RV Park Work Camper Couple - Rockport, TX

We have a long term work camper position open for an RVing couple looking to settle down for a while. One work camper's duties will be in Maintenance. The spring/summer season will be the busiest time with site maintenance (mowing, weed eating, etc. which will dominate your time in the summer) plus cleaning laundry rooms, restrooms and showers. We also have cottages nearby that will need cleaning when people vacate. At other times, you will focus on general campground maintenance an improvement projects. Duties may include light electrical, plumbing, hedge trimming, and general maintenance of common areas. You will also be asked to assist with special. events/ activities Holidays are required. This work camper must be in good health and able to work in the Texas heat and humidity. The 2nd work camper will be primarily managing the phone... answering questions, describing amenities, and showing available sites. Other responsibilities will be to receive deposits, collect rent electric payments, and some light bookkeeping. The office is located at Beacon RV Park This work camper will also be asked to assist with special events/activities and there will be some light housekeeping of the office, laundry, restrooms and club house. Again Holidays/ activities are required. 

FEATURED JOB OPENING: GENERAL MANAGER COUPLE FOR SMALL CARIBBEAN RESORT - Virgin Islands

         Our small, but growing, Caribbean resort is seeking a full-time, permanent, friendly, high energy, responsible, and technically skilled couple to manage and maintain the daily operations of our beautiful, quiet and fun island facility. The management couple must be customer focused with excellent leadership and communications skills, and the ability to comfortably interact in a multi-cultural community setting. The management couple will perform a variety of on-site supervisory and administrative functions while also being responsive to the resort owner.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as resort’s onsite point of contact with responsibility for hospitality-related functions including, guest check in and check out, inventory, guest inquiries or complaints

• Supervises maintenance and landscaping needs and manages staff to immediately address mechanical issues including electrical, plumbing, laundry equipment, A/C, appliances, diesel generator, etc.

• Ensures that resort is safe, clean and well maintained

• Directs, supervises and evaluates work of resort staff and makes personnel employment decisions, as necessary

• Accurately plans and budgets time and financial resources

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in hotel management/engineering or comparable education with ten years' experience is required

• Excellent skills in leadership, fostering teamwork and verbal and written communications are essential

• Must have exceptional knowledge of facility engineering and general construction; a sharp eye for details and the ability to handle on site projects

• Proficiency in MS Office with a working knowledge of related computer systems and software

• Strong working knowledge of developing budgets and organizational time planning

• Able to handle pressure during stressful situations and exhibit large amounts of patience and caring for guests and employees while providing excellent customer service

• Must be creative, physically active, non-smoking, drug-free and be able to accommodate a flexible schedule

• As the position will have fiduciary responsibilities, applicants must have verifiable good credit, references will be checked.

Benefits and Compensation

Salary will be commensurate with experience

Private housing, utilities, car and cell phone are included in benefit package.

FEATURED JOB OPENING: Self Storage Managers - Houston, TX

MUST BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW IN PERSON IN HOUSTON TEXAS

Two person team or couple in Houston Texas market to maximize the rental potential of a self storage facility location and oversee all aspects of storage transactions, customer service, rentals, record-keeping and security. These individuals will be responsible for the efficient and effective operations of the store through general property maintenance, a strong desire to grow the business,through outside the box thinking, developing effecting branding and marketing strategies, a positive attitude that reflects a desire to maintain the highest level of customer service and respect for internal and external customers.

Both individuals must be able to conduct themselves professionally while servicing customers and both must have the ability to perform office duties. Additional responsibilities include community involvement through marketing initiatives.

One individual must be able to perform office duties as well as light maintenance on property such as removal of weeds, light electrically, light plumbing, cleaning units, fixing doors and removing debris. This person must be endure exerting up to 50 lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs of force frequently and/or up to 10 lbs of force constantly to move objects.

This position requires a valid driver’s license and maintain a good driving record to operate motor vehicles with both types of transmission (automatic or standard).

Additional skills a plus:

• Experience in construction or maintenance projects
• High level of customer service skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Hospitality background
• Retail sales background
• Basic computer skills
• Marketing and branding back ground
• UPS-FEDEX shipping

Work Status

Full-Time

Hours:

• Sun - Anytime
• Mon - Anytime
• Tue - Anytime
• Wed - Anytime
• Thu - Anytime
• Fri - Anytime
• Sat - Anytime

