NAYA Family Center seeks an organized and capable social services or project management professional to serve as our Community Development Support Specialist. This role works hard to keep the Community Development Department organized and running smoothly. The role will take the lead in standardizing processes and systems so that the department can accomplish its work as efficiently as possible. The role has a strong systems component, as the CD Support Specialist will be the department’s expert on Microsoft Office, including SharePoint and MS Teams. The role reports to Sky Waters, NAYA Community Development Department Director.

NAYA offers an exceptional benefits package, including free medical, dental and vision insurance for employees (and affordable care for family members), 401(k) retirement plan with 6% match, paid vacation and paid holidays.

This role will work at NAYA’s main office at 5135 NE Columbia Boulevard, Portland OR with work hours of 9 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch. After training and onboarding are complete, working from home on Mondays and Fridays is acceptable. As is typical of community development roles, attending evening meetings and occasional weekend events is required.

Starting pay is $25 to $27/hour, which is equivalent to just over $56,000/year.

Who You Are

• You have at least three years of experience in social services or other project or program based work.
• Ideally, you have lived or work experience within an urban or reservation Native community.
• You are one of the most organized people you know. Your work desk is well organized and you have
  personal organization systems to prevent your To Do items from falling through the cracks.
• You are a master project manager. You create written project plans, including milestones and due dates.
  Your strong project management skills even help your partners to complete their work on time.
• You enjoy planning events. You know that much of the success of an event is in the details. You don’t
  mind sweating the details.
• You have strong work experience with Microsoft SharePoint, Teams and Zoom. You are an early adopter
  of tech.
• You are a systems thinker, always calculating ways that work can be simpler and processes can be error
  free.
• You are self-aware. You listen well and center others. You are generally OK making mistakes and taking
  responsibility for them.

What You’ll Do

• Support the Community Development (CD) department by standardizing practices and systems for a variety of departmental tasks, e.g. planning projects, tracking program results, creating annual reports, onboarding new employees
• Create standardized practices for naming and storing documents in MS Sharepoint and other databases.
• Support CD leaders by scheduling meetings, preparing meeting agendas, taking notes and ensuring that
  appropriate follow up steps are planned after every meeting. Serve as CD’s technical expert on the
  Zoom and Teams meeting platforms.
• Support CD leaders team with planning events such as retreats, community gatherings and professional
  development opportunities.
• Provide communications support to programs including creating flyers, using social media, writing short
  stories, and publishing electronic newsletters. Closely collaborate with NAYA’s communications team.
• Create high-level summaries of important documents to highlight key points. Translate complex
  information into useful and easy to understand visuals and tools for staff.
• Serve as CD’s resident expert on systems and tools that might held increase productivity and ease of
  use.
• Support reviewing quarterly and annual reports and track successes and challenges of our programs and
  services, internally for contract monitoring and compliance.
• Collaborate with CD leadership to align efforts and initiatives across the department.

Read the full job description.

Questions? Want to chat about this role before you decide to apply? Contact Sky Waters, Community Development Director or Michelle Valintis, NAYA Recruiter.