Job description
Are you passionate about helping vulnerable children find success in an educational setting? Then we may have a place for you on our team!
Children’s Institute for Learning Differences (CHILD) is 501(c)(3) non-profit agency located in Renton, Washington.
Our mission is to provide innovative school programs, therapies, and training that promote social, emotional, and academic development for children with significant learning and behavioral challenges. At CHILD, the focus is on developing a set of durable core strengths: increased levels of self-regulation, an increased ability to maintain relationships, and increased coping skills to help children achieve ongoing resilience. CHILD employs a project-based curative curriculum with integrated arts, music, videography and outdoor education.
Hours are Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:00pm.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for first impressions and the face of our company. You will be the first point of contact for our parents, students, staff, and visitors. Cheerful and positive personality is a must. Candidate needs to be proactive, positive, motivated, and highly organized. The successful candidate will practice a high degree of confidentiality and communicate clearly, have strong phone skills, computer proficiency, focus, ability to find solutions, be creative and adjust to a fluid and changing work environment while maintaining a patient disposition. This role requires strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must have a positive, upbeat, and energetic personality!!
Experience in an administrative, reception, or customer service environment.
Strong attention to detail and ability to uphold the highest level of integrity, confidentiality, and business professionalism.
Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize work.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and think independently.
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Welcome and greet visitors, determine nature of the business, and announce to appropriate personnel
Maintain neat appearance of reception area, conference rooms, and other communal areas
Answer in-coming calls ensuring all guest questions/concerns are answered
Retrieve messages from voice mail and forward to appropriate personnel
Responsible for open and closing procedures
Provides administrative support to Human Resources, Program and Executive Team
Assist with day-to-day operations of the HR functions and duties related to recruiting, interviewing, vetting candidates and finalizing selections for hire
Conduct designated parts of initial orientation to newly hired employees
Coordinates setup of conference/meetings rooms
Assists with catering and planning for meetings and events
Inventory kitchen supplies and food
Inventory office supplies
Update internal phone list, staff and student roster
Receive, sort, and route mail
Maintain and report student attendance
Maintain and inventory supplies for office postage machine
Attend meetings as needed
Other duties as assigned
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
2 years Administrative, Customer Service, and/or Human Resources
BENEFITS:
Employer paid medical, dental and vision
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Account
401k with Employer Match
Life Insurance
LTD & ADD
Personal days
Paid school breaks
Paid sick leave
COVID-19 considerations: All employees are required to be fully vaccinated per the Governor's Vaccine Mandate.
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, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Ability
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and directions. Ability to reason and apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
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. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk and use hands to
finger, handle, or feel. The employee is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or
crawl. The employee will frequently negotiate stairs. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10
pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include
close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Renton, WA 98055: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: One location
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