Organizational Description

The mission of the Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs’ Activities League (DSAL) is to unite the Sheriff’s Office personnel, citizens, and youth of Alameda County in the pursuit and implementation of initiatives that will reduce crime, better the lives of area residents and enhance the community through action and collaboration with its partners.

Dig Deep Farms is a DSAL social enterprise with a dual mission of providing access to healthy food and creating job experience and employment opportunities to populations that have historically been denied access to both.

Job Summary

The purpose of the Admin Assistant position is to make sure that DDF Food Hub is running as well as it possibly can, with a smooth and efficient operation that meets the expectations and needs of participants, customers and partners. The Admin will assist all departments of the Food Hub with their daily operations and support the entire team with administrative tasks such as scheduling, calls and inventory.

DSAL General Competencies

• Efficiency: able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort.

• Organization: Plans, organizes and budgets in an efficient, productive manner, and focuses on key priorities. Does not let important details fall through the cracks or derail a project.
• Proactivity: Acts without being told what to do, and brings new ideas to the organization. Moves quickly and takes the initiative on matters of importance.
• Tenacity: Ask questions until the way forward is clear. Demonstrates a willingness to go the distance to get something done. Follow-through on commitments.
• Intellectual curiosity: Learns quickly and demonstrates a desire to absorb new information and put it into practice.
• Flexibility: Adapts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes well with complexity and ambiguity.
• Innovation: Creates new approaches to intractable problems. Isn’t tied to old ways of doing business or solving problems.
• Respect: Maintains a courteous and professional relationship with staff, faculty, and the public; Is responsive and fair toward all co-workers. Follow through on all requests.
• Communication: Keeps coworkers and other parties informed of relevant meetings and work progress. Communicates expectations clearly, and gives timely feedback; Delegates responsibility were appropriate based on co-workers’ and subordinates’ ability and potential.

Food Hub Admin Assistant Goals

Qualifications for this position include:

• Ability to speak, read and write in Spanish.

• Excellent follow through, never lets anything fall through the cracks.

• Open to new technologies and learning data entry and extraction.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to research technology and other operations solutions
• Ability to problem solve and course correct when operations are not as efficient as they could be
• Time Management and prioritization skills
• Clear and consistent communication
• Ability to initiate needed changes as they are identified

Location

Type of Employment

• Full time employees accrue vacation according to the following schedule, up to a maximum of six paid weeks:
  • 6.67 hours per month or 10 days = 0 -1 year
  • 10 hours per month or 15 days per year = >1 to <5 years
  • 13.33 hours per month or 20 days per year = >5 years
• Group health insurance plan: DSAL pays 100% of the value of the Kaiser Silver medical/dental plan. Kaiser Gold and Platinum are also available, and employees pay the difference in price.
• Cell phone usage reimbursement: $25/pay period for staff who use their cell phones regularly for work
• Non-matching 401K to allow employees to save for retirement pre-tax