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Job Description:

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

We are seeking a Part Time Business Operations Coordinator to support our Chicago IL chapter.  This position will work on average of 30 hours a week.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview): 

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer or the Chief Administrative Officer, the Business Operations Coordinator provides transactional support for the finance, operational and administrative functions of the Region, including budget monitoring, daily finance transactions, local vendor relationships, facilities management, fleet management, HR, IT, and records/reports.  Is the lead system user/trainer for software business applications.   Provides operations backup support for the Region in the absence of the COO/CAO. This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities): 

1. Support facilities/asset management by ensuring repairs are completed within budget and managing vendor-related activities such as ensuring the appropriate system is used to pay vendors, maintaining relationships with vendors at each physical location, obtaining proposals for new vendors, providing business plan information for real estate transactions, and updating risk management system with current values/status.

2.Support facilities/asset management by ensuring repairs are completed within budget and managing vendor-related activities such as ensuring the appropriate system is used to pay vendors, maintaining relationships with vendors at each physical location, obtaining proposals

3.  Provide administrative budget support such as: expense coding, financial report dissemination, analyzing monthly forecasting of expenses, initiation, monitoring, and approval of regional procurement transactions, establishing location processes for cash and card transactions, and ensuring that programs are executed within budget in collaboration with department leaders. May coordinate and train volunteers to assist with less complex daily transactional work.

4. Lead system user/training for Business Applications and IT Services using the appropriate system to troubleshoot phone and computer issues for Region and assist with tech services requests.

5. Maintain insurance certificate applications, financial collection processes, and appropriate forms and codes used for regulated items including alcohol to support meeting planning.

6. Provide guidance and data for grant reports and respond to internal/external requests for information and/or documentation.

7. Develop, maintain, and distribute a regional Standard Operating Procedures Manual to ensure consistent processes/procedures related to operations functions throughout the Region.

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Scope

Full knowledge of job.  Substantial acquaintance with and understanding of general aspects of the job.  Contact within department and occasionally outside of organization.

PAY INFORMATION:

The salary range for this position is (Illinois): $20.00‐$21.15 an hour.

Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications): 

Education: High School or equivalent required. Associate’s degree in accounting, Business or Public Administration preferred.

Experience: Minimum 3 years of financial or facilities administrative support experience in community organizations, government agencies, non-profit organizations, business or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.

Management Experience: NA

Skills & Abilities: Ability to work on a team. Ability to plan, prioritize and organize work to maximize team performance and meet customer expectations. Excellent organizational skills and ability to work with attention to detail.  Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create and maintain collaborative work relationships within the organization and with external stakeholders. Proficient with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. 

Travel: Travel is required throughout the Region with some travel outside of Region.

*Combination of candidate’s education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description’s minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).

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Physical Requirements

Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.  Regularly lift and/or move objects 10-50 lbs frequently; lift and/or move objects that weigh more than 100 lbs with assistance or the use of a powered industrial truck.  Frequently required to push carts weighing up to 250 pounds on flat flooring or ramps.  Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.  Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust and focus.  Able to move/lift up to 50 lbs unassisted.  Ability to use a variety of hand and power tools and work with a variety of chemicals and solvents.  Position may require climbing of ladders for top-level selection.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

BENEFITS FOR YOU:

As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO:  Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays:  11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Service Awards and recognition

Apply now!  Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to

make your career a force for good!

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.
 

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