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Working at Island Elderly Housing

By joining our team at Island Elderly Housing, you will strengthen our commitment to providing quality, affordable housing for our elderly and disabled residents and related quality-of-life services for their independent living on Martha’s Vineyard.  We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

Current Employment Opportunities

If you are interested in becoming part of the Island Elderly Housing team, please send your resume to leller@iehmv.org.  We currently have the following job opportunities:

Maintenance Mechanic
This position works within the Maintenance Department and requires broad knowledge and experience in all areas of maintenance: carpentry, interior and exterior painting, grounds maintenance, plumbing, heating, electrical and other systems work, as well as mechanical equipment used to maintain properties.

Maintenance Foreman
This position is responsible for the on-site management of maintenance and repairs to all work done on the building and grounds of the federally-subsidized elderly and disabled housing projects of IEH. The position requires general knowledge in all areas of maintenance. This position requires working with tenants, supervising the Maintenance team, and scheduling and overseeing the work performed by outside vendors.

Time Off and Benefits

Time Off and Benefits:

At Island Elderly Housing we believe the health and welfare of our employees is essential to our success as an organization. We provide our employees with generous paid time off for holidays, sick, vacation and personal leave.  In addition, we have established a comprehensive and valuable benefits program for our employees and eligible family members.  Currently, IEH contributes 75% of the premium for an employee’s medical/dental coverage and 100% of an employee’s vision coverage.   Below is a brief description of the employees’ benefits package:

  • Medical: We offer two medical plans with Blue Cross Blue Shield; HMO and PPO.  Employees may enroll in either medical plan on their first day of employment.  

  • Dental: We offer a dental plan that eligible employees can enroll in after 90 days of employment.   

  • Vision: We offer a vision plan that employees can enroll in after 90 days of employment. 

  • Life and Disability: We offer an employer sponsored basic life and disability plans.  

  • FSA: We offer our employees two different flexible spending accounts: a health and dependent care account.  

  • 403(b) Plan:  We offer our employees the opportunity to participate in a 403(b) Plan to help them save for their retirement. After one year of consecutive employment, IEH will match up to 10% of an employee’s contribution.