Island Jobs

To add your job open­ing, send a mes­sage to edi­tor (at) sanjuanupdate.com. For $30, we’ll post a descrip­tion of up to 200 words along with your logo, and we’ll run it for 30 days. We’ll also announce the job on the main page of the Update.

Office Manager

WSU Exten­sion is hir­ing an office man­ag­er for San Juan Coun­ty. Duties include pro­vid­ing admin­is­tra­tive and fis­cal sup­port to the coun­ty pro­grams includ­ing 4‑H, Agri­cul­ture, Mas­ter Gar­den­ers, and Nox­ious Weeds; estab­lish­ing and main­tain­ing fis­cal record keep­ing sys­tems, coor­di­nat­ing pur­chas­ing func­tions and expen­di­ture con­trol, bud­get rec­on­cil­i­a­tion, com­pil­ing fis­cal reports, mon­i­tor­ing grants, and per­form­ing oth­er relat­ed duties as assigned; pro­vid­ing sup­port for office out­reach and report­ing by assist­ing with design of fly­ers, pub­li­ca­tions, web­site, social media, and press releas­es; man­age sup­ply and equip­ment inven­to­ry and office sys­tems. Pro­vide pro­gram coor­di­na­tors and coun­ty direc­tor with sup­port in facil­i­tat­ing out­reach to diverse com­mu­ni­ty populations.

To apply, vis­it the WSU jobs web­site, posi­tion num­ber R‑7372. For ques­tions, con­tact Coun­ty Direc­tor Brook Brouw­er at brook.brouwer@wsu.edu. Exten­sion employ­ment is avail­able to all with­out dis­crim­i­na­tion. WSU is an EO/AA edu­ca­tor and employer.

Post­ed Nov. 10

Utility Worker

Join and grow with the Town of Fri­day Har­bor Pub­lic Works organization!

This is a fan­tas­tic oppor­tu­ni­ty for per­sons seek­ing an entry-lev­el job with sta­bil­i­ty, prospects and ben­e­fits. The Town is seek­ing to find long-term employ­ees and will pro­vide on the job train­ing. The Town pro­vides com­pet­i­tive ben­e­fits includ­ing health, vision, den­tal and retire­ment packages.

The Town of Fri­day Har­bor has an imme­di­ate open­ing for a util­i­ty work­er for the Town Streets Depart­ment. The begin­ning pay range for this entry lev­el posi­tion is Step 1–3 at $23.95 to $26.54 per hour (DOE). The suc­cess­ful can­di­date must have a valid Wash­ing­ton State driver’s license and the abil­i­ty to obtain com­mer­cial driver’s license endorsement.

The full job descrip­tion and employ­ment appli­ca­tion is avail­able at Town Hall, 60 Sec­ond Street or on the Town web­site. This posi­tion is open until filled with inter­views begin­ning immediately.

Post­ed Nov. 5

Front Desk Manager

Cold­well Banker San Juan Islands is seek­ing a per­son to ful­fill the role of Front Desk Man­ag­er. Year-round full-time posi­tion with paid fed­er­al hol­i­days, vaca­tion and sick leave. A pos­i­tive, pro­fes­sion­al atti­tude, and friend­ly demeanor is a must. Mod­er­ate lev­el of com­put­er skill and gen­er­al office skills required. Pri­mar­i­ly tele­phone answer­ing, client greet­ing, main­te­nance of office sup­plies, sched­ul­ing, data input, pop­u­lat­ing tem­plat­ed office brochures, and use of sev­er­al com­put­er pro­grams. Pro­fes­sion­al office environment.

Sub­mit your resume and cov­er let­ter to Cold­well Banker San Juan Islands, Des­ig­nat­ed Man­ag­ing Bro­ker, Jaco­ba Porter, at transactions@sanjuanislands.com or call 360–378-2101. Pay $20–22 per hour, depend­ing on experience.

Post­ed Nov. 3

Trustee

Love your library? Join the San Juan Island Library Board of Trustees! The Board of Trustees is seek­ing can­di­dates to fill a vacan­cy on the five-mem­ber library board. The non-paid term of office is from Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2027, and the trustee is eli­gi­ble for re-appoint­ment to anoth­er full five-year term. Rec­om­men­da­tion will be sub­mit­ted by the cur­rent Board of Trustees and the appoint­ment made by the San Juan Coun­ty Council.

The San Juan Island Library is in a dynam­ic time of library ser­vice. The Library and its staff evolved to cre­ative­ly pro­vide library ser­vices to patrons dur­ing COVID-19, and are suc­cess­ful­ly offer­ing a mix of hybrid, in-per­son, and online ser­vices. This year, the trustees’ focus has been on the pas­sage of a bond issue in the Novem­ber gen­er­al elec­tion to help finance the devel­op­ment of a new library build­ing. Depend­ing on the election’s out­come, the focus of the Board will include a mul­ti­tude of activ­i­ties relat­ed to the new library project, includ­ing fund­ing, design, con­struc­tion, and engag­ing the com­mu­ni­ty in the process.

View the full job descrip­tion.

Offi­cial let­ters of inter­est and qual­i­fi­ca­tions should be sent to the Board of Trustees, San Juan Island Library, 1010 Guard St., Fri­day Har­bor, WA 98250. Alter­nate­ly, let­ters and qual­i­fi­ca­tions may be sent via email attach­ment to bsharp@sjlib.org. All sub­mis­sions must be received by Fri­day, Nov. 15 in order to be con­sid­ered for the position.

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Bar­bara Sharp, Library Trustee, at 360–472-0148.

Post­ed Oct. 31

Customer Service Representative

Are you good with peo­ple and like work­ing with a team? Are you good with a com­put­er and a smart­phone? Do you know how to use Microsoft Office, add a post to Face­book, or check out a shared Google dri­ve doc­u­ment? Are you will­ing to learn? Can you adapt when things change on you quick­ly? Can you bring new ideas to the table to make our team more efficient?

If this sounds like you, then Inter Island Propane has the job open­ing for you. We are an estab­lished local propane com­pa­ny that sup­plies and ser­vices LP gas to all of the San Juan Islands. Our main office is in Fri­day Har­bor. Full-time flex­i­ble hours, com­pet­i­tive wage, com­pa­ny ben­e­fits and cool team mem­bers. Please send us some info about you to donnygalt@gmail.com.

Post­ed Oct. 29

Sewer

Do you love to sew?

San Juan Can­vas is look­ing for an expe­ri­enced sew­er to help out in a part-time capac­i­ty of 12–20 hours per week when the shop is open. The job con­sists pri­mar­i­ly of bag mak­ing but includes some boat can­vas repairs and sail repairs. Sewing is done on mul­ti­ple indus­tri­al sewing machines and does require some floor work, lift­ing, and man­u­al dex­ter­i­ty. Cre­ativ­i­ty a plus. No smok­ers please.

Con­tact Derek or Lau­ren at San Juan Can­vas locat­ed in the Port of Fri­day Har­bor — thecrew@sanjuancanvas.com or 360–378-4119.

Post­ed Oct. 19