Men's Community Life Lead

Portland, OR
The Harbor for Men
The Harbor for Men

OVERVIEW 

Portland Rescue Mission is seeking a Men’s Community Life Lead. This gifted servant will personify relationship, order, responsibility, and community building, as they join a Christ-centered team with an award-winning culture and a commitment to serving others. 

Are you ready to transform and be transformed as you lead men recovering from homelessness and addiction towards healthy relationships with God and others leading towards long-term success? If so, we invite you to thoughtfully consider this unique opportunity.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

  • How to apply: We ask all applicants to apply through the Portland Rescue Mission online application form found on our careers page: 

    https://portlandrescuemission.hiringthing.com/job/1062305/men-s-community-life-lead

  • Status: Full-Time, Nonexempt
  • Hours: Saturday and Sunday: alternating AM and PM shifts. Monday-Wednesday: 2:00pm-10:30pm. 
  • Pay Rate: $20.70-$23.00 an hour
  • Benefits: Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage, 3 weeks PTO, 10 paid holidays and matching retirement opportunities. 
  • Location: The Harbor - 10336 NE Wygant St.

THE PLACE 

The Harbor is a community of refuge and restoration that cultivates understanding, healing and purpose in the lives of men who have suffered from homelessness, addiction and other life traumas. The one-year, Christ-centered residential program integrates addiction recovery, life skills training, vocational development and spiritual growth in a safe, highly relational environment. The ministry team of staff and volunteers serves to model Christ-like living to support the up to 36 participants in achieving lasting transformation.

THE POSITION

The Men's Community Life Lead contributes to Portland Rescue Mission’s ministry outcomes by overseeing and contributing to the team that provides coverage in the evenings and weekends, maintaining a Christ-centered ministry environment, supporting program participants life skills development, recovery progress and discipleship growth. 

THE ESSENTIALS

  • Supervise, equip and mobilize the Community Life team to provide 24/7 coverage (including appropriate overnight coverage) so that program participants experience a consistently safe, purposeful, engaging and supportive environment. 
  • Provide The Harbor (TH) program participants with a consistent programmatic care and experience in the evenings and weekends by maintaining program purposes, guidelines, and tone resulting in continued growth of all participants
  • Support TH program participants growth in spiritual formation, relationships and addictions recovery through one-on-one conversations, compassionate care, consistent invitations to participate and use of applicable growth tools for accountability as needed
  • Assist Director of Men’s Recovery in three key areas: equipping and coordinating Harbor volunteers; overseeing dynamic group events that encourage spiritual growth and retention, including weekly Community Life meetings, graduations, and retreats; and 
  • overseeing men during post-graduation phases of their program 
  • Maintain program and facility operations to PRM standards through supporting a variety of activities such as Urinalysis (UA’s), Med Call, Facility Lock Up and walk-thru, evening meal, vocational duties, visitations, and attendance accountability
  • Collaborate with TH daytime Program Staff on participant behaviors through Evening Shift Report, effective database communication and consistent use of growth tools.
  • Train and support Community Life Staff Interns to effectively serve program participants while growing in their own ministry skills and abilities

BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • A passionate relationship with Jesus Christ and a testimony of continued growth in faith
  • A calling to serve men impacted by homelessness and addiction
  • Agreement with Portland Rescue Mission’s Statement of Faith and Code of Ethics
  • A personal ethos and work ethic that reflects Portland Rescue Mission’s ministry culture – Highly Relational, Christ-Centered, Joyful Servant
  • Experience working in teams and supervising people is preferred
  • General awareness and knowledge of chemical dependency, addiction recovery and discipleship
  • Good understanding and experience in relational development, facility operations and community building
  • Proficient in documentation, organization, scheduling and activity planning
  • Experience in Mac and Microsoft Windows software
  • Ability to lift at least 50 lbs. unassisted


MISSION AND DISTINCTIVES

OUR MISSION

We exist to transform the lives of people experiencing homelessness or addiction by sharing the word of God and demonstrating the love of Christ

 OUR UNIQUE APPROACH

From the first sandwich that was shared in 1949, to today's fully integrated emergency, recovery, and training services, Portland Rescue Mission is a highly relational ministry. The Mission builds supportive and caring communities, meets people at their point of need, equips them, and provides a path forward. In-depth partnership with churches and volunteers, multiple tiers of services and a focus on growing Christian disciples is fundamental to Portland Rescue Mission’s success.

OUR SUCCESS

New Life Ministries consistently sees an 80+% success rate of men and women who graduate the one-year comprehensive, New Life program.