Amity Foundation, an internationally acclaimed teaching, and therapeutic community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach, learn and join our community as an Administrative Assistant.  This groundbreaking opportunity not only will allow you to work with our re-entry projects to help the inmate population but will also enhance your training and experience in the field.

About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

About the Position:

The Administrative Assistant provides clerical support for the Residential Program Director. They are responsible for a variety of functions including document processing and preparation, scheduling, data entry, reception, and various administrative duties.

Full-Time
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
On-site
Non-Exempt (Hourly)



What You Will Do:

Performs a variety of administrative, secretarial, and receptionist tasks for the project including, but not limited to, arranging itineraries, preparing agendas, and meeting minutes, arranging meetings, and composing correspondence and memos.

Establishes and maintains files and records, which may include clinical or other confidential materials.

Assist with compiling and arranging student files and documenting paperwork.

Receives, screens, and routes visitors, correspondence, and telephone calls.

May attend committees or other meetings.

May assist in research compilation and organization of statistical and narrative data for reports and proposals.

Maintains general filing systems.

Coordinate routine data entry of administrative information, which may include general faculty (staff) records and training.

Manage the logistics of routine in-service training.

Attend and participate in Amity community-building functions

Attend workshops, meetings, and training as requested by the supervisor.

May serve as Community Advocate role in addition to a job as requested by community leadership.     

What You Will Bring:

Possess good interpersonal, written, communication, and typing skills.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Ability to develop rapport with criminal justice and substance-abusing populations.

Ability to apply organizational management skills and documentation skills.

Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries.

Ability to prepare and maintain required documentation.

Ability to comply with internal, local, state, and federal regulations and policies.

Ability to demonstrate cultural humility, competency, and sensitivity.