Title: Part-Time House Manager
Reports To: Family Services Director and/or Family Services Manager
Purpose: The House Manager works closely with the Family Services Director and Family Services Manager to ensure that Guest Families have a safe, comfortable, and supportive stay at the Ronald McDonald House. The House Manager will help assist with coverage of all House Manager shifts (Sunday - Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.. The House Manager may work with a number of RMH Staff members or work alone as the primary responsible staff member on-site.
Hours: As needed Sunday - Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Family Services team collectively covers Holidays.
Responsibilities:
Guest Relations:
- Creates an atmosphere of hospitality to ensure the well-being and comfort of guests, as well as a pleasing environment
- Register and fully orients guests to the House and checks guest families out of the House
- Provides ongoing information to guest families so they understand expectations of living in a shared community setting
- Inform, clarify, and enforce Ronald McDonald House policies and procedures
- Promotes an atmosphere of warmth and understanding. Demonstrates empathy and an ability to relate to families in crisis
- Meets guests easily, gains their confidence and relates to them in an open, compassionate, positive, and sincere manner
- Provides information to families about activities and services available in the area
- Maintains supportive relationships with guests
- Maintains flexibility and open mindedness in carrying out responsibilities of House operations - being mindful of the stresses families face including shared living, medical uncertainty, displacement from home and community, in addition to fear and grief
- Maintains confidentiality concerning family personal, financial, and medical situations, while being sensitive to their needs
- Visit guest floors on a regular basis to maintain a sense of House activity and family dynamics
- Fields phone calls and answers questions from families who are interested in staying at the House
- Registers any visitors that families may have at the House
Facility Management:
- Relays facility issues to the Operations Director
Volunteers:
- Encourages, supports, and supervises volunteer participation in a wide variety of House activities
Community:
- Promotes awareness of House, provides information to groups/individuals by conducting House tours and answering questions as needed
House Management:
- Respond quickly to emergency and crisis situations according to the policies & procedures
- Promotes positive collegial relationships and provides support to co-workers as needed
- Performs other duties as needed
Data Entry:
- Data entry
- Maintain accurate guest family database
Qualifications:
Working Conditions:
- Position is part-time. Ability to work a flexible schedule, according to the needs of the organization
- Position requires walking, standing, and sitting. Some lifting may be required
- Ability to access all areas of the House and grounds, including going up and down stairs