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Administrative Support Specialist - San Luis Obispo County
ORGANIZATION: Special Olympics Southern California
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GOAL/IMPACT
Special Olympics Southern California’s (SOSC) vision is to promote acceptance, inclusion, and well-being for people with intellectual disabilities through sports. Special Olympics is the world’s largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities: with 4.4 million athletes in 170 countries. Through the power of sports, our athletes discover new strengths and abilities, skills, and success - on the playing field and in life. Administrative Support Specialists help move our mission forward with project-based tasks throughout the office.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Projects vary week-to-week. While orientation would be in office, certain tasks may be accomplished virtually. Here are some examples of projects needing assistance:
- Manage influx of athlete forms and volunteer information - scanning & filing hard copies, etc.
- Filing pertinent information in coach and volunteer files
- Event preparation - sorting & organizing medals/ribbons, preparing event boxes for Tip-a-Cop and other LETR activities (rolling t-shirts, sorting marketing materials, etc.), and sports and program events like Olympic Village, venue check-in boxes, and more
- Assisting with various administrative projects like facility research, correspondence with athlete & volunteer referrals, etc.
TRAINING & SUPPORT
- Individual instruction and support before and during each task
- Overview of SOSC policies as it pertains to tasks
- Overview of equipment, if applicable
BENEFITS
- Furthering the vision of acceptance, inclusion, and well-being for people with intellectual disabilities
- Connecting people to the world of sports
- Help SOSC achieve its mission and expedite progress on goals
- Endorsement on LinkedIn for excellent work
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About Special Olympics Southern California
Location:
4241 Jutland Dr. STE 201, San Diego, CA 92117, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Special Olympics Southern California is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Our vision is to promote acceptance, inclusion, and wellbeing for people with intellectual disabilities through sports.
Description
The mission of Special Olympics Southern California is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Our vision is to promote acceptance, inclusion, and wellbeing for people with intellectual disabilities through sports.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
660 Clarion CourtSuite ASan Luis Obispo, CA 93401
DATE POSTED
February 4, 2020
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Event Planning / Management
- Organization
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- - Minimum of 1-2 days a week, approximately 4 hours each. - Schedule is flexible - Some tasks may be outside of office like delivering materials for events
- - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Excellent organizational skills and initiative to improve processes - Proficiency with MS Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook