Position: Residential Advisor RSFR & ESH

Department: Eliza Shirley House                                                 

Availability of Position: Immediate

Schedule: Full Time

Reporting Relationship: Reports to Operations Manager

Salary/Grade: $15.71 per hour; 75 NE

The Salvation Army is hiring and offers truly excellent benefit package to eligible employees including:

• Generous paid time off every year that includes: holidays, up to 3 personal days, vacation time and sick time.
• Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of employment)
• Comprehensive health care coverage with low cost employee premiums, co-pays and deductibles
• Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC and Voluntary Term Life
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Remitted Tuition Program
• Eligibility for the Federal Government’s Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Most importantly – a job with a good purpose!

About the Red Shield Family Residence & Eliza Shirley House: The Salvation Army Red Shield & Eliza Shirley House are safe and welcoming emergency housing programs offering loving, respectful, compassionate, and non-judgmental services to empower residents to strive towards self-sufficiency. All family configurations, including families with teenaged children, and single men with children are accepted. Primarily, we serve young mothers with infants and single mothers with school aged children.

Description of Position: The Residential Advisor is responsible for upholding the safety and welfare of shelter residents.  The Residential Advisor answers the telephones, takes messages for staff and residents, greets visitors, and assists residents with their needs and concerns.  A Residential Advisor also ensures that only authorized persons are admitted to the facility and makes regular rounds of the building to ensure an orderly and safe environment. The Residential Advisor can be scheduled at Eliza Shirley House or the Red Shield Family Residence.

Requirements: High School Diploma or GED, prior residential or customer service work experience, must be able to read, write and speak well in English, must have computer skills in Microsoft Word and Excel Programs and be proficient in and the ability to utilize the internet. CPR and Crisis Management Training, a plus.  Must have an understanding of, and appreciation for, the Mission of The Salvation Army and the Sanctuary Model.

Contact: Please send or fax your resume and a cover letter to:

Ms. Quincina Jackson   

Operations Manager

The Salvation Army

1320 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107

Email: Quincina.Jackson@use.salvationarmy.org

Contact: Please submit your resume and cover letter as instructed below.

External candidates interested in this position please apply online at http://careers.salvationarmy.org. 

Internal candidates interested in applying for this position please apply at http://internal-usesalvationarmy.icims.com.          

No Phone Calls Please.

Released by the Divisional Human Resources Department 1/8/24.

                        The Salvation Army’s Mission Statement

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church.

Its message is based on the Bible.  Its ministry is motivated by the love of God.

Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ

and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Requisition No. 2148