Planned Giving Administrative Assistant

LOCATION: Southwest Divisional Headquarters

STATUS: FTE / Hourly

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

 The Salvation Army Planned Giving Department is looking to fill an Administrative Assistant position. The successful candidate for this position will have superior verbal and written communication skills, be computer literate in MS office Suite and related products and the ability to prioritize and organize multiple tasks and projects to completion. This position is benefit eligible and comes with vacation, sick, health, vision, life insurance, free membership and more.

The Planned Giving Administrative Assistant will answer all incoming calls, take messages or forward to appropriate Planned Giving Director. This position will assist with entering new estate distribution notifications and submit Gift Planning notifications into the TSAMM database. This employee will perform general clerical duties including copying, faxing, mailing and filing. This person will be responsible for performing marketing initiatives, conducting mass mailings, coordinating seminars, and developing and managing a prospect donor and professional advisors database.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required
• Associates degree preferred
• Minimum of 4 years previous Administrative Assistant experience
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Type minimum 65-75 wpm
• Computer literate in MS Office Suite and related products and software
• Must work well within a team
• Able to prioritize and organize multiple tasks and projects to completion
• Able to support the Salvation Army’s mission
• Must be able to successfully complete a criminal background check

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order to meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is reasonable and no undue hardship would result.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and reach with hands and arms on a continuous basis.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Must have the ability to operate telephone, a desktop or laptop computer, as well as the ability to access and produce information from a computer, and to understand written information.