Who We Are
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (PWCC) has proudly served the Minneapolis Community since 1924 and was the first agency in the Twin Cities committed to meeting the human services needs of a growing African American community. For many Blacks, PWCC was a safe port in the midst of a racially segregated city. Although our community remains chronically underserved today, our organization is dedicated to breaking barriers, fostering opportunities, and creating equity and equality for the African American community.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
At PWCC, we believe in the transformative power of education and restoration and the profound impact of empowering marginalized voices. We work to safeguard equity and equality in all our programs and services, which aim to eliminate opportunity gaps for the community. PWCC programs provide skills training, family restorative courses, health and vaccine services, early childhood education, skilled technology workforce development programming, and other pathways that allow people to discover their strengths and take control of their futures. The people we work with are filled with resilience, determination, and perseverance, unique to only those who have come far, but still have much further to go.
Wages & Benefits
$21.00 -$24.00 per hour; generous PTO policy; competitive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
A Typical Day in the Life…
A typical day as Phyllis Wheatley’s Program Administrative Assistant provides an opportunity to support daily office needs and clerical tasks to support our organization’s programming. This position is in-person, and responsibilities will include the following:
- Updating and maintaining office documents accurately and efficiently.
- Organizing parent education classes and workshops based on identified needs.
- Building curriculum booklets.
- Connecting client families with PWCC partners by coordinating access to family wrap-around resources.
- Developing a filing system to organize documents and records.
- Assisting in the scheduling of appointments and preparation of regularly scheduled reports.
- Supporting routine requests for group facilitators.
- Actively participating in community resource planning and related work to establish and foster strong partnerships.
- Exhibiting flexibility in day-to-day operations and in providing needed services to families.
- Participating in activities designed to ensure program quality.
Who You Are
- You hold a High School Diploma or GED.
- It is preferable if you have at least 1 year of office experience.
- It is preferable if you have experience with MS Office products (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc).
- You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Are adept at time management with the ability to prioritize effectively with competing deadlines.
- You demonstrate strong organizational skills.
- You hold an understanding of the unique barriers and challenges that client families may experience.
- You have a working knowledge of how to use office equipment including printers, copiers, and how to collect and organize documents.
- You have the ability to work some evening and/or weekend hours in the community as needed.
- You have a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet PWCC’s driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver’s license or permit (not applicable for new hires living out of state).
Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of PWCC. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don’t fit 100% of the technical requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran’s status.
PWCC participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify’s official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify’s Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.
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