Summer Office Assistant

POSITION TITLE

Summer Office Assistant

Camp Arnold

Temporary/Seasonal, Exempt

$350/week - Room and Board (lodging and food) included

Join a team where you can offer compassion, dignity, and sustainable opportunities for people in need in your local community! The Salvation Army is an inspiring place to work. With offices in every major U.S. city and over 120 countries around the globe, it’s a place where people can invest in people on every level. In the Northwest region of the U.S., we serve people with food, shelter, and almost everything in between.

We are committed to being an efficient and effective network of local offices that make up a huge western region team.

The Salvation Army is a branch of the Christian Church, and the ultimate goal of all programs is spiritual regeneration of all people. The Salvation Army is an equal opportunity employer.

To maintain an office that functions in a neat and orderly fashion which includes answering the phone, typing, filing and making reports.

• Be responsible for answering the camp phone and being the 1st point of contact for our clients
• Attend and participate in evening programs and spiritual activities
• Maintain a standard of cleanliness in personal grooming and in living quarters
• Assist with the clean‑up of the total camp at the end of each session and at the conclusion of the summer
• Assist with evening cabin supervision when assigned
• Any other duties as assigned by the Office Manager or Assistant Camp Administrator

• Enforce camp policies and procedures
• Maintain the utmost level of safety for staff and campers at all times
• Ensure compliance with American Camping Association standards of safety and programmatic conduct at all times
• Coordinate and implement all program components relative to the daily schedule in a timely fashion

• Assist with registration of campers
• Maintain correspondence, camp bulletins, etc., assist as needed
• Keep count of campers and report count to kitchen and dining room for first meal
• Assist as needed in maintaining records for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Make a weekly Fire/Emergency file consisting of every cabin roster, staff roster and their living quarters, and fire/emergency procedures
• Answer phones in a friendly and helpful manner
• Assist guest services coordinator with Day Camp Registration
• Be available for camper parents, answer questions and give direction
• Post bus rosters at the end of each camp week
• Input camper data into a camper database to help in the recording of measurable goals
• Keep main office orderly and clean
• Assist camp staff in printing tasks and at times when they require the use of the front office

• Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis
• Ability to grasp, push, pull objects and reach overhead
• Ability to operate telephone
• Ability to operate a desktop or laptop computer
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs
• Ability to access and produce information from a computer
• Ability to understand written information

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order to meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is reasonable and does not cause undue hardship.

By accepting employment with The Salvation Army, you acknowledge that The Salvation Army is a church, agree to do nothing to undermine its religious mission and acknowledge that your conduct must not conflict with or undermine the religious program of The Salvation Army Camp Arnold, or its religious and moral purposes. It is expected that all employees of Camp Arnold will conduct themselves in a manner likely to bring honor and glory to God, and credit and respect to The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a respectful environment…