NWGA Center for Independent Living

NWGA Center for Independent Living (NWGA CIL) is currently hiring for our COVID-19 Able Living Emergency Response Team (ALERT)  formed to serve the needs of people who have disabilities and have barriers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

2 FT independent Living Coordinators

• Living Independently with a disability is required.

3 PT Team Assistants

• Living independently with a disability is encouraged and a major plus.

• Positions last through September 2021.
• Qualified people with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
• Only resumes with cover letters written in English and formatted in Word sent to NWGA Center for Independent Living at: info@nwgacil.org will be considered.
• Initial interviews will be conducted via Zoom. 

SUMMARY:

Assist in reaching out to and empowering  consumers by providing our core and other requested services and programs that directly relate to consumer needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic so that they may achieve their goals of independent living in their chosen community. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a field of study relevant to the provision of Independent Living Services and/or one to two years relevant experience. Personal experience in living independently with a disability may be substituted for certain educational or work requirements.
• Familiarity with IL philosophy and disability rights.
• A passion for seeing other people who have disabilities making their own choices and becoming more independent.
• Ability to work with diverse populations, disabilities and age groups.
• Internally motivated, able to work independently as well as with the center’s team.
• Excellent people, organizational, computer, communications skills, dependability and work ethic.
• Facility with Word, Excel, smart technology and quickly learning and using new software
• Ability to travel and work flexible hours as the job necessitates.
• Ability to complete reports/documentation in a professional and timely manner.
• Fluency in English/Spanish (reading, writing, speaking) is a plus.
• Fluency in American Sign Language is a plus. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Drug Free/Smoke Free Workplace