Gresham, OR - (Not Remote) Area Office Administrator I

Summary

This position provides administrative support, enabling the Young Life field ministry area office to function in an organized and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Written and Verbal Communication
  • Answer correspondence, do filing, and prepare mailings.
  • Answer phones and respond to voicemail, e-mail, and phone calls in a timely and professional manner.
  • Gather articles, pictures, layout, production, and mail for newsletters from area staff.
  • Create club/event postcards, flyers, and/or maps.
  • Send prayer e-mails and monthly updates.
  • Send personal support mailings.
  • Create and maintain area M-Site.
  • Send thank-you letters to donors.
  • Interact with area office assistant, area directors, area committee, volunteer team leaders, and leaders.
• Administration
  • Process and track donations.
  • Maintain donor and leader databases, ensuring that leader forms, driver questionnaires, and criminal background checks are up-to-date.
  • Manage monthly expenses and budgets, including area bank account records, FDT, area, and staff expense reports.
  • Accounting: pay bills, submit bank account records/purchase card expenses and donations, make copies, evaluate financial monthly status, and update FDT each month.
  • Maintain contact databases:
    • Update area donor database on a regular basis.
    • Enter club card data into kid database.
    • Update parent database.
    • Maintain newsletter recipient list.
    • Create and maintain banquet invitation list.
    • Update contact in Palm/Outlook.
    • Update e-mail distribution lists: club kids, campaigners, committee, leaders, and prayer partners.
• Human Resources for Regional Administrators
  • Track and report vacation, sick, and personal days for eligible area staff.
  • Submit timesheets for hourly staff.
  • Complete Personnel Action Requests and required documents to hire or terminate area staff and forward to region for approval.
• Event Administration
  • Coordinate area meetings, including:
    • Area Staff Meetings
    • Area leadership meetings
    • Area committee meetings
  • Camp:
    • Track participation, payments, health forms, and how much each kid has earned in fundraisers.
    • Send letters to parents about camp sign-ups, itineraries, and health forms.
    • Responsible for fundraiser marketing.
    • Construct and distribute camp brochures.
    • Communicate with camp regarding camp contracts, R2 deposits, A-forms, housing request forms, and 10-day call-ins.
  • Banquet/Golf Marathon/Auction:
    • Create invitations, banquet sponsor packet, table host packet, banquet program, and donor cards.
    • Track guest list, table sponsors, RSVP list, and donations received from banquet.
    • Coordinate with table hosts about their invitation lists.
    • Mail invitations.
    • Send thank-you notes to banquet donors.
    • Track table sponsors.
• Training

  Provide training to area office assistant, area directors, area committee, volunteer team leaders, and leaders with various items, processes, and applications related to field administration.

Requirements

• High school education or its equivalent. Associate degree preferred. Ongoing education encouraged.
• Previous administrative assistant experience preferred.
• Ability to type 55 to 60 words per minute with few errors.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and processes, with the capability of handling concurrent tasks and constant interruptions.
• Good grammar skills and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Basic accounting skills.
• Detail-oriented multi-tasking ability.
• Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
• Initiative with developing processes/systems around events – data organization and maintenance.
• Great customer service skills.

Working Conditions

Office environment.

Pay

The anticipated hourly rate for this position can range from $18-20/hour depending on relevant education, experience, and location.

Statement of Faith

Young Life requires all employees to sign a Statement of Faith. Employees and volunteers must:

• Profess a belief in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord.
• Subscribe to the statements and policies required of all Young Life staff, including the Young Life Statement of Faith.
• Be ready, willing, and able to fulfill ministry functions as required by the organization.
• Refrain from conduct and statements that detract from the biblical standards taught and supported by Young Life.
• Abide by all policies and practices of Young Life, including those related to religious belief or ministry activities.