Area Admin - Mankato, MN

Young Life; Mankato (MN); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Young Life's Greater Mankato Area team seeks an Area Office Administrator I to provide essential administrative support for field ministry operations. You will help manage communications, newsletters, donor mailings and area events while coordinating with staff and volunteers.

Responsibilities include processing donations, maintaining databases, and handling monthly expenses. A strong, confidential, customer-service mindset and proficiency in MS Office are required.

Qualifications

• Previous administrative assistant experience preferred.
• Typing 55–60 words per minute with few errors.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Strong organization and attention to detail with multitasking.
• Excellent grammar and written/verbal communication.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Basic accounting skills.
• Detail oriented multitasking ability.
• Relational skills with kids and adults.
• Initiative to develop processes around events and data maintenance.
• Strong customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Written and Verbal Communication
• Answer correspondence, filing and mailings
• Answer phones
• Respond to voicemail, email and calls promptly
• Gather articles, pictures, for newsletters
• Create club/event postcards, flyers or maps
• Send prayer emails and monthly updates
• Send donor mailings
• Create and maintain area M-Site
• Send thank-you letters to donors
• Interact with area office team and volunteers
• Process and track donations
• Maintain donor and leader databases with background checks
• Manage monthly expenses and budgets

Skills

Typing speed

Organizational skills

Written and verbal communication

Confidentiality

Customer service

Relational skills

Education

High school diploma

Associates degree preferred

Ongoing education encouraged

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Young Life requires all employees to sign a Statement of Faith. We recommend you read this statement before applying for any position.

Because of Young Life's exclusive Christian purposes of evangelism and discipleship as set forth in its Articles of Incorporation and in these Bylaws, and to reflect what has always been and will continue to be the position of Young Life, specifically the Christian belief that each and every employee and volunteer of the corporation should minister as a servant of God with the primary responsibility of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and, as such, is an integral part of the Christian mission and ministry of the corporation, Young Life shall only employ individuals or enlist volunteer leaders who: (a) profess a belief in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord; and (b) subscribe to the statements and policies required of all Young Life staff, including the Young Life Statement of Faith. Therefore, employees and volunteers of Young Life, during working and nonworking hours, shall: (i) be ready, willing and able to fulfill such ministry functions as may be required by the organization; (ii) refrain from conduct and statements that detract from the biblical standards taught and supported by Young Life, and (iii) abide by all policies and practices of Young Life including, without limitation, those related to religious belief or ministry activities.

Area Office Administrator I

Summary

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

Essential Duties

• Written and Verbal Communication
• Answer correspondence, do filing and prepare mailings.
• Answer phones.
• Respond to voicemail, e-mail and phone calls in a timely and professional manner.
• Gather articles, pictures, layout, production, mail, etc. for newsletter 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 with area.
• 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 and make copies, evaluate financial monthly status and update FDT each month.

5.Maintain contact databases including the following

• 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.

6.Human Resource 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.

C.Event Administration

1. Coordinate area meetings, including

• Area Staff Meetings
• Area leadership meetings
• Area committee meetings

2. 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.

3. 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.

D.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.

Working Conditions

Office Environment

Education

• High school education or its equivalent.
• Associates degree preferred.
• Ongoing education encouraged.

Experience Required For The Job

• Previous administrative assistant experience preferred.
• Ability to type 55 to 60 words per minute with few errors.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (which includes 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.

Job Specific Working Conditions

Join our Greater Mankato Area Young Life team as an Administrator! For more than 15 years, Young Life has been actively serving students and families throughout the Mankato area. As part of our team, you'll work alongside two full-time staff members and more than 20 dedicated volunteers, helping support and strengthen the ministry happening throughout our community.