Job Description:
- -experienced in most aspects of residential home construction (as a professional or experienced amateur)
- -has supervisory skills to lead
- 2-3 crew leaders
- Safety Observer
- Keep Family Partner informed
- -leadership skills to teach and motivate 15 volunteers who are there 8 am to 3:30 pm
- -partner with the Habitat Construction Manager and Staff who direct all subcontractor work during the weekdays
- -caring for the future Homeowner and family who participate for sweat equity credits
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2. Crew Leaders
Positions Still Available
The Crew Leader’s principle function is to coach the volunteers to produce
acceptable results in a safe manner. A Crew Leader can usually guide 4-5 unskilled
or semi-skilled volunteers. There are often 10-20 volunteers on a job site. A
House Leader cannot direct the work of that many people and run a safe, orderly
and productive job site. As such, each work period requires the services of 2-3
Crew Leaders to demonstrate tasks, maintain standards, monitor safety and assure
that the volunteers have enough meaningful work to have a satisfying experience.
It is not necessary that the Crew Leaders actually perform any work on the job
site. They may elect to perform tasks if all of the volunteers are adequately
engaged in the work.
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3. Site Safety Observers
Positions Still Available
While working as a volunteer, the Site Safety Observer will observe the work
activities of the other volunteers. The SSO will become familiar with the
HFHSL Volunteer Safety Manual and the HFHSL Safety Process. The SSO performs
audits of the work site conditions, the condition of the tools and equipment
that are being used and provides safety coaching to the volunteers, as needed.
The specific safety issues associated with the day’s tasks will be
discussed with the House Leaders and Crew Leaders prior to the arrival
of the volunteers at the work site and then will be discussed with the volunteers
prior to beginning the work.
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4. Crew/Safety Scheduler
Position Filled
It is the job of the Crew/Safety Scheduler to recruit new, and schedule the
returning crew leaders and safety observers. We aim for four crew leaders
per build day and one site safety observer. This scheduler questions each
of the volunteers about their availability and skills, then sets up a
calendar for the entire build which is sent to all crew and safety personel.
The scheduler calls or emails their volunteers the week before they are
scheduled as a reminder. These volunteers can be from either church or
Citigroup.
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5. Church Scheduler
Position Filled
It is the job of the Church Scheduler to schedule the churches. Habitat
provides us with a schedule of work and number of volunteers needed on any
particular day. This
scheduler contacts each Project Leader and gathers information about the
number of possible volunteers that church is likely to provide and
determines if there are any church conflicts to schedule around (church
picnics, dedications, etc.) They set up the schedule, get it to the Project
Leaders and then do a reminder call or email the week before.
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6. Family Partner
Position Filled
Habitat for Humanity St. Louis aims to meet the needs of families both physically
and emotionally. Moving into a new home for the first time can be an overwhelming
challenge. Habitat families need guidance, reassurance, and encouragement to
become independent and successful homeowners. The Family Partnership Program
has been developed to meet these needs.
Our Episcopal Habitat for Humanity Project is looking for an individual
to serve as the Family Partner for our next Homeowner, that is, the family
who will move into the house that we build. It is a one-year commitment.
The role of the Family Partner is primarily one of support and friendship.
You will find your own unique way of developing this relationship with your
family. One of the most challenging parts of your job will be to determine
when support requires a helping hand, and when it requires encouragement
in independence. A new home with no interest payments can be the beginning
point that allows families to turn their lives around economically, and perhaps
even socially, educationally and spiritually. You are there to assist in
that transformation.
You
are primarily responsible and accountable to Habitat’s Family Support
Committee. From time to time you, as the liaison between Habitat and your
family, will need to communicate directly with the Executive Director, Construction
Coordinator, and others involved with Habitat. Your responsibilities will
begin when the Homeowner is selected and will continue until the family moves
into their house. Here are some specific expectations:
- Attend Sponsor orientation
dinner at the Habitat office where you will be partnered with your family.
- Attend Family Support Committee meetings
- Keep contact
with your family at least once a week.
- When the build begins:
- Remind
your family to be on site by 7:45 AM.
- Assist in keeping track of your
sweat equity hours and theirs.
- When possible, be present on the construction
site on build days to assist your family in building their house. Your
time will count towards their required 450 sweat equity hours. You are
NOT REQUIRED to be their every week.
- Assist with transportation if
needed.
-
Help plan the house dedication with the sponsor.
-
Accompany
the family in picking up one-month supply of food from the St. Louis
food bank
-
Attend pre-closing meeting and closing with your family
if possible.
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