We are currently looking to fill a part-time position on our Day Center staff.

Interviews to be held between 10 AM and 2 PM on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Pay Rate: $16.00/hour

Hours: 12–18 hours/week

Interested applicants should send a copy of their resume to lauren@fortkennedy.org.

Job Description

If you've ever been interested in working in Social Services, Fort Kennedy is an amazing place to start. Our Founder and Executive Director, Tina Kennedy, US Army 1SG (Ret.), will train and mentor you directly to teach you everything you need to know to help our Veterans navigate the confusing world of housing and benefits.

In this position, you'll be able to have a positive impact on countless lives, all while working in a fun and relaxed environment with an awesome team made up almost entirely of other Veterans.

About Fort Kennedy

Fort Kennedy is a Day Center for homeless and low-income Veterans living in the Portland area. Our mission is to enable all Veterans to move forward in their lives after military service. We strive to connect Veterans with transitional housing and shelters for homeless Service Men and Women. We work to ensure all Veterans receive support through employment, housing, and help with well-deserved benefits. We work with many partner agencies in the community to provide a much-needed hand-up, not a hand-out for our homeless Veterans.

Responsibilities Include:

• Conduct initial intakes on all new clients, both Housed and Unhoused;

• Assess clients’ Veteran status and time in service to determine eligibility for Veteran benefits;

• Review and assist established clients with new service requests;

• Maintain client files with notes detailing all interactions and updates to the Veterans’ cases;

• Perform follow-up calls to clients and case managers from outside organizations, as appropriate;

• Provide client updates and issues to all Fort Kennedy staff at daily end-of-day meetings;

• Comply with all Fort Kennedy policies and procedures, ensuring all documents and requests are forwarded to the correct staff member for tracking and documentation; and,

• General administrative duties as assigned.

Desired Skills:

• Strong interpersonal communication skills;

• Knowledge of S-3 Operations; and,

• Genuine desire to help people.

We are looking for a Charity Gala Chair for our Fourth Annual Charity Gala on October 18, 2025.

Job Description

Fort Kennedy’s Charity Gala Chair will work closely with our Executive Director and her delegates to plan and execute a successful formal fundraising event. The Gala Chair has overall responsibility for the success of the gala as a project manager, cheerleader, and knowledge resource.

Responsibilities Include:

• Working closely with the Executive Director and her delegates to coordinate event planning efforts;

• Creating and managing an event budget, including maintaining all relevant spreadsheets and developing status reports for the Board of Directors;

• Working with interested parties to visualize, synthesize, and execute the vision for the Event into a cohesive action plan;

• Overseeing Gala Committee and Sub-committees, including recruitment of regular Committee members as well as Sub-committee Chairs. Sub-Committees include:

  • Procurement Sub-Committee – responsible for requesting and coordinating the receipt of donations for auction from local businesses and community members;

  • Decorations Sub-Committee – responsible for creating the table centerpieces and other venue décor and coordinating with the venue to ensure table settings and other venue assets are in line with event theme;

  • Marketing Sub-Committee – responsible for designing and distributing marketing materials for the event, including social media posts, flyers and displays for auction items, table numbers, drink tickets, and other design materials for the day of the event;

  • Sponsorship Sub-Committee – responsible for identifying candidates and recruiting sponsors for event; and,

  • Volunteer Sub-Committee – responsible for recruiting and coordinating volunteers for the day of the event.

• Scheduling and running the Gala Committee meetings, ensuring minutes are taken and distributed to the Committee membership;

• Administer Gala Website through the Greater Giving Platform, including:

  • Managing ticket sales;

  • Entering auction items and creating packages; and,

  • Ensuring sponsors and logos are accurately displayed.

• Serve as primary contact for all vendors, guests, donors, and interested parties;

• Venue set-up and breakdown; and,

• Keeping the larger picture oversight on other chair activities and progress, problem solving and providing updates to the Board Liaison.