The Station Foundation is a national non-profit serving Special Operations Forces (SOF) as they return home from war. Headquartered outside of Bozeman, MT The Station provides a sanctuary and path for SOF families to heal and reconnect to what matters most in their lives, returning home with meaning and purpose. Since 2012, The Station Foundation has served more than 1000 families, preserving the health and wellness of the SOF Community. The Station Foundation is fully committed to providing world class holistic support to service members, partners, and children as they deal with the complex layers of chronic combat, leveraging action based experiential practices and education, to help with the stressors along the path in Special Operations.
We consider applicants for all positions on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender, marital status, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation and any other legally protected status.
Child Development Coordinator
Submit CV/Resume with cover letter to Kevin Stacy at kstacy@thestationfoundation.org
Position Summary:
Coordinator is a nurturing, responsible, enthusiastic individual responsible for delivering world class care and support to children in the Special Operations Community. Coordinator reports directly to the Director of Child Development, and works closely with the entire team to collaborate, design, and deliver experiential curriculum addressing the enduring and emerging challenges facing SOF. Duties include facilitating restorative experiences for SOF children, coordinating program logistics, leading individual and group activities, providing age appropriate instruction, and enhancing child focused programs.
Opening Date: 04 January 2022
Anticipated Start Date: Immediately
Salary: $50,000
Benefits: Health; Retirement; Paid Time Off
Job Status: Full time, M-F 9am-5pm, occasional weekends and available for non-standard hours
Location: Gallatin Gateway, MT (Between Bozeman and Big Sky)
The success of this position stands upon trust and respect, and is built upon these attributes:
- Kind, empathetic and accommodating to the needs of others
- Fun, positive, disposition with a special attention to connecting with children (0-18 years)
- Impeccable character — a person of integrity who embodies the values of the team
- Team oriented and mission driven
- A strong desire to learn, grow, and serve
- Responsive and flexible (quick, urgent, & agile approach to problem solving)
- Eager to collaborate and able to receive direction
- Flexible of shifts in roles and responsibilities
- Mature, tempered decision making
- Poised, calm, and responsive when addressing challenges or issues
- Excellent interpersonal skills. Professionally communicates across verbal and written platforms
- Confident to receive and deliver candid, direct feedback.
- Proactive and engaged — open to creating with limited guidance or oversight
- Expresses a caring, empathetic disposition with a curious, creative approach to instruction
Responsibilities:
- Overall well-being of children under their care
- Organize and develop age-appropriate experiential activities
- Identify creative ways to reinforce existing curriculum
- Refine curriculum to meet the real-time needs of students
- Maintain a safe workplace by reinforcing The Station’s safety policies
- Report and address concerns with staff and parents
- Help children discover new interests by introducing them to art, music, sports, and other opportunities
- Provide guidance and structure during activities
- Identify creative ways to connect children with parents
- Collect, manage, and respond appropriately to child intake information during pre-workshop planning
- Remain attentive to evolving needs of participants
- Ensure child development center maintains a high level of organization and cleanliness
Suggested Prerequisites:
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Childhood Education
- Previous experience in childcare
- A valid driver’s license
- CPR & First Aid certified
- Ability to pass a background check
- Strong understanding of stages of childhood development
Development Coordinator
Submit CV/Resume with cover letter to Troy Schnack at tschnack@thestationfoundation.org
Position Summary:
Reporting and providing support to the Development Director, the part-time Development Coordinator works closely with the Development Director to coordinate and implement a variety of fundraising activities. The Development Coordinator is particularly focused on individual giving, grants, and data management.
