Community Engagement Office Assistant
The Community Engagement Assistant will support Solid Ground's efforts to engage volunteers and raise funds needed to meet basic needs, nurture success and spread change while learning about nonprofit administration. Key activites include:
- 50% Data entry support for Raiser's Edge database. This includes volunteers, volunteer hours, gifts, event registration and gift acknowledgments.
- 25% Support for agency and volunteer events and including preparing packets, assembling event supplies and pulling lists
- 25% Special projects and research to support team capacity
Preferred skills/qualifications
- Interest and/or experience in providing administrative support in an office setting
- Interest or experience with database(s), Raiser's Edge or donor database exp. preferred
- Effective communication skills, both oral and written
- Detail oriented, with strong organizational skills, excellent accuracy with data entry
- Basic knowledge of computer software (Microsoft Access, Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Willingness and ability to work with people from a variety of backgrounds
Education Benefits
The candidate will have the opportunity to receive 16+ hours of training on relational databases and become a Blackbaud Certified, a credential that is recognized and sought after by many nonprofits. The right candidate may also have the ability to earn higher Blackbaud Professional Certificate if their skills and time allows. As a team member, the candidate will participate in trainings, events and meetings that will give them insight into how Resource Development and nonprofit agencies function.