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Are you bilingual (Spanish) and seeking a new career opportunity? Would you love to help provide safe, decent, and affordable seasonal rental housing and support services for migrant farmworker families during the peak harvest season? Do you have a heart for service to others? Do you have supervisory experience or lead worker experience and think you would make a great (kind, empathetic, reliable) Operations Supervisor? Then this may be the NEW JOB for you: Consider coming to work for Colusa County! We truly ARE a GREAT place to work and grow, see the summary below & then check out the job description page HERE.
Selection Process
Below outlines the sequence of events scheduled to take place during the selection process:
- Applications will be accepted until March 21, 2024, at 5:00 pm.
- Screening for minimum qualifications will take place the week of March 26, 2024.
- Oral Interviews are scheduled to take place the morning of March 28, 2024.
This position will provide onsite supervision of the daily operations of the Williams Migrant Center in Colusa County. This includes office administration and overseeing the completion of duties of the Center's two (2) Caretakers. Other duties include coordinating programs with other agencies determined and initiated by the Center's Director.
During the "Open Season" the Operations Supervisor will be responsible for maintaining the office hours for the public daily. Working independently in the office, the Operations Supervisor will generally oversee office responsibilities - answering all phone calls, retrieving/reading/responding to all messages, emails, and requests; assisting any tenants or public that may come in the office, receiving the USPS mail and packages and distributing to tenant mailboxes. Monthly, the Operations Supervisor is responsible for collecting tenant housing rent and preparing it as requested by the Fiscal Officer. The Operations Supervisor will also process expense reports for purchases made by Migrant Housing Center staff, while monitoring budgetary line items as instructed.
How do we make a difference?
Agriculture is Colusa County's number one industry, employer, and economic driver. The Migrant Farm Workers come to Colusa County to support our local agricultural industry by providing services and fulfilling labor needs to our local agricultural operations. The Williams Migrant Housing Center is critical in providing housing for these Agricultural Workers; and our employees strive to make a positive difference in our Colusa County community by facilitating this facility for those residing in the County for the growing season.
About the Department
The Williams Migrant Housing Center is supported by the California Office of Migrant Services and operated by the Director of Migrant Housing under the direction of the Colusa County Board of Supervisors. The Director is supported by a team consisting of a Fiscal Officer, Operations Supervisor, and two onsite Caretakers.
The mission of the Williams Migrant Center is to provide a clean, safe, affordable and inviting environment for migrant farm workers and their families while they are residing in Colusa County during the growing season. This mission is accomplished by providing quality customer service with mutual respect, maintaining clean and safe facilities, and providing an inclusive community throughout their stay.
The Ag Department has a fun, family-like, team-driven environment. Working for a local County government provides a respectful workplace with stable, reliable employment with a multitude of outstanding benefits including regular work schedules, medical and retirement plans, vacation/sick leave/holiday pay allotments. The Department recognizes that everyone has a life outside of the workplace and truly values work/life balance and supports team members in maintaining an overall healthy balance.
Do our values speak to you?
- Deliver WOW Through Service to Others & Our Community
- Embrace and Drive Change
- Be Adventurous, Creative, Open-Minded
- Pursue Growth and Learning
- Build Open and Honest Relationships with Communication
- Foster a Positive Team and Family Spirit
- Be Passionate and Determined
- Be Humble and Kind
- A beautiful, safe community in which to work and serve.
- A caring, empathetic, & fun work family that you will be welcomed into – where we work hard, but play hard, too!
- A job with WORK-LIFE BALANCE
- A LIFETIME PAYCHECK (3% @ 60 for Classic Members and 2% @ 62 for New Members)–As long as you work for 5 years and vest in the CalPERS system, you will receive a retirement paycheck for the rest of your life.
- Amazing health care BENEFITS at NO COST to you – Unless you choose a premium health care plan.
- Authentically kind and engaged leadership who truly enjoy developing staff.
- Deferred Compensation.
- PAID vacation, PAID holidays off, and PAID leave if you get sick.
- Vacation Parity – Previous service with a public agency counts towards vacation accrual at Colusa County. A public agency includes cities, counties, districts, military and similar entities. To learn more about vacation parity please see our benefit summary.
Supervision & Examples of Duties
- Receives general direction from the Director of Migrant Housing.
- Exercises direct supervision over all on-site staff.
Qualifications
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience:
Experience and/or knowledge operating a multi-family housing facility or similar operational structure. Experience and/or knowledge in the operation and maintenance of a Migrant Housing facility, Migrant Housing authority, or similar State/Federal or non-profit center/facility preferred.
Some supervisory and management experience preferred.
Training:
License:
A valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record.
Supplemental Information
The salary range above consists of 15 steps. Steps 1-6 are annual merit steps with approximately 5% difference between each step, based on successful performance. Steps 7-15 are additional merit steps, requiring 2 years of satisfactory performance at the previous step. Steps 7-14 provide 2.5% increases, while Step 15 offers a 5% increase. The final salary offered will depend on the applicant's experience and qualifications, ranging from steps 1 to 15.
- Colusa County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- All employees are designated Disaster Service Workers and are required to complete related training and report for work during emergencies. Resumes are encouraged as attachments, but the online application must be completed in full. Meeting the requirements does not guarantee selection in the examination process.
- The information in this job bulletin is not a contract. Colusa County does not reimburse travel expenses for employment applications. The county participates in E-Verify. Retirees may be subject to hiring restrictions according to Government Code Section 21221 (h) and 21224 for California Public Sector Pension Plan Retirees.
Colusa County offers an excellent benefit package. For a summary of benefits, please click here:2024 Benefit Summary
