Transportation Driver at Foothill House of Hospitality (dba Hospitality Hou – Grass Valley, California

This position requires schedule flexibility, meaning that evening, weekend, and holiday shifts are required.

Hospitality House is an emergency shelter and housing provider, serving low-income and homeless residents in Nevada County. Hospitality House provides pathways to housing by bringing homeless residents into a compassionate circle of community care that offers shelter, housing resources, sustenance, opportunity, dignity, and hope as they transition from homelessness to housing.

If you share our vision of helping Nevada County residents return to housing with care and compassion, we invite you to join our team! The Transportation Driver serves an essential role in the community by helping our neighbors meet their transportation needs including timely arrive at medical appointments, shopping excursions, and other social and case plan activities. The ideal candidate brings, a passion for helping others, a clean driving record, and above all a can- do attitude.

Rate of Pay

$23.00 - $25.00 per hour.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance (100% of premium paid by the employer).
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Long-term Disability Insurance.
• Voluntary Short-term Insurance.
• Voluntary Accident
• Voluntary Critical Illness
• 401k.
• 11 paid holidays.
• 11 paid sick days.
• 2 paid mental health days.
• 5 paid vacation days in the first year (gradual increases commensurate with seniority).

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the supervision of the Outreach Supervisor, the Transportation Driver plays a key role in ensuring the safe and timely transportation of program participants. The Transportation Driver also supports the Outreach and Shelter Teams as needed and requested.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as a primary driver for Hospitality House, responding promptly to service calls and executing both regular service routes and special transportation requests as needed.
• Ensures the safe and timely transport of program participants; provides assistance to passengers entering and exiting the vehicle as necessary.
• Abides by all traffic laws and right-of-way standards, taking precautions to avoid accidents and negative community discourse at all times.
• Reports any and all accidents, injuries involving program participants, staff, or community members, and/or vehicle damage as soon as safely possible.
• Helps uphold Hospitality House’s Good Neighbor Policy and Mutual Respect Code by respectfully engaging with business owners and community members who request support with issues involving individuals experiencing homelessness.
• Provides additional agency-wide assistance as assigned by the Outreach Supervisor.
• Accurately completes ride tickets, daily logs, and all required data collection forms.
• Maintains cleanliness and safety of all vehicles by regularly washing and sanitizing both the interior and exterior.
• Coordinates with the Outreach Supervisor and the Facilities and Maintenance team to follow scheduled maintenance and routine vehicle servicing.
• Collects and submits all receipts and records related to fuel purchases and vehicle maintenance.
• Adheres to all public health and safety guidelines, particularly those related to sanitation and hygiene.

Duties as a Hospitality House Employee

• Serves as an ambassador for the agency, representing Hospitality House with professionalism and integrity.
• Adheres to staffing schedules to ensure adequate and safe coverage, supporting the achievement of program goals.
• Promotes open, respectful, and collaborative working relationships with team members and management.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships within the community to foster a healthy program image.
• Maintains a working knowledge of fire safety, health protocols, and workplace standards to support a safe and welcoming environment.
• Actively participates in one-on-one meetings with supervisors, as well as weekly staff meetings and team-building activities as required.
• Upholds confidentiality and data privacy standards in all aspects of the role.
• Fulfills mandated reporter responsibilities in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Ensures equitable access to agency programs for all eligible residents, regardless of religion, race, color, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.
• Provides support at Hospitality House-sponsored events as needed.
• Helps maintain security of Hospitality House grounds at all times.
• Travels as necessary to meet program needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

ATTENDANCE

Must be punctual and timely in meeting all requirements of performance, including, but not limited to, attendance standards and work deadlines; beginning and ending assignments on time; and scheduled work breaks, where applicable.

BUSINESS NECESSITY

The needs of Hospitality House may be dependent on responding to and anticipating rapidly changing external and internal demands in all aspects of how business is conducted. This may include, but is not limited to, organization structure, finances, goals, personnel, work processes, technology, and customer demands. Therefore, it may become necessary to make modifications to how business is conducted, and work is accomplished, with minimal or no advance notice to employees. Accordingly, the employee must be capable of adapting with minimal or no advance notice, to change in how business is conducted, and work is accomplished, with no diminishment in work performance.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

All employees are responsible for observing safety and security procedures as applicable and reporting potentially unsafe conditions to management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as schedules, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to read and write routine office communications, schedules, lists and emails. Ability to speak effectively with groups of volunteers, members of the general public and employees of the organization.

COMPUTER SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suit (Word, Excel, and Office 365).

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Must have a current and valid driver’s license with a clean record. Proof of insurability under the agency’s auto-insurance policy is required.

OTHER SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Maintains a valid driver’s license, a clean driving record, and continued insurability under the agency’s auto insurance policy throughout employment.
• Demonstrates compassion and empathy while maintaining fairness, consistency, and adherence to Hospitality House rules; adjusts communication and behavior based on guests’ and residents’ individual needs and emotional states.
• Applies effective de-escalation techniques to promote positive outcomes in challenging situations.
• Understands the importance of self-care and actively engages in practices that support personal well-being; maintains healthy work-life boundaries and role models professional behavior in both appearance and communication.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Effectively collaborates within a team environment, engaging positively with staff, volunteers, the general public, and shelter guests in both individual and group settings.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time, walk, bend, kneel, squat, push, climb step ladders, and stoop, and occasionally; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk, and hear; and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Must have the ability to travel across, up and down a variety of surfaces (stairs, ramps, uneven terrain). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to high with high levels of distraction. Office and outdoor work environment; temperatures vary depending on seasonal weather; exposure to loud noises and outdoor elements.

HH Employment is available to eligible people regardless of religion, race, color, national origin, sex or disability.