Office Manager
Office Manager
Posted on :
27-08-2025
Employer Active
1 Vacancy
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailValid email field required
Send jobs
Share
Send me jobs like this
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailValid email field required
Send jobs
Job Description
Office Manager San Leandro
Ready to make a positive impact in the lives of children youth and families Join our team as a Office Manager at the Gathering Place. As a Office Manager you will provide a safe comfortable and family-friendly environment where referred parents and children who have been separated can complete their visits and receive a range of services including therapeutic supervised and observed visitation. As the Office Manager at the Gathering Place you will be a key member of in-office operations providing excellent customer service. Utilizing your strong administrative and organizational skills you will help to ensure effective administrative systems compliance and safety.This is a full-time opportunity to work with a dynamic team.
The Gathering Place is a collaborative project between Alternative Family Services (AFS) Alameda County Social Services Agency and Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services. The Gathering Place is committed to maintaining family attachments during the difficult period of separation. It offers a continuum of services that eliminates obstacles to visitation while promoting positive family interactions. Alameda County Department of Child and Family Services goals for families are to increase timely reunification and reduce re-entry rates into the child welfare system.
About Alternative Family Services
Alternative Family Services is a Foster Family Adoption and Mental Health Agency that has been serving abused and neglected children in our community since 1973. Our mission is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability safety and well-being in communities. We provide a wide range of foster adoption mental health and transition-aged youth services in English and Spanish. We have eight locations throughout the Bay Area and 200 employees. We celebrate diversity equal opportunity and excellence. AFS offers an excellent benefits package.
Responsibilities
- Welcome and assist clients families staff vendors and visitors to the office
- Answer and direct incoming phone calls
- Create effective site administrative systems in collaboration with the Program Director to support functioning of existing programs and new programs
- Maintain site regulatory paperwork business licenses
- Manage the physical office location for orderliness and cleanness
- Maintain a safe and organized office environment filing and storage system
- Maintain tracking spreadsheets logs and audit systems
- File/documentation maintenance: establish foster child and resource parent files electronically and hard copies
- Maintain resource parent and foster child paperwork and packets
- Work collaboratively with staff ensuring reports and documentation are processed and filed appropriately and timely
- Data entry: enter client and resource parent data into computer using various databases
- Organize trainings and events
- Maintain meeting minutes and coordinate meetings
- Travel to AFS offices for trainings and meetings as needed
- Order office and kitchen supplies keeping ample stock at all times
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA privacy practices
- Function as the Safety Officer for the office
- Support Program Director with reports as needed
- Supervise staff as needed when assigned by Program Director
- As needed transport clients using personal vehicle that is maintained in safe working order into a variety of community settings
- Maintain petty cash according to AFS accounting guidelines
- Adhere to AFS attendance and punctuality policy
- Assume other duties as assigned by Supervisor
Qualifications
- A bachelors degree and 1 year clerical experience; OR An associate degree in a social science related field and 2 years clerical experience; OR At least 2 years of office management experience or 3 years clerical experience
- Advanced user of Microsoft Word Outlook Excel and database skills
- Strong customer service skills with attention to detail
- Obtain and maintain fingerprint and government background clearances
- Able to read and write fluently in English
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus
- Able to meet the specific linguistic needs to the target population
- California drivers license and auto insurance showing as an insured driver on the policy
- CPR/First Aid certification
- Work with minimal direct supervision and able to manage time and prioritize workload
- Able to maintain a professional demeanor in a stressful environment
- Able to interact with and communicate pertinent information verbally and in writing to co-workers foster parents biological parents clients and vendors as part of a cooperative team
- Able to travel to AFS offices for trainings and meetings as needed
- Possess a high level of integrity honesty and strong work ethic
- Possess and agree to continue to work on cultural competency as it relates to the diverse client and resource parent population served.
Driving Requirements
This position may require the employee to travel between AFS offices and potentially transport youth clients to various appointments Throughout the Bay Area. Thus position requires employee to possess a valid CA drivers license and valid automobile insurance with their name on the verification card as an insured driver on the policy at all times and access to a vehicle in safe working order.
We Offer
- $24-$28.50/hour
- Additional bilingual pay differential offered for Spanish language fluency of $1.20/hour (must be fluent)
- A professional and supportive work environment
- IRS standard mileage reimbursement
- Generous Sick Time accrual
Other than all legally mandated benefits (such as paid sick leave workers compensation insurance and social security) there are no benefits affiliated with this position.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of Ancestry Age Color Disability Genetic Information Gender Gender Identity Gender expression Marital status Medical condition Military or veteran status National origin Race Religion Sex and Sexual orientation.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Hourly
Key Skills
Report This Job
Disclaimer: Drjobpro.com is only a platform that connects job seekers and employers. Applicants are advised to conduct their own independent research into the credentials of the prospective employer.We always make certain that our clients do not endorse any request for money payments, thus we advise against sharing any personal or bank-related information with any third party. If you suspect fraud or malpractice, please contact us via contact us page.
