Swing Shift Supervisor

Plymouth Housing

• $88K — $98K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • 3+ years in supportive housing or similar 24/7 operations.
  • 1+ year in a supervisory or shift-coordination role.
  • Experience in emergency response and crisis management.
  • Familiarity with Swing shifts and multi-site operations preferred.
  • Training in de-escalation or crisis intervention preferred.
  • Experience in a unionized environment preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary escalation contact for frontline staff during crises.
  • Respond in person to high-acuity incidents and make operational decisions.
  • Manage scheduling continuity and address coverage gaps for Swing shifts.
  • Ensure compliance with union contracts and organizational policies.
  • Supervise and support On-Call Residential Specialists with coaching and feedback.
  • Complete safety checks, incident reporting, and hospitality responsibilities.
  • Coordinate after-hours responses with emergency responders and maintenance teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off (PTO) for work-life balance.
  • 403(b) retirement plan options.
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
  • Subsidized ORCA pass for public transportation.
Full Job Description
SALARY

$88,462 - $98,779

New hires may earn a salary ranging from the minimum to the midpoint of the pay scale, with education and experience taken into consideration.

BENEFITS

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for Full-Time employees, including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and 403(b) options. Additionally, employees have access to supplementary benefits such as the Employee Assistance Program, a subsidized ORCA pass, and more. This is a full-time position with benefits.

LOCATION

Greater Seattle, WA (In-Person)

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The Swing Shift Supervisor provides portfolio-wide operational leadership during Swing hours, ensuring safe, consistent, and hospitality-centered building operations across Plymouth Housing's 24/7 sites. This role serves as the primary after-hours escalation point for Residential Specialists and other frontline staff, providing real-time coaching, operational direction, and in-person response to complex or high-risk situations.

The Swing Shift Supervisor is responsible for maintaining shift coverage, scheduling continuity, frontline staff support, and emergency-response coordination. This position helps ensure predictable systems, staff confidence, resident safety, and consistent hospitality standards outside regular business hours. Escalation to the Director of After-Hours Operations occurs only in extreme, high-risk, or portfolio-wide emergency situations.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Serve as the primary escalation contact for Swing-shift frontline staff, providing consultation, coaching, and direction during resident crises, safety concerns, behavioral escalations, and building disruptions.
  • Respond in person to high-acuity incidents as needed; make timely operational decisions within established policy and escalate extreme, high-risk, or portfolio-wide emergencies to the Director of After-Hours Operations.
  • Manage Swing-shift scheduling continuity across assigned buildings, including responding to call-outs, addressing coverage gaps, and reassigning on-call Residential Specialists to maintain safe staffing.
  • Ensure scheduling practices comply with applicable union contract provisions, overtime requirements, and organizational policies.
  • Supervise and support On-Call Residential Specialists through real-time coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and appropriate documentation for business-hours follow-up.
  • Ensure consistent completion of required safety checks, incident reporting, shift documentation, guest-log procedures, emergency protocols, and hospitality responsibilities.
  • Coordinate after-hours response with Safety Ambassadors, Maintenance Technicians, and emergency responders during fires, floods, elevator outages, medical crises, behavioral health emergencies, and other urgent events.
  • Promote safe, welcoming, and orderly building environments through consistent hospitality standards, respectful communication, and predictable enforcement of guest policies and building procedures.
  • Provide clear, organized incident documentation and shift handoffs to Site Operations Managers, and identify trends that may require operational review or follow-up.
  • In rare circumstances, provide temporary onsite operational coverage during unexpected site leadership gaps, as directed, to maintain continuity of safe and reliable building operations.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTRIBUTES WE NEED FROM YOU

  • Builds trust and works respectfully with people from many backgrounds and lived experiences, contributing to safe, welcoming housing communities where residents experience dignity, choice, and belonging.
  • Uses self-awareness and humility to communicate effectively across differences, adapt approach, and treat people with fairness and respect.
  • Demonstrates strong crisis-management, de-escalation, and rapid decision-making skills.
  • Remains calm, clear, and authoritative in high-pressure situations.
  • Applies trauma-informed care, harm-reduction, and Housing First principles in daily operations and crisis response.
  • Provides effective frontline supervision, coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback.
  • Balances accountability with supportive, staff-centered leadership.
  • Communicates clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing, and maintains accurate, timely documentation.


QUALIFICATIONS

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Three or more years of experience in supportive housing, shelter operations, property operations, or a comparable 24/7 environment.
  • One or more years of experience in a supervisory, lead, or shift-coordination role.
  • Experience responding to emergencies, resident crises, and behavioral escalations.
  • Experience working Swing shifts.
  • Experience in multi-site or portfolio-based operations preferred.
  • Training or certification in de-escalation, crisis intervention, behavioral health response, or emergency response preferred.
  • Experience working in a unionized environment preferred.


Join us and be a catalyst for positive change!

Shift hours: 4 PM to 12 AM

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