focus on Social Security disability benefits and a goal of stabilizing and increasing clients’ income so that they can obtain sustainable housing and health care. Employing a client-centered model and harm reduction framework, HAC’s staff work closely with other legal and social services programs to assist clients in meeting their emergency and longer-term needs during the process of obtaining benefits. HAC is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and working diligently toward an anti-racist organization and society. Please refer to www.homelessactioncenter.org.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
The Homeless Action Center is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and working diligently toward an anti-racist organization and society. HAC’s Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Social Impact and the Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Committee, with the support of other dedicated staff, have put in a tremendous amount of work towards positively impacting change around diversity, equity, inclusion and racial justice. HAC employs DEI principles at all stages of the hiring process, collects and analyzes data on staff demographics and retention, and periodically engages with consultants to assess the organization’s culture, facilitate processes and working groups, and make recommendations with implementation strategies for improvement. HAC’s Executive Director has declared that DEI will be one of the organization’s top priorities and the Management Team, in partnership with staff, continues to strive to increase DEI within HAC.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Facilities Coordinator of HAC is primarily responsible for coordination all aspects of HACs facility needs, ensuring they are well maintained, safe, and functional by providing a clean, hospitable, comfortable, and accessible environment for staff and their clients. This includes but is not limited to overseeing tasks like keeping supplies stocked, managing cleaning and facility services, performing routine maintenance and repairs for the offices and peripheral spaces, and assisting the Facilities Manager with large projects including workspace renovations or improvements. The Facilities Coordinator also aids with safety, security, and emergency responsibilities. This is a full-time exempt position with regular working hours from 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday - Friday. The Facilities Coordinator reports to the Facilities Manager.
HAC is a unionized workplace, and members of the bargaining unit are represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE. This position is part of the bargaining unit.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The duties and responsibilities for the Facilities Coordinator position include but not limited to:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
ADDITIONAL VALUES AND CORE COMPETENCIES
HAC’s Core Competencies are the skills we expect all of our staff to have and continually develop - regardless of role or level. These core competencies are the skills that reflect how we live our values, support a consistency of staff experience across HAC, and help us understand what is expected of us and where we have room to grow.
Values
Core Competencies
Harm reduction
This value requires us to meet our clients where they are on their path in life and co-create strategies for survival with the resources available. Harm reduction is in contrast to a model that conditions the receipt of services on abstinence, socially acceptable behavior, or gratitude. Harm reduction empowers others to make choices to reduce the harms associated with the experiences of precarity, lack of access to treatment, health care, and permanent housing. A harm reduction and trauma informed mindset and ethos requires the following competencies:
Radical Compassion
We expect our staff to have a demonstrated commitment to social change. Everyone deserves second chances - especially our clients - and we are not afraid of conflict in the service of solving problems and making HAC better. This value is about prioritizing relationship building and how we treat each other. Compassion at HAC also means understanding that socioeconomic systems, not individuals, are responsible for poverty. Compassion at HAC means:
Redemption
We show up to this work with an understanding that HAC's clients are not the typical clients of a legal services organization. We do not condition representation on perfect behavior, and we are prepared to give multiple chances. Redemption at HAC means:
Excellence
By excellence, we mean the quality of the services we deliver, the culture we foster, and our commitment to growth and learning. We expect excellence to look like:
Honor
We feel honored to be able to do this work at this time in this community. Our clients entrust us with their most difficult and private struggles and we are able to offer some relief. It’s hard work, and it has meaning and is honorable as well. What this means in practice is:
Justice
Justice is the systematic fair treatment of all people, resulting in equitable opportunities and outcomes for all. It is not just the absence of discrimination and inequities, but also the presence of deliberate systems and supports to achieve and sustain equity through proactive and preventative measures. To embody justice at HAC, everyone:
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SALARY & BENEFITS
TO APPLY
Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single PDF attachment to recruitment@homelessactioncenter.org when applying.
In order to best serve our clients and our community, HAC is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued. Please address the following question(s) in your cover letter: How has your personal background or experience, professional or otherwise, prepared you to contribute to social justice, racial equity, and diversity among our staff? What is your style of problem solving and conflict resolution?
HAC is committed to equity in hiring. We encourage people of color, women, people with disabilities, older people, LGBTQIA people, and members of other historically oppressed groups to apply.It is HAC’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, medical condition or genetic information, veteran status, national origin, disability, marital, or other protected status. HAC will conform to the spirit, as well as the letter, of all applicable laws and regulations.
DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Homeless Action Center (HAC) is a community-based legal services program founded in 1990 to provide legal services to people who are homeless in Alameda County. HAC’s specialty is public benefits advocacy, with a focus on Social Security disability benefits and a goal of stabilizing and increasing clients’ income so that they can obtain sustainable housing and health care. Employing a client-centered model and harm reduction framework, HAC’s staff work closely with other legal and social services programs to assist clients in meeting their emergency and longer-term needs during the process of obtaining benefits. HAC is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and working diligently toward an anti-racist organization and society. Please refer to www.homelessactioncenter.org.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
The Homeless Action Center is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and…
Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single PDF attachment to recruitment@homelessactioncenter.org when applying.
In order to best serve our clients and our community, HAC is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued. Please address the following question(s) in your cover letter: How has your personal background or experience, professional or otherwise, prepared you to contribute to social justice, racial equity, and diversity among our staff? What is your style of problem solving and conflict resolution?
Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single PDF attachment to recruitment@homelessactioncenter.org when applying.
In order to best serve our clients and our community…