Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish?

YWCA SKS is the region's largest non-profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference.

We're women and BIPOC-led, family-centered, and supportive of employees. As a full-time YWCA employee (30+ hours), you'll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan. Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work -- apply today!

What You'll Do

The YWCA owns or manages a portfolio of 20+ buildings in King and Snohomish County. This position will provide support to the facilities and housing departments located in Seattle and South Seattle. The Supporting Facilities Manager works closely with Program and Housing staff and vendors to provide critical coordination, communication and information for the efficient functioning and productivity of facilities and housing. This position will provide leadership and operational direction to Facilities staff through training, performance management, assigning work/priorities, and project oversight. The Supporting Manager, serves as a leader within the Facilities Department, calculating costs, planning special projects, and executing plans safely and efficiently. The position requires a sound understanding of facilities management principles to ensure safety and compliance in YWCA's building spaces and housing communities.

This position has a social justice component that will require critical thinking around how external systems impact our work through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty---committed to YWCA's core principles of antiracism work and grounding those principles in everyday work. Leaders at YWCA must work effectively in non-white environments and champion antiracism policies, practices, and processes. As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.

Expectations of your role:

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Supports with managing the daily operations of the YWCA facilities operations at the Seattle program properties to remain safe, orderly, and well-maintained while meeting programmatic and organizational needs.

Complete work orders within the expected timeframe. Track and record process.

Assist with painting, drywall, plumbing repairs, basic electrical, ballast changing, cleaning, rekeying, light carpentry repairs and general repairs to all building systems of common areas.

Assist in scheduling or performing proper testing, regular inspections, and maintenance of community and preventative maintenance inspections (PMIs) in units including pumps, boilers, fire control systems, elevators, backup generators, smoke, and carbon monoxide detector systems in units. Oversee contractors when professional services and repairs are necessary.

Develops and maintains positive relationships with co-workers, volunteers, vendors, residents, and clients.

Monitor and report status of rent-ready inventory to the Senior Manager or Sr. Director: take steps to ensure units are available within specified timeframes and meet quality standards.