At CSI Support & Development it is our goal to recruit competent, courteous and compassionate employees and encourage them to embrace and protect our unique cooperative system. We foster a family atmosphere in which everyone has the opportunity to contribute and grow both personally and professionally. CSI staff partners with members to provide the best cooperatively managed senior housing possible.
Current Job Opportunities
CSI is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunities for all persons. We thank all who express interest in available opportunities with CSI; however only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
What it's like to work at CSI
“Working at CSI is nothing short of amazing! Since becoming a part of such a family oriented company that’s known for excellence in its values, integrity, leadership and service, I’ve felt honored to contribute in service to our seniors. I’ve enjoyed celebrating every holiday just like being with family, as well as each other and our members. Best of all, being a part of the day to day operations of assisting someone’s mother, father, grandparent or friend… and hearing their gratitude of appreciation is rewarding in itself. I’m definitely looking forward to the future and growing with my CSI family.”
— Marla Robbins, Relocation Specialist, with CSI since 2015
“CSI Support & Development has a meaningful mission. I started here in 1997 and I have always been very proud to work for the Co-op. I believe that what our volunteers and staff accomplish together as an organization enriches the lives of the seniors who live in our co-ops. Because of CSI’s strong values and the warm people that I work with, I find my work exceptionally rewarding.”
— Anne Sackrison, Chief Operations Officer, with CSI since 1997
“On March 19, 2001 I was blessed to begin working for an organization that values its employees as much as it values the people it serves. Today, I’m grateful that I can honestly say, 'I love my job.' Thank you, CSI, for giving me a chance and fostering the environment to help me develop into a valued employee.”
— Isa Woods, Operations Manager, CA Region, with CSI since 2001
“You asked why I love working at CSI. There are a lot of reasons that this company has kept my loyalty all these years. The ideal of people working together to help each other appeals to me greatly. Society works best when people feel connected to one another and CSI makes that happen at a time when many seniors are on their own as their families are out living their own lives. The bonding between members and staff is incredibly uplifting. The members have so much experience to share and are willing to do so. The stories that they share of their strength and endurance inspire me.
I appreciate working for an organization with ethics. I have never been asked to do anything that would compromise my own principles. I don’t know how many other organizations can say they’ve never maneuvered a waiting list, or never ‘stuck it’ to a contractor, or never saved money for the organization at the expense of its employees.
I love to come to work each day because of the people within our office. I feel connected to each one that same way I do with cousins. We are a family. We spend a lot of time together and work so well together. Most importantly we have fun. No matter how crazy busy we become, we still find humor to get through it effortlessly.”
— Marguerite D’Angelo, Regional Manager, with CSI since 1988
“CSI is a wonderful blend of a team and family. We are proud of our deep heritage and dedicated to protecting and promoting our identity as a member focused Co-operative. While firmly rooted in our history, we are not intransigent when it comes to accepting new ideas and techniques that are in line with our principles. CSI may have celebrated 70 years in 2015 but our best years are yet to come. Excited, motivated, thinkers are encouraged to shape that future and here each person who so desires has a chance to put their fingerprints on that legacy.”
— Gary Teal, Network Manager, with CSI since 2014
Articles by the folks at CSI
Co-op Culture category: Corporate Culture
By Brandon Moss
What is it that makes a co-op vibrant with energy, enthusiasm and the feeling of home? What makes others struggle with conflict, frustration and discouraged volunteers? The difference is likely its culture.
Talk the Co-op Talk category: Corporate Culture
By Marguerite D’Angelo
Tenants, occupants, residents, members...There are so many words used interchangeably to describe people who live in the CSI family of co-ops, but in reality only one word is accurate: MEMBERS. We lost something valuable yet intangible when we changed the name from the membership committee to the leasing committee. Now, the only constant reminder of membership in the co-op comes about when people go to meetings. There are no longer signs mentioning the membership committee and there is no longer talk about going to the membership meeting or the joint membership meeting or the membership committee appreciation lunch. As CSI staff, we need to do everything we can to talk the co-op talk so that more members will want to walk the co-op walk.
Management Conference 2011 Best Practices category: Corporate Culture
By Nancy Evans
Now that our management conferences are over for another year, I have time to reflect on the similarities and differences from region to region. The management conference is the longest and most comprehensive training program we hold for our members. It is 2-1/2 days of workshops, food, drop-in sessions, food, fun, food, fellowship…and did I mention food? Of course, the food is necessary to keep us going since we all start our days with an early breakfast with members and don’t stop until we leave them to drop into bed at night. Management conferences are always exhausting and exhilarating at the same time; exhausting because we don’t stop working until it is over and exhilarating because we get to spend our time with our most active and involved members. They encourage us to outdo ourselves, applaud our efforts and challenge us to continually improve our programs.
CSI Awarded Nearly $18 Million for Two New Co-ops category: Corporate Culture
By Cheryl Ross & Diane Smith
Most of the co-ops in CSI’s portfolio were constructed using the Section 202 program from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the past few years, there has been a significant reduction in the federal HUD budget that has resulted in a lower number of new Section 202 units being built nationwide. As a result, funding for new Section 202 awards has become extremely competitive. Fiscal Year 2010 and 2011 funding was combined this past year and applications for new developments were due this past June.
The CSI development team put together three excellent applications in Maryland, Massachusetts and Michigan. Last month, we were notified that our projects in Maryland and Michigan were awarded. Our Massachusetts development team created an extremely strong application, but unfortunately was not funded.
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