Position: Assistant Director of Eliza Shirley House Resolution Center    

Department: Eliza Shirley House Resolution Center                                   

Availability of Position:  Immediate

Schedule:  Full Time; Some evenings and weekends required

Reporting Relationship: Director of Emergency Housing

Salary/Grade:  $70,000 annual; 12 Exempt

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 Eliza Shirley House Resolution Center: The Salvation Army’s ESHRC is a safe and welcoming emergency housing program offering loving, respectful, compassionate, and non-judgmental services to empower residents to strive towards self-sufficiency. The goal of the ESHRC is to support individuals experiencing homelessness address immediate barriers to self sufficiency, identify and access longer term housing support, and resolve their immediate housing crisis. All populations experiencing homelessness, including single men and women, couples, and families with children are accepted.

Description of Position: The Assistant Director of the Eliza Shirley House Resolution Center (ADESHRC) supports the

Director of Emergency Housing (DEH) on the day-to-day management and running of the Eliza Shirley House Resolution Center (ESHRC), which is a 24/7 trauma-informed emergency housing program. This includes directly supervising the Operations Manager and Case Managers. The ADESHRC completes all invoice processing and ensures smart data is completed. The ADRSFR works with the Director of Emergency Housing to develop the budget for ESHRC and monitors to provide monthly updates and ensure compliance. The ADESHRC supports the DEH to provide leadership and guidance to all program staff and residents, including maintaining a trauma-sensitive environment through the implementation of the Sanctuary Model at all

levels of service provision. The ADESHRC supports the Operations Manager on staff retention to ensure safe staffing levels are maintained at a 24/7 facility. In the absence of the Operations Manager, the ADESHRC is responsible for adjusting the schedule to ensure safe staffing levels. Also, the ADESHRC provides support to the Red Shield Family Residence and Eliza Shirley House, as requested.

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the candidate will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the post.

Requirements:  

• BSW (required) Master’s Degree in Social Work prefered (MSW).
• Residential experience preferred.
• 3+ years working with families experiencing homeless.
• Training in trauma-informed care (Sanctuary Model Training) preferred.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• As a Mandated Reporter, must provide proof of having completed training on recognizing and reporting
• child abuse meeting the training standards of PA Act 153 of 2014 within 30 days of employment with
• recurrent training required every five years thereafter.
• Meets the Child Protection Clearances required by PA Act 153 to include PA Child Abuse History
• Clearance, PA State Police Criminal Record Check and FBI Criminal Record Check.
• Must possess an appreciation for and support the mission of The Salvation Army.

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.          

Released by the Divisional Human Resources Director on 1/5/26

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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.

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