Rising Up Men's Shelter - Facility Coordinator

Program Overview:

CAMBA operates 6 single adult shelters and 6 family shelters and one drop in center. Each shelter offers clients a supportive, structured therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility.  Homeless (often mentally-ill and substance-abusing) men and women are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into to permanent and/or supported housing.

CAMBA’s Rising Up Men’s Shelter is a 141 bed men’s employment shelter located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. This shelter will provide an array of services with a strong focus on connections for residents to achieve stable employment to lead to permanent housing.

Position Overview:

What The Facility Coordinator Does:

The person filling this position is expected, under general supervision, to ensure the smooth day-to-day running and supervision of maintenance/driver staff and services in accordance with program goals, targets, and performance outcomes and all CAMBA and program policies, procedures, and protocols, including the following:

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality.

• Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures.

• Comply with all Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy polices intended to protect the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information.

• Develop, implement and implement a preventive maintenance plan that ensures all facility standards are met.

• Ensure staff attend all necessary universal precaution training.

• Train direct reporting staff in facility operations and proper use of all equipment in accordance with DHS requirements.

• Report all inoperable tools/equipment to Assistant Program Manager (Sec./Oper.).

• Provide and/or oversee the provision of minor repairs and improvements to facility not otherwise provided by facility landlord or DHS staff, i.e. installation of locks, painting plastering, and small plumbing repairs.

• Provide and/or oversee the provision of maintenance to the facility through daily cleaning of dormitory, bathrooms, hallways, staff offices, etc.

• Ensure proper maintenance inventory and storage of all maintenance equipment, supplies and tools.

• Report is needed for maintenance or repairs of HVAC, elevator, fire safety and security system.

• Ensure contractual services (i.e. extermination, fire extinguishers, plumbers) are provided as required.

• Ensure vehicle is properly maintained according to CAMBA’s vehicle transportation policy and through completion of van maintenance checklist.

• Ensure that direct reporting staff follows city and state rules and regulations (i.e. DHS, OTDA, FDNY, Callihan, Dept. of State, etc.).

• Communicate effectively with clients, direct reporting staff, peers, and supervisors.

• Motivate, coach and counsel direct reporting staff to excel.

• Encourage teamwork among direct reporting staff as well as among peers.

• Assess client and direct reporting staff problems and make decisions in accordance with program policies, procedures, and protocols.

• Work with direct reporting staff to improve work performance through client feedback, training, and weekly documentation of one-on-one supervision of staff.

• Administer constructive discipline to direct reporting staff, as needed.

• Participate in administrative and all-staff meetings as needed.

• Coordinate and lead regularly scheduled maintenance staff meetings.

• Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports.

• Complete incident reports, weekly, and monthly reports.

• Prepare performance appraisals for direct reporting staff.

• May review and sign time sheets.

• May have direct client service/program responsibilities in addition to the above.

• Task may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over a period of time.

Minimum Education/Experience Required:

• HS Diploma or GED and 3 years applicable experience, or associates degree (A.A.) and 2 years of experience or bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S.W.) or equivalent experience.

Pre and/or Post Employment Requirements:

• TB test required

Salary : $54,590 - $57,680