Live-In Care in Upstate New York - Kinderhook, NY

I have wonderful parents and I love them very much. They have reached a time in their lives where they need someone to care for them on a 24/7 basis. One person cannot possibly handle this entire task, so we are seeking two live-in caretakers that can see to their needs at night, and be available at some other times during the day and evening. They no longer drive so you'll also need to have a valid drivers license and a good driving record. This is an interesting and off-beat job, combining a team care environment with a family atmosphere in a private home. Other care providers regularly visit for in-home physical therapy, blood draws, or whatever is medically needed at any given time. There are also frequent visits from family and friends. This job requires excellent communications skills, the ability to work well with others, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a genuine liking and respect for the elderly. Note: Please do not apply for this job if you are not looking to relocate and reside in my parents’ home. This is a requirement. For the right person, this is an opportunity to live rent free and pay no heat or other utilities, no commuting costs, and draw a moderate salary with very little overhead. If you are seeking a live-in job only because you would like a lot of hours, and you have another residence, this job is not for you. My parents are on a fixed (middle) income and have limited savings. We are seeking an exchange of things that both parties value. If the room and board has no value to you, please do not apply. A little about them: Mom is 86, and is an RN, trained as an Army cadet nurse during WWII. She is lovable, artistic, very intelligent, is mostly self-sufficient, but suffers from some memory loss. She is somewhat frail, often uses oxygen, and has had some falls over the past year. She has a green thumb and is a fabulous cook who loves to cook with others. My dad is 89, a lawyer, a former town justice, and a decorated WWII vet. He is very smart and very funny, and suffers from hearing loss and incontinence. He is a student of history and politics, and loves to discuss both. He grew up in NYC, and loves jazz and swing music. He likes to charm and tease, and jokes with everyone around him. He is the one who needs help at night with toileting. Their four bedroom home is set in rural farm country in Columbia County in upstate NY. They have a view of the sunset over the Catskills, and a spacious old barn they would be willing to lend space in to pursue artistic interests or hobbies, for example. The house is lovely, comfortable, and cheerful, with a big kitchen, family room, and a bright garden room that my mother designed. There is a national park next door where visitors may take a historic tour of the home of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States. Living arrangements: The layout of the house is a bit quirky. It is an old farmhouse and multiple additions were built over the years as the needs of the family changed. There are two private furnished rooms for the care providers, located at opposite ends of the house on the second floor. There is a full bathroom with tub and shower located near each of them. These two bathrooms are not private, but in practice they are not used a lot by the family most of the time. My parents live mostly on the first floor at this point due to their physical limitations. My mother comes upstairs sometimes to use one of the two bathrooms, and the other bathroom is sometimes used by friends or family who are in town about once a month. These occasional visitors stay in the upstairs guest room. The rest of the time, the care providers would have a reasonable amount of privacy on the second floor, from the family and even from each other if they so desired. The two care providers would have shared use of a laundry room on the second floor (my parents have their own laundry downstairs) and would share the use of a refrigerator, microwave, and toaster oven upstairs, for times when they would prefer not to eat downstairs with the family. Salary: The total salary to be shared between the two caretakers is $1000 per week plus room and board. The caretakers may split the time and the salary in any way they wish and mutually agree upon. This is the base salary for my parents’ care (see description below), but there are opportunities to earn extra money by doing additional household tasks, to be determined according to the particular skills and abilities you may have to offer. Examples of tasks that you could earn additional money for would be things like yard work, cleaning the gutters, setting mouse traps, i.e. various tasks of household maintenance. The base salary covers all of my parents’ personal care and grooming, help with activities of daily living, driving them (in their car, we pay gas and maintenance), cooking, light housekeeping, and care of the family dog. One of my parents’ current care managers writes: I am a C.N.A that has provided care for Mr. and Mrs. C for almost two years. Mrs. C requires supervision / companion and at times can become a one assist; this will happen mostly when she is ill. Mr. C is a one assist who needs help with basic ADL’s, i.e. toileting, preparing meals, bathing, and getting in and out of bed. Some of Mr. C’s care is provided by the V.A. It has been a pleasure working with Mr. and Mrs. C. They are both very caring, warm and outgoing. I have established a bond with the both of them that my family and I will cherish forever. We have experienced in the past that both my parents and extended family members have often developed close relationships with the people who have cared for Mom and Dad. This is what we like and what we are looking for, especially now that caretakers will be living in. This house has been my parents’ home for the past 35 years of their nearly 63 year marriage. We want it to continue to feel like a place for family. We are seeking someone with elder care experience who is compassionate, practical, warm, creative, and good around grandchildren, plants, and dogs. Last but not least, you must have rock-solid integrity, and a damn good sense of humor. We look forward to meeting you. *PLEASE PUT “Joe and Angie” in the subject line. Please also include your phone number if possible.

Organic Farm, off the grid, on Caribbean Coast - Hone Creek, Costa Rica

FEATURED JOB OPENING: House Parents - Grifton, NC

IMMEDIATE POSITION: Stroke of Faith Farms is a privately funded Christian Home & School for children in crisis in eastern North Carolina.  We are looking for House Parents (one man and one woman). The children will range from ages 8 - 17.

Our first child is coming January, 2015. We will have one boy, age 9. We will be able to have up to five kids in this house. We are seeking two sets of House Parents.  One for night shift and one for day shift.

As a start-up non-profit organization, we wll be able to offer you FREE FOOD,room and board, plus a $200 per month stipend.

The farm is located in Grifton,NC, and is located about 15 minutes from Greenville,NC & 40 minutes from New Bern,NC.  We are planning to open January 2015.

The minimum stay for each child is five (5) months, but depending on each childs individual situation, they could stay for as many as (5) five years and can stay as long as necessary, as long as they are working the program. The children wll be educated through Liberty Online Academy. Most of these children will not be up to their grade level, so their curriculum will start with an assessment followed by bringing them up to their grade level in Bible, English and Math. Once they are up to their grade level, then we will add more subjects to their curriculum.

At Stroke of Faith Farms we want it to be a very loving and peaceful environment.  Even though we want to instill LOVE,structure and discipline,we want it to be a place that is welcoming to all volunteers.  We want our House Parents to be very warm and hospitable to all that come to the farm.

We will also have Pet Therapy, among other programs,which you can read about on our website.