Foundation Assistant

Full Job Description

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Requirements

The Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges is hiring a Foundation Assistant to join their team.

The Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit that makes scholarships available statewide, advances key programmatic initiatives, provides training and support for CCCS college foundations, and develops partnerships to implement state of the art programs.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking for meaningful work, with a focus on supporting philanthropic efforts that expand opportunity and support learner success, including regular interaction with student scholarship recipients.

You’ll be able to see the true impact of your work every day! We are looking for someone who will be a great representative of the Foundation, exhibiting compassion, creativity, and flexibility.

This role is housed at the Colorado Community College System (CCCS), which provides generous leave, excellent benefits, and flexible work schedules, including hybrid-remote work within the state of Colorado.

Note: While listed as a hybrid work environment, this position will be expected to work at least three days in the office.

Duties Include:

You will provide support for Foundation team members by supporting Foundation events, maintaining fiscal documentation, developing correspondence, preparing gift receipts, maintaining website updates, and supporting the scholarship award process.

You will also perform other administrative tasks, including scheduling meetings, proofreading, document preparation, and database entry.

This position regularly interacts with senior leadership, including the CCCS Chancellor, college presidents, the Foundation board, and other VIPs, requiring professionalism and discretion.

• Administrative support to include scheduling appointments and travel, preparing donor packets, ordering office supplies, managing mailing lists, and preparing expense reