Office Coordinator

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Salary/Benefits
  • Salary is $30,000 per year.
  • 3.6 weeks paid time off per year (combined vacation and sick time, based on an assumed 37 hours work week).
  • Health care, dental, and vision plan.
  • Employer-matching retirement plan
Work Hours
  • Four and a half to five days per week, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30am to 7:30pm, some evening or morning meetings, with some flexibility.
To Apply
  • To apply, e-mail your cover letter and resume to jobs@freegeek.org, detailing your volunteer coordination experience and any other pertinent information.
  • We will be contacting a small group of candidates via e-mail to take a tour of Free Geek prior to being interviewed.
  • This position is open until filled.



Free Geek is a unique work environment. For this reason it is essential that each applicant take a tour of our facility (active volunteers are exempt). Tours are offered Tuesday - Saturday at both 12:00PM and 5PM. Please let the Front Desk staff know for which position you are applying.

Can you wield mystical powers of organization? Do you possess a certain prowess that causes important documents and administrative work to bow down to your every command? Are you amused by a diversity of people and their needs, even though their actions seem only to make the huge pile of paperwork in front of you grow larger?

A huge part of this job is coordinating the ever-growing and fluctuating pool of Front Desk volunteers.

Responsibilities:

Front End

  • Work at the front desk part-time
  • Coordinate messages: public email, voice mail outgoing message, FAQ, etc. to be sure they're consistent
  • Recruit/supervise/coordinate volunteer Front Desk Interns
  • Perform reception and reception intern coordination backup
  • Attend and actively participate in staff meetings and pertinent committees
  • Work occasional shifts coordinating Adoption and Build Program volunteers

Back End

  • Create, document, and maintain timeline for paperwork deadlines
  • Organize, maintain, and document a centralized filing system
  • Make communications efficient
  • Bookkeeping and staff scheduling support
  • Create, coordinate, and document an efficient system for document flow
  • Manage copies and documents
  • Receive and distribute mail
  • Be responsible for administrative correspondence

Other

  • Participate in collective management structure and abide by Collective Level Expectations
  • Miscellaneous responsibilities as needed
  • Work with Free Geek Collective to define an appropriate scope for this position.

Required skills:

  • Friendly, outgoing personality
  • Patient and courteous with the public
  • Likes working with people
  • Detail oriented
  • Good organizational skills
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to extract info from current staff and put into rational, transparent system that everyone can understand
  • Empowered and self-motivated organizer
  • Multi-tasker
  • Legible handwriting
  • Basic computer knowledge, use of web browser, email and word processor, database and spreadsheet
  • Able to work in an informal, friendly environment with a diverse staff
  • Work well under stress in an unusual setting, maintaining a positive attitude even in the face of adversity
  • Ability to work and communicate well in a collectively-run organization
  • Ability to work in a consensus decision making process related to staff and policy issues
  • Not afraid to ask questions, but able to work on projects almost entirely without supervision
  • Able to remain flexible as Free Geek grows and changes

Desired skills:

  • Payroll and bookkeeping experience
  • Previous experience in a collectively-run organization
  • Experience coordinating volunteers