The success of this position stands upon trust and respect, and is built upon these attributes:
- Impeccable character – a person of integrity who embodies the values of the team
- A strong desire to learn, collaborate, grow, and serve
- Proactive, responsive, and flexible
- Detail-oriented, with the ability to manage the big picture
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written
- Confidence to receive and deliver candid, direct feedback
- Expresses a caring, empathetic, curious disposition
Opening Date: Immediately
Anticipated Start Date: Immediately
Salary: $20 — $25 per hour (experience based)
Benefits: No Paid Benefits
Job Status: Part-time, M-F four hours per day, occasional weekends and available for non-standard hours
Location: Remote work near West Point, NY
Responsibilities:
Donor Solicitation and Relations
- Works with Development Director to oversee a portfolio of prospective and current donors
- Serves as the primary point of contact for annual and recurring giving donors and foundation grants
- Prepares solicitation strategies and materials for each prospect
- Identifies, researches, develops, and strengthens donor and partner relationships that connect to our goals, accomplishments, and mission
Fundraising Administration
- Respects the confidentiality of all records
- Develops, coordinates, tracks donor and grant solicitations, pledges
- Responsible for the collection of all donor and prospect information in the database, including gift entry accuracy
- Receives, processes, tracks, reconciles, and assists in the acknowledgment and audit of donations
- Accurately records all details of donor transactions into the donor database and mailing lists
- Creates and maintains mailing lists and monthly call sheets for donor and grant check-in calls, outreach, program wraps, and renewals
- Assists with the planning and execution of fundraising events
- Assists with donor recognition and stewardship
Prerequisites:
We recognize this opportunity requires certain skill sets and approaches that many people may not already possess. We are more interested in the quality of an applicant’s character and desire to serve than we are in specific certifications or qualifications. We are seeking people of character who possess the willingness and desire to expand and contribute to a healing path home from war. Technical aspects are entirely teachable — we expect applicants to already possess kindness, compassion, tireless work ethic, commitment, and integrity. While it will take considerable time, energy, and resources to train the Development Coordinator, it is far easier to start with character and go from there.
- Valid driver’s license with own car
- An at-home workspace in the West Point, New York area
- Exercise excellent judgment, decorum, confidentiality, and diplomacy in all interactions
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent phone manner and out-going personality
- Ability to manage time and multiple tasks efficiently, to work well under pressure, follow up, and meet deadlines, while maintaining attention to detail
- The necessity for confidentiality about donors
- Light physical effort that includes the ability to lift and carry up to 10 lbs. (materials for events)
- Good visual acuity is necessary for reviewing and proofing of appeal letters, event invitations, and more
- Pass a background check
Benefits
This is a part-time position that follows New York state’s part-time employee laws and does not include health insurance, dental insurance, healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts such as HSAs or FSAs, or retirement benefits or accounts. The salary range is $20-$25 per hour based on experience and qualifications. This position has the potential to transition to a full-time position in the next twelve months.
Director of Food Operations
Submit CV/Resume with cover letter to Kevin Stacy at kstacy@thestationfoundation.org
Position Summary:
Dependable, trustworthy, engaging lead of food operations for military family retreats at our private facility. Supervises and leads a small, efficiently run kitchen that services small and medium scale programs. Experienced Sous Chef or Chef with the skills to lead their own kitchen. Oversee and systemize all food production and execution; responsible for training and oversight of the kitchen operation to include staff and clean down post service. This position is year-round and offers 30-40 hours weekly. This is a lead position requiring an independently driven person able to work well in a team setting in both a supervisory and collaborative capacity, possessing the maturity and responsibility to creatively build out and execute a year-round kitchen. Required to work evenings, weekends, non-standard hours, and occasional holidays as event schedule demands.
Opening Date: 01 June 2022
Anticipated Start Date: 01 June 2022
Salary: $55,000 — $65,000 (experience based)
Benefits: Health, SIMPLE Retirement, Paid Time Off
Location: Gallatin Gateway, MT (Between Bozeman and Big Sky)
Some of the duties and responsibilities include [but not limited to]:
- Skillfully prepare a wide variety of flavorful, healthy cuisines on location for all workshops.
- Work with the management team to develop, implement and maintain operating procedures.
- Supervise and train fellow staff members while coordinating all related activities.
- Coordinate with workshop leads to ensure efficient and timely service and guest satisfaction.
- Lead and develop menu and recipe selection, to include seasonal menu items.
- Budget menus for workshops in coordination with program directors and executive director.
- Standardize and maintain production quality of all meals to ensure consistent quality, and with establishing presentation techniques and quality standards.
- Purchase required ingredients and items — control inventory of all kitchen items.
- Maintain production quality
- Creatively repurpose leftovers for follow on meals during workshops.
- Ensures proper equipment operation/maintenance.
- Ensures all sanitation guidelines are being followed.
- Lead, Supervise and/or assist with the cleaning and organization of kitchen and equipment.
- Communicate to supervisors, co-workers, and staff by telephone, in written form, email, or in person.
- Improve service by communicating guest needs to all appropriate staff.
- Participate as part of the team while performing other duties in support of the organization’s mission.
- Represent the organization in a professional, service-oriented manner.
Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills:
- Progressively responsible sous chef experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Progressively responsible experience supervising and training staff.
- Substantial experience in menu and recipe development.
- Substantial experience in portion and quality control.
- Proficient experience using computers and various software packages.
- Experience working with a menu management system.
- Experience in recipe costing and kitchen inventory ingredient management.
- Serve Safe certified or have the ability to become certified.
- Must be willing to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Must be an excellent communicator with the ability to multitask and think quickly when under pressure.
The Successful Candidate Will:
- Work effectively and efficiently with fellow staff members in a team-oriented environment
- Exhibit creativity and exercise mature judgment
- Exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate employees
- Highly motivated and work with minimal supervision
- Consistently exercise initiative and good judgment
- Maintain and manage policy and procedure
- Quickly adapt to changing priorities
- Network and maintain strong working relationships
- Demonstrate experience in facilitating change, managing conflict, and problem solving
- Exhibit effective speaking and presentation skills in front of groups of varying size
- Be knowledgeable about State and Federal health and food safety guidelines
- Represent the organization in a professional and courteous manner
Position Special Requirements/Additional Information:
This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Must possess a valid driver’s license and meet all State of Montana requirements to operate organizational vehicles.
Physical Demands:
- Normal kitchen, cooler, freezer, dock environments.
- Stationary and/or moving about for long periods of time.
- Moving product up and down stairs.
- Frequently moving containers/product weighing up to 50 lbs and occasionally up to 100lbs.
- Moving while stocking product.
- Using small kitchen utensils and other equipment.
- Performing repetitive motions such as, but not limited to, chopping, stirring and serving.
- Exposure to cleaning chemicals on a daily basis.
- Work for long periods of time at a computer.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Director of Mental Health
Submit CV/Resume with cover letter to Kevin Stacy at kstacy@thestationfoundation.org
Position Summary:
Full time mental health professional with a strong desire to operate in a non-clinical environment. Appetite to design, collaborate and facilitate restorative experiences serving the SOF Community, providing the highest level of care for our population, before-during-and after programs. Capable of pulling across contemporary psychological approaches and synthesizing a cohesive process for growth, reconnection, and reintegration after war. Works closely with the team to deliver curriculum addressing the enduring and emerging challenges facing SOF. Well versed in mindful-based approaches and open to non-traditional approaches to healing from war. Facilitates psycho education discussions and thoughtful experiential practices for participants to grow, learn, and integrate into their personal lives. Serves as a lead contact for situations beyond The Station’s threshold of care, ensuring outreach assistance is provided to the fullest extent possible. Builds relationships and a deep understanding of critical resources available in local communities of our participants. Supports the staff with education and consultations. Reports directly to the Executive Director and works closely with the entire staff, both in program and non-program environments. Performs other duties as assigned.
Opening Date: 01 June 2022
Anticipated Start Date: Immediately
Salary: $80,000 — $90,000 (experience based)
Benefits: Health, Retirement, Paid Time Off
Job Status: Full time, M-F 9am-5pm, occasional weekends and available for non-standard hours
Location: Gallatin Gateway, MT (Between Bozeman and Big Sky)
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with program leads around program development, instruction and engagement
- Create and facilitate programming around enduring and emerging challenges facing the SOF Community
- Facilitate individual and group psycho-education
- Provide consultations with program participants throughout the continuum of care
- Evaluate participant needs and accommodate accordingly.
- Facilitate referrals based on acuity and level of care needs of the participant.
- Provide interventions using evidence-based techniques as appropriate.
- Manage participant data collection to establish both a quantitative and qualitative baseline
- Establish processes to manage, track, and support participants as they return home
- Provide integration support with program alumni as they return home
- Study and understand factors that affect human behavior around combat; grief; moral injury.
- Participate in regularly scheduled (usually weekly) care discussions with the Executive Director
- Provide recommendations to leadership and staff on extenuating, crisis-level situations
- Support the staff through group and individual consultation
- Conduct trauma-informed systems review
- Facilitate proactive risk assessments and develop risk mitigation plans around potential crisis situations
- Maintains and updates a network of referral resources for participants in their local communities
- Maintain all required licensing, insurance, and profession specific credentials
Prerequisites:
- Highest personal and professional integrity
- Master’s Degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or related field
- 2 years of experience
- Montana Licensure as Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) — contingent upon hiring
- Preferred: National Counselor Certification (NCC)
- Strong desire to work with military communities in intimate, “non-therapeutic” conditions
- A tempered, mature, calm, poised disposition open to variety and flexibility
- Enjoys working in a team setting with emphasis on creativity, collaboration, kindness and non-judgement
- Mindset as a utility player — extend role beyond traditionally defined mental health professionals.
- Trained with and experience with evidence based approaches (CBT; DBT; ACT; Positive Psychology)
- Willing to learn about combat related issues and theories of trauma
- Love for outdoors and non-traditional, informal settings
- Eager to work with participants in all phases of support
- Is a positive presence on the team and in the work environment
- Takes and provides feedback and demonstrates improvement and growth
- Excellent interpersonal skills. Professionally communicates across verbal and written platforms
- Leads and executes with limited supervision
- Imparts knowledge through informal skills sharing (does not have to be formal role)
- Constructively contributes to a spirit of continuous improvement
- Creates strong team environment that empowers and encourages collaboration
- Is eager to learn and initiates own training, development, and personal growth activities
- Leverage training, insights, and experiences in building or enhancing programs
Family Program Facilitator
Submit CV/Resume with cover letter to Kevin Stacy at kstacy@thestationfoundation.org
Position Summary:
Program Facilitator reports to the Director of Programs and leads building and delivering powerful homecoming experiences for Families in the Special Operations Community. Service-based mindset, with kindness, patience, and the encouragement of a mature, tempered, caring guide. Responsible for guiding families through 9-day immersion programs, leading individual and group discussions and consultations, with special emphasis on understanding, embodying, and navigating the ethos of the Special Operations Community. Working with a wide range of ages, experiences, and skill sets, Program Facilitators meet Participants where they are (emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually) and support growth through education, compassionate inquiry, and thoughtfully curated experiences. Informed by a deep understanding of the SOF Community and an intense desire to serve. Demonstrated ability to plan with impeccable detail, coordinate and synchronize actions across multiple program domains, and facilitate with poise and confidence. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Caring approach to delicate and sensitive family situations — prior experience with small group and individual processing preferred, as well as possessing an intimate understanding of the Special Operations Community. Requires a fully committed guide who cares deeply about our military families, seeking a journey of purpose and growth within a dedicated team.
Opening Date: 04 January 2022
Anticipated Start Date: Immediately
Salary: $65,000 — $80,000 (experience based)
Benefits: Health; Retirement; Paid Time Off
Job Status: Full time, M-F 9am-5pm, occasional weekends and available for non-standard hours
Location: Gallatin Gateway, MT (Between Bozeman and Big Sky)
The success of this position stands upon trust and respect, and is built upon these attributes:
- Kind, empathetic and accommodating to the needs of others
- Fun, positive, disposition with a special attention to connecting with all aspects of a family
- Impeccable character — a person of integrity who embodies the values of the team
- Team oriented and mission driven
- Focused and fully committed to delivering world class experiences
- A strong desire to learn, grow, and serve
- Responsive and flexible (quick, urgent, & agile approach to problem solving)
- Eager to collaborate and able to receive direction
- Detail oriented, with the ability to manage the big picture
- Flexible to shifts in roles and responsibilities
- Willing to support teammates in accomplishing their specific tasks and requirements
- Mature, tempered decision making
- Poised, calm, and responsive
- Excellent interpersonal skills. Professionally communicates across verbal and written platforms
- Confident to receive and deliver candid, direct feedback.
- Proactive and engaged — open to creating with limited guidance or oversight
- Expresses a caring, empathetic disposition with a curious, creative approach to instruction
Responsibilities:
- Overall lead in the design and execution of week-long immersion programs for SOF Families
- Thoroughly plan, synchronize, and coordinate all program tasks across all sections
- Manage and oversee all logistical requirements for Family program
- Manage application and selection process for Family program
- Manage the delivery of established programming across all sections in Family programming
- Build and maintain a high level of proficiency facilitating group and individual processing and consultations
- Integrate and present Mindful Based Stress Reduction techniques into program experiences
- Work closely and collaborate with fellow facilitators and program directors
- Support integration of new resources and practices at home
- Remain engaged and connected with alumni through follow on services and enrichment opportunities
- Deliver content with depth and confidence, without technical aids, in non-traditional environments
- Maintain professional competence through continuing education / self-selected professional growth
- Be prepared to support virtual programming as a facilitator
Prerequisites:
We recognize this opportunity requires certain skill sets and approaches not readily established in the SOF Community. We are more interested in the quality of an applicant’s character and desire to serve, than we are about specific certifications or qualifications. We also recognize that some of the most powerful and meaningful healing comes from peer-to-peer support, especially in closed communities like SOF. We are seeking men and women of character, who possess the willingness and desire to expand and contribute to a healing path home from war. Technical aspects are entirely teachable — we expect applicants to already possess kindness, compassion, tireless work ethic, commitment, and integrity. While it will take considerable time, energy, and resourcing to train facilitators, it is far easier to start with character and go from there.
- College education (required)
- Service/Family service in SOF
- Previous experience with group instruction and facilitation (preferred)
- A valid driver’s license
- CPR & First Aid certified
- Ability to pass a background check
