For 50 years, Covenant House has served and advocated for youth and young families experiencing homelessness, human trafficking, and exploitation. Our overarching goal is to end homelessness among youth and young families by helping them achieve housing stability, heal from trauma, tap into their innate resilience, and hone their interests and skills to forge new pathways to independence. This work is carried out across Covenant House sites in 34 cities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Purpose of the Position:
Reporting to the Coordinator, Development Operations, the Entry Level Data Processing Associate is responsible for supporting the functions associated with the development departments’ receivables and payables. This role primarily carries out the daily operations related to gift entry and expense processing. The position occasionally provides administrative support to department leadership.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
With regard to payables:
- Support the work of tracking department expenses
- File and organize department contracts
- Submit invoices, check requests, credit card bills and expense reports
With regard to receivables:
- Work with the accounting department to properly record donations in CRM
- Maintain donation trackers, when needed, to supplement information in CRM
- Support pledge reminder and collection process via various systems including CRM
- Support tracking and record keeping for in-kind, stock, planned and other non-traditional gifts
Other duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provide administrative and project support for department leadership as assigned
- Provide fundraising reports related to events, campaigns, specific donors, etc.
- Other tasks and projects as assigned
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Excel and Google Sheets skills a must, knowledge of pivot tables a plus
- Proficient with Google Workspace and the equivalent Microsoft 365 software
- General computer skills that will aid in the learning of software tools, such as fundraising databases including EveryAction
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong writing, communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with multiple deadlines
- Detail-oriented and organized approach to task completion
- Commitment to the mission of Covenant House
Our Community
Our critical mission demands that we have all voices at the table. A team of diverse people, perspectives, and experiences is smarter, stronger, and more effective for our young people. At Covenant House, every team member is valued, respected, heard, and supported, and we welcome honest and courageous self-reflection on any aspects of our work that are based on biased or outdated viewpoints. We deliberately create opportunities for our staff to grow and thrive.
Covenant House International is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind: CHI is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at CHI are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, family or parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. CHI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics and encourages all qualified applicants to apply. Our offices are located in Manhattan, however, this position will be remote for the foreseeable future.