General Information and How to Apply

Thank you for considering employment with Haven Women's Center of Stanislaus!  Haven provides a unique experience for rewarding work.  Haven staff and volunteers make a difference in the lives of individuals and families at a local level, and have the opportunity to help advance advocacy work in the larger context of ending violence against women at a societal level. 

Unless otherwise noted in a specific job description or announcement, there is no previous experience or specific educational coursework required.  We will provide all the training you need.

A complete application package consists of the following: Cover Letter, Application, Resume.  A complete application package should be submitted to Haven’s administration office to the attention of the appropriate program supervisor (see “positions currently available” section) addressed as follows:  

Haven Women's Center of Stanislaus
Attn:  (appropriate program supervisor)
618 13th Street
Modesto, CA  95354

Applications are routed to the supervisor of the position; that supervisor will schedule their own interviews.  When submitting an applicaton, you should specify the position for which you wish to be considered.  If you wish to be considered for more than one position, please rank them clearly in the top right corner of your cover letter to ensure your application is processed according to your preferences.  Haven’s employment application can be found in the link on the left side of the site. 

For all applicants, if you are fluent in a language other than English, please include that information in your cover letter.

Employees are eligible for benefits when working 30 or more hours per week.  Part time positions may be combined to create full time employment, dependant on needs of specific programs.  Benefits currently include medical and dental insurance (employer pays 80%), optional vision insurance (employee paid)  401(k), ten paid holidays per year, vacation and sick leave.  Employees working between 30 and 40 hours per week have prorated holiday, vacation and sick leave.

Haven Women's Center is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and it is the policy of Haven to be in compliance with all state and federal regulations relative to discrimination in employment. Haven follows the practice of promoting Equal Employment Opportunity.

Haven does not discriminate in compensation or conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotion, demotion, training, transfer, discipline or termination of any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status or Veteran status. Employment decisions are based on merit and on our program needs, not on any mental or physical disability.  Haven complies with the law regarding "reasonable accommodation" for disabled employees and applicants.

You can download our employment application in Word format here.

You can download our employment application in PDF format here.