Wellness Center Administrative Assistant

Experience creative self-expression and rich connections in an environment where heart and meaning are a part of everyday life! Mount Madonna Center is offering a unique opportunity for an inspired and motivated individual interested in serving within a renowned retreat center and multigenerational yoga community overlooking Monterey Bay.

Mount Madonna is a center for learning that offers practices for living for the sincere seekers, thought leaders, retreat goers, teachers and students who desire an experience at the source. Since 1978, we have been honored to host both luminaries and practitioners in spiritual and religious traditions, artistic endeavors, social justice, and conscious business, among many others. Our residential community of practice and activities have been inspired by the yoga teachings and example of master yogi, Baba Hari Dass.

The Wellness Center is located within Mount Madonna Center in the Santa Cruz mountains. The Wellness Center houses Kaya Kalpa and the Ayurveda World Herb Store, and has been serving our extended community for almost 40 years. Kaya Kalpa provides excellent massage therapy and other bodywork healing modalities including Ayurvedic bodywork treatments. Ayurveda World specializes in compounded herbal formulas, hand-made Ayurvedic body products, herbal teas, superfoods, massage & essential oils.

Mount Madonna prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and strives to create a culture that empowers and supports individuals to bring their full and authentic self to the workplace. We look forward to hearing from you!

Qualified candidates who self-identify as a Black Indigenous Person of Color (BIPOC) and/or are part of the LGBTQIA+ community are especially encouraged to apply.

POSITION: Part-time Wellness Center Administrative Assistant

JOB LOCATION: Mount Madonna Center - 445 Summit Road, Watsonville, CA, 95076

JOB SUMMARY:

The Administrative Assistant supports the Wellness Center team in providing a welcoming and nourishing experience for clients and visitors within a retreat setting. The role includes assisting managers and staff with various tasks, opening and preparing of the space, the friendly greeting of all guests, warmly answering phone calls and responding to email requests, assisting guests with questions regarding services and products, booking appointments, checking in and checking out guests, and processing service payments.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Open and prepare the space for clients and practitioners (turn on lights, turn on heaters, stock paper goods, sweep reception area.)
• Warmly greet clients, check clients in/out of our system, process payments, schedule appointments, answer phone calls, and respond to email inquiries.
• Help to provide a welcoming, professional, and clean wellness space
• Guide clients through the Wellness Center services and provide information about other offerings at Mount Madonna.
• Organize and refresh the front desk, waiting room, bathrooms, treatment rooms, and all spaces of Kaya Kalpa with regular upkeep and maintenance.
• Provide general administrative support for the Wellness Center team.
• Light housekeeping (tidying treatment rooms, bathrooms, showers, and the office space).
• Restocking of supplies, tea bar, water, etc.
• Assist with inventory, including receiving and stocking merchandise and supplies.
• Organize files, supplies, and products.
• Special projects including online research and signage.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key skills, experience, and requirements:

• Administrative and front desk experience.
• Computer skills including Google Suite (Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides).
• Familiar with scheduling platforms and point of sales systems (Square, Acuity are a plus).
• Customer Service and/or retail experience.
• Knowledge or familiarity with holistic healing is an added bonus (i.e. yoga, Ayurveda, energy healing, or other healing modalities).

Additional job qualifications a plus, but not required:

• Background in Yoga and/or Ayurveda.
• Marketing and social media.
• Experience/knowledge in various types of bodywork and holistic healing modalities including cranial sacral, energy healing, yoga, etc.

JOB TYPE: Part-time 1-24 hours/week.

RATE OF PAY: $15.50-$15.75/hour

Hours: We specifically need availability onTuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays as well as during some weekdays. Days may vary based on programs and events at Mount Madonna.

BENEFITS: (Only applicable if working 24 hours)

• Eligible employees will accrue one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum accrual of 24 hours or three days, whichever is greater, per calendar year.
• Regular part-time employees employed for at least ninety (90) days who work between a minimum of twenty (20) hours and forty (40) hours in a workweek are eligible for paid vacation based on the percentage of hours they work. For example, if an employee works 20 hours per week, that employee would be eligible for 50% of the paid vacation of regular full-time employees, or 40 hours per year, during the first five years. If an employee works 30 hours per week, that employee would be entitled to 75% of the paid vacation of regular full-time employees or 60 hours per year, during the first five years.
• Free meals cooked fresh daily for residential employees. For offland employees: one meal per day while working on site and reduced overnight accommodations when work-related.
• Reduced rates on massage.
• PLUS Access to: (for all employees, regardless of hours)Meditation, asana (postures), and yoga philosophy classes

Walking/hiking trails with broad vistas, redwood forests, ponds and wildlife
Community garden and chickens
Hot Tub
Community events
Seasonal Retreats and Programs

APPLICATION: Thank you for your interest! Please send your resume and cover letter to work@mountmadonna.org.

Mount Madonna Center maintains a policy of providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment.

a) It is the policy of Hanuman Fellowship to ensure equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, creed, gender, gender identity, sexual preference or any other non-merit factor.

b) It is the policy of Hanuman Fellowship to ensure equal treatment, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, discipline, compensation, assignment, benefits, training, furloughs and rehiring.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $15.50 - $15.75 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Watsonville, CA 95076: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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