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$21.00 per hour payrate ($17.00 per hour with an additional $4.00 per hour incentive)!
Shifts Available: Four 10 hour shifts per week, 8pm-6am (40 hours per week, benefits eligible)
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc. (CCS) is thriving! For 90 years, CCS has focused its mission to strengthen families, support communities, provide compassionate services, and deliver excellence. Providing Help. Creating Hope. Serving All.
We credit our continued success to our valuable employees! If you want to make a difference, help people, and serve your community, we want YOU to join our team! For more information visit our website at: www.ccs-soaz.org.
OVERVIEW
Provides assistance to individuals released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody who are traveling through Tucson on their ways to other parts of the country to join family members. These individuals, typically women and children, come with almost no money or material goods and need immediate humanitarian assistance to continue on their journey. Casa Alitas provides food; showers/bathing; clean clothes; a way to contact family members; assistance arranging bus or airplane travel; an explanation of documents provided by immigration authorities; and a travel bag with food, water, toiletries, hygiene items, diapers, and other items to take on their upcoming trips. Many guests may need transitional shelter while they wait for their scheduled trips, and Casa Alitas is able to offer overnight accommodations. Position may from time to time be stressful and require a high demand of performance. May perform other duties as assigned.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Provide site coordination and departmental support for Casa Alitas shelter locations
- Provide direct assistance to the travelers to purchase bus or plane tickets, understand their travel, identify health or safety needs, identify the need for overnight accommodation, and arrange for transportation to and from the overnight accommodation when needed
- Provide service and activity support for individuals residing at Casa Alitas and partner sites as needed
- Provide support for other volunteers at Casa Alitas and partner sites as needed
- Provide support for program activities such as organizing donated goods, tracking supplies and inventory, community outreach events, volunteer communications, program troubleshooting, volunteer orientations as needed, and other tasks as they arise
- May drive agency or personal vehicle on company business
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Suitable work experience may be considered as transferable skills in order to meet minimum requirements of the position and will be considered by the Corporate Director of Human Resources.
- High School Diploma or GED
- 1 year progressive administrative experience
- Intermediate Spanish
- Strong communication skills - oral, and written are clear, concise, and in an organized fashion using appropriate style, grammar, and tone
REGULATORY
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Valid driver license, proof of insurance, and 39-month motor vehicle report
- Ability to obtain and maintain Arizona Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card and FBI National Criminal Records History Report (employer paid)
- Pass pre-employment drug screen (incudes marijuana, regardless of recreational use laws) (employer paid)
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Additional years of directly-related experience
The above statement reflects the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job.
We are an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer for all individuals. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
