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Abode Services’ mission is to end homelessness – doing whatever it takes to help those who need it most.

Abode Services, one of the largest and effective nonprofits working to end homelessness in the Bay Area, has multiple openings for Health Safety Coordinator for our Milpitas site. 

Summary: The Health and Safety Coordinator will support implementing preventative strategies to provide a work environment that is free from any recognized hazards. This position is responsible for coordinating and reinforcing site and program health and safety policies and procedures, maintaining documentation, ensuring compliance with OSHA, CARF accreditation and other regulatory agencies.

Benefits & Perks:

• $28.85 - $31.00/per hour
• 100% paid health, vision, and dental options
• 19 PTO days & 12 Holidays per year
• Voluntary benefits: FSA, EAP, Commuter Checks, Life Insurance, Legal, and more
• 3% retirement match/contribution 
• Professional Development Trainings and Opportunities, Leadership Academy Programs, and All Staff Events
• Dynamic, mission-driven culture and supportive leadership. We support you in supporting others

The Diverse Culture: We believe that we make better decisions and provide quality services when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. People of color make up nearly 70% of our workforce and we strive to recruit and retain employees from all backgrounds.

How You Make an Impact:

● Assist with the coordination of agency wide health and safety activities.
● Coordinate annual external inspections of our offices and program sites.
● Coordinate semi-annual internal inspections of offices and program sites.
● Assist with the workplace emergency response plan.
● Support the coordination of the safety committee.
● Assist with coordination and presentation of health and safety training.
● Analyze drill reports and make recommendations for improvement.
● Procure health and safety equipment and supplies for the agency.
●Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:●High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
●2 years demonstrable experience in health and safety
●Use of personal vehicle and proof of valid California driver’s License and current auto insurance, along with a clean DMV record is required
COMPETENCIES:
●Excellent verbal & written communication, organizational, and time management skills.
●Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
●Ability to conduct site inspections and investigations
●Ability to work well independently and collaboratively with teams.
●General Knowledge of health and safety regulations, potential hazards in program service and administrative work environments
●Ability to coach and advise employees on health and safety best policies and procedures
●Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, systems, and platforms.
●Ability to learn and use required mobile devices and business-related applications.
●Outstanding communication skills and high degree of emotional intelligence, cultural humility, with a proven track record to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
●Communicating with others to exchange information; seeing to read a variety of materials.
● Manual dexterity for use of keyboard, tools, controls; repetitive motion that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
● Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods, while at a desk or working on a computer.
● Ability to drive and sit in a car for prolonged periods of time.
●Ability to move between floors, ascending, descending stairs around all property areas, including roof and basements.
●Ability to use cleaning equipment and supplies such as mop, broom, vacuum, and carpet cleaning machinery.
●Visual acuity necessary to inspect the property and review documents.
●Hearing acuity enough to use telephone and communicate with residents and staff.
●Frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, stooping, crawling on floors, climbing stairs, walking on uneven ground, lifting items up to 15 pounds, reaching at, below, or above shoulder level. Also, the ability to squat, bend at the waist, crouch, reach overhead and horizontally, and kneel.
WORK CONDITIONS / ENVIRONMENT:
●Must be able to work in a shared office environment with moderate to high noise level with frequent contact and interruption.
●Multi-level buildings with stairs and/or ramps.
●Frequent travel by car throughout the county region and surrounding areas.
●Work in program service environments, which may include entering housing units or participants’ residences, program offices, non-agency offices and meeting areas.

Notice: This description is to be used as a guide only. It does not constitute a contract, commitment or promise of any kind. Abode Services reserves the right to change, add, delete, upgrade, or downgrade the position as dictated by business necessity at any time with or without notice.

Abode Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug Free Workplace