Program Assistant

Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco · Mission District, San Francisco · posted 2026-08-29 · via adzuna · open posting ↗

Score 83 / 100 · Nonprofit / advocacy

Lane fit: 6 / 10 (worth 30)
Level: right level (worth 15)
Timing: fits spring/summer/post-grad 2027 (worth 15)
Pay: paid
Location: SF Bay
Employer: 3 / 5 · full-time signal 1 / 3

Why

This is a paid, part-time (up to 20 hrs/week) Program Assistant job at a multi-service family resource nonprofit in the Mission, in person in SF. It fits her stated willingness to swap her 16-hr/week Kiddleton job for something more career-building, and it offers community-services and family-support exposure relevant to victim services and advocacy. Pay of $23.50-25/hr is solid for entry level. Gaps: no formal social services or case-support experience, and Spanish is not spoken, which could matter in the Mission. The evening and weekend requirements need checking against her class schedule. The role is not clearly a pipeline to full-time work, though nonprofit experience could help later applications.

Watch out for

Evenings required and weekends as needed, which may conflict with classes and her current Kiddleton shifts
Posting text is truncated, so the actual duties and any requirements (e.g. Spanish, case management experience) are unclear
Aggregator salary range (48,880-52,000) does not match the hourly rate for up to 20 hrs/week (about $24-26k/year), so the figure is unreliable
Immediate start is fine only because the role is part-time; it is not a full-time role

Resume angles

Operations work at Kiddleton: daily Excel tracking, documentation and reporting to headquarters, and serving families and children
Event Coordinator at Encinitas Friends of the Arts: community outreach and logistics, including events elevating Hispanic culture
Confidentiality and discretion with sensitive information, plus project coordination across concurrent tasks

Who to reach

First: Find the full posting on GSFRC's own careers page to confirm the duties and language requirements, then check the evening hours against your spring class and Kiddleton schedule before reaching out to the Service Coordination Manager.

No one is named in the posting.

Roles to look for

Service Coordination Manager · The posting says the Program Assistant reports to this person, so they likely shape hiring decisions and know the actual duties, schedule, and whether Spanish is required.
"Good Samaritan Family Resource Center" "Service Coordination"
Family Services Director or Program Manager · The role sits in the Family Services department. A department lead can explain how the assistant role fits the wider program and whether it leads to anything longer term.
"Good Samaritan Family Resource Center" "Family Services" (Director OR Manager)
HR or Recruiting Coordinator · Can confirm the full posting text, the evening and weekend expectations, the language requirements, and the application timeline, since the posting is truncated.
"Good Samaritan Family Resource Center" (HR OR "Human Resources" OR Recruiter OR "People Operations")
Current Program Assistant or Case Manager · A peer-level view of the day-to-day work and what helped them get hired, which is useful for tailoring her application.
"Good Samaritan Family Resource Center" ("Program Assistant" OR "Case Manager" OR "Family Advocate")

USF alumni tool

Where they work: Good Samaritan Family Resource Center; title keywords: program OR family services OR case manager OR coordinator

LinkedIn → University of San Francisco page → Alumni → filter "Where they work" by the company, then search the title words.

Draft connection note (267/300)

Hi, I'm a psychology senior at USF graduating May 2027 and I'm applying for the part-time Program Assistant role in Family Services at the Mission Potrero site. I'd be grateful for 15 minutes to hear what the evening work looks like and what makes someone good at it.

Draft email

Subject: USF psychology senior applying for Program Assistant, Family Services

Hi [Name],

I'm Calder Salisbury, a psychology senior at USF graduating May 2027, and I'm applying for the part-time Program Assistant role in Family Services at your Mission Potrero site.

I don't have formal social services experience yet. What I do have: I keep daily Excel tracking and send reports to headquarters for three locations at a children's store in Japan Center, I've coordinated community arts events in Encinitas, and my coursework covers research methods and psychopathology. I also don't speak Spanish, and I'd like to understand how much that matters here.

Would you have 15 minutes in the next couple of weeks to talk about what the work looks like day to day? Any advice on the application would help too.

Thank you,
Calder

Talking points

At Kiddleton (Oct 2025 to present) she maintains daily Excel tracking across three locations and compiles documentation and visual reports for headquarters, which maps to program records and reporting, and she works face to face with families and children.
As Event Coordinator for Encinitas Friends of the Arts (2022, 2023) she handled logistics and community outreach for public cultural events, including events elevating Hispanic culture.
Her psychology coursework (Psychopathology, Research Methods, a literature review on false confessions) plus her habit of handling sensitive information with discretion, and her ASL proficiency, which could help serve Deaf or hard-of-hearing family members.

Questions to ask

What does a typical evening shift look like for the Program Assistant, and how fixed are the evening and weekend hours versus flexible around a class schedule?
How important is Spanish for this role, and are there parts of the work where a non-Spanish speaker can contribute fully while learning?
Have people in this role moved into case management or other full-time positions at GSFRC, and what would you want to see from someone in the first few months?

Drafts only. Everything is sent by Calder, from her own accounts. Provider: none.

Status: New

To update: add a line to tracker/updates.md. Change applied to reviewing / interview / offer / closed as needed.

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Triage facts

Internship-level: False
Term: rolling
Pay: paid
Location: sf_bay

Posting text (500 chars)

Reports To: Service Coordination Manager Classifications: Part-Time FLSA1: Non-Exempt Pay Rate: $23.50 - $25 (DOE) Hours Per Week: Up to 20 hours/Part-Time (Evenings required and Weekends as needed) Benefits Eligible: Benefits subject to part-time status; eligible for state-mandated PTO/sick leave Department: Family Services Work Location: Mission Potrero Site Start Date: Immediate start date available The Organization Good Samaritan Family Resource Center (GSFRC) is an innovative multi-service…