Application period: September 1 – September 22, 2025

STATUS: Part-time Exempt, 20 hours a week

COMPENSATION: $26/hr ($27,040/year)

BENEFITS: Prorated to position’s FTE, paid vacation, sick leave, and floating holidays

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: None

REPORTS TO: Operations Manager

UNION REPRESENTATION: This position is a member of the bargaining unit with the Communications of the World America (CWA) Local 7901.  

Position Summary

The Operations Coordinator leads building maintenance, safety, and security. They ensure all functions of Street Roots’ facility are running smoothly by monitoring and maintaining equipment and systems, coordinating supply orders for the building and relationships with outside services, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and taking on occasional handyperson work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Oversees security by managing the alarm system.

  • Monitors the performance of contracted vendors who support facilities maintenance and ensures compliance with vendor agreements.

  • Hires/schedules tradespeople as needed to complete routine, emergency, or other maintenance activities.

  • Maintains proactive communication with team members.

  • Carries out basic maintenance activities not requiring specific vendor skills, including daily patrolling of building perimeter and roof for trash pickup, sidewalk cleanup, and graffiti removal.

  • In collaboration with the Operations Manager, supports matters related to facilities, major equipment acquisition and maintenance, and equipment lease agreements.

  • In collaboration with the Operations Manager, responds to requests to ensure all equipment and systems are functioning safely and efficiently.

  • Monitors and responds to requests, correspondence, or notices from governmental entities with jurisdiction over systems or equipment.

  • Responds to occasional urgent maintenance requests outside of scheduled hours

  • Creates, follows, and updates a maintenance plan to be shared and passed on to  maintain continuity through transition.

All staff are asked to participate in the following Organizational Responsibilities:

  • Support ongoing work to integrate equity perspectives and structures into all aspects of organizational operations, planning, and work. This may include participation in training, work groups, and committees as available.

  • Participate and take turns in needed support roles for staff meetings, all-staff retreats, board communication, and community-building. This may include facilitation, research, writing, reporting, and supporting the building and maintenance of an inclusive workplace environment and culture.

  • Support the recruitment, interviewing, and onboarding of new SR employees.

  • Provide feedback for other SR employees through the annual performance evaluation process.

  • Help advance the mission of the organization by promoting and advocating for our work when appropriate. 

Core Competencies:

  • Knowledge of general maintenance methods, operating requirements, and safety precautions related to facilities management.

  • Skills to manage competing priorities, support accountability, and see projects to successful completion.

  • Outstanding interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work closely and effectively with people from different racial, cultural, and class backgrounds and across generations.

  • Capable of working effectively in a team setting, but also able to self-motivate and self-direct.

  • Well-organized, detail-oriented, and proactive – capable of creating and following an effective work schedule.

  • Strong procurement and negotiation skills.

Qualifications:

  • Introductory experience in facilities maintenance or equivalent related functions.

  • Confidence using tools and equipment and a willingness to learn new maintenance skills.

  • Driver’s license.​

To apply: Send an email with your cover letter and resume to admin@streetroots.org with ‘Operations Coordinator’ in the subject line. Please, underscore applicable skills unique to you in your cover letter. The skills and experience listed in the job description are what we believe is necessary to succeed in this position. However, we encourage all interested applicants to apply even if your skills are not a match with all requested qualifications. Incomplete applications will not be considered. References will be requested of our final candidates.

About Street Roots: Founded in 1999, Street Roots is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization in Portland, Oregon, that publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. Each week, over 100 Street Roots vendors purchase copies of the newspaper for 25 cents each, then sell them on the streets of Portland for $1, keeping the profits. More than 400 vendors sell the newspaper during the course of a year. Our weekly, award-winning newspaper is filled with quality local journalism focused on social and environmental justice issues. Our content includes a mix of in-depth reporting by professional journalists, along with op-eds from community members and social justice oriented organizations. We also regularly feature poetry and other writings by vendors, produced independently and through our creative writing workshops.