Membership Operations Coordinator

Sierra Club • Oakland, CA

13d • $65,000 - $70,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Under direct supervision from the Director, Membership Operations, the Membership Operations Coordinator will be responsible for preparing all donations received in the Oakland office for processing and depositing. This is an on-site position that requires opening and sorting incoming mail in the Oakland office, entering the donor information into the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database (currently Salesforce), and working with the Sierra Club Finance Department to ensure the donations are deposited. The position is vital to help speed up the process and deposit major gift donations.

Requirements

• Experience in fundraising with expertise in caging, cashiering, and CRM databases.
• Demonstrated ability and effectiveness in organizational, planning, project management, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work with others to help ensure necessary progress on projects and maintain awareness of impacts and project status across multiple areas.
• Demonstrated ability analyzing and integrating processes, systems and information; using databases and/or informational resources to deliver program services; developing and monitoring budgets for complex programs or products; demonstrated knowledge of cost-benefit and other financial/program analyses
• Committed to evolution. You are committed to continuously deepening and evolving your own understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility. And you easily recognize your own relationship to privilege and power, examining and shifting your behaviors as appropriate.
• Uplifting and additive. You see mistakes as opportunities for growth; problems as catalysts for solutions, and inspire others along the journey. You carry a constructive approach, can-do attitude, a sense of humor, and authentic kindness wherever you go.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated ability to set priorities and resolve routine business problems in a customer service setting.
• Excellent demonstrated written and oral communication skills and the proven ability to work effectively in both small teams and large working groups.
• Ability to work effectively with public, Sierra Club staff, vendors and consultants.
• Demonstrated ability to provide guidance to staff and to work in a team setting.

Responsibilities

• Opens and sorts incoming mail and prepares for depositing checks by the caging vendor or by the Sierra Club’s Finance Department.
• Researches incoming check donations in the CRM (Salesforce) database and codes them for processing.
• Images and scans donations to our external vendor for processing.
• Tracks and edits gifts in the Salesforce database to complete processing.
• Completes data entry of donations for the Sierra Club Foundation.
• Researches and codes incoming donations for Sierra Club Foundation staff to process in a timely manner.
• Enters the donations into the CRM and batches the checks for the Sierra Club Foundation to deposit.
• Works with the caging vendor to identify processing issues and adjust/resolve procedurally.
• Works with the Sierra Club Foundation and the Sierra Club Finance Department to answer any questions on balancing month end reports.
• Works with Chapter staff and volunteers on processing their donations.
• Tracks and sends back checks that are unable to be processed.
• Performs miscellaneous data entry tasks that include but are not limited to: coding returned mail, fulfilling personal mail requests, processing check donations entered by the Sierra Club Finance Department, and processing credit card donations mailed to the Oakland office.
• Researches and prepares special projects and reports, using various word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Reports on regular performance indicators to management, by monitoring reports of external vendors and flagging key indicators.
• Serves as a contact person for Chapters to process c3 donations.
• Handles incoming checks, ensuring that they are uploaded to the external caging vendor or given to Foundation staff if the check requires special handling.
• Answers questions from the Chapter, Foundation, or the Chapter Funding department if there are issues with c3 checks being deposited.

Benefits

• The salary range for this position is $65,000 - $70,000 annually.
• This position is represented by a collective bargaining unit and is subject to the terms and conditions of the contract between Sierra Club and Sierra Employee Alliance.
• This is a category 6, non-exempt, represented, position.
• Sierra Club sponsors both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas when certain criteria are met, based on immigration laws and organizational needs.
• The Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce belonging.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed