Exciting Part Time Job Opportunity with Making Housing and Community Happen

Office assistant needed to help the Executive Director of startup nonprofit called Making Housing and Community Happen (MHCH) with administrative duties. MHCH is committed to housing justice and ending homelessness through advocacy, education and community engagement. Requirements: loves to learn, strong computer skills (ability to work with Excel, Outlook, social media, etc.), organizational skills and  an interest in learning about faith-rooted housing justice and policy.

Hours: 10 hours a week. Pay: $20/hour or $9,600 a year. Potential for more hours as organization grows. Interviews will begin in mid-February. Start date: around Feb 18. Send letter and resume to Jill Shook at jill@makinghousinghappen.com.

Qualifications: loves to learn, strong computer skills (ability to work with Excel, Outlook, social media, etc.), organizational skills and  an interest in learning about faith-rooted housing justice and policy. Specific tasks: filing, clipping newspaper articles, phone calling, database management, keeping track of members and donors, and attending meetings.

Responsibilities: filing, clipping newspaper articles, phone calling, database management, keeping track of members and donors, and attending meetings.

• Filing, scanning and categorizing business cards
• Clipping newspaper articles, link to blog
• Someone who can work with programs like Excel, Word, etc.
• Data base management
• Able to make calls
• Trouble shoot computer and software issues
• Keeping track of members, donors, volunteers
• Attend the GPAHG monthly meetings the 4^th Tuesday of each month, keep track of reports and members of sub-committees
• Develop a notebook with info about organization with monthly minutes to bring to meetings
• Set up a system to thank donors
• Post on Facebook and other online networks
• Assist the executive director as needed in other areas

Please review some of the posts on this blog and the http://www.makinghousinghappen.com for more information.

The Greater Pasadena Affordable Housing Group (GPAHG)  is part of Making Housing and Community Happen. The Vision and Mission of GPAHG are as follows:

Vision:  All Pasadena residents shall have safe, quality, accessible, and affordable housing; people are not displaced from the community, and our community is racially, ethnically and socially diverse.

Mission:  GPAHG educates, advocates, and acts to provide safe, clean, and affordable housing for low, very-low, and no-income residents of the greater Pasadena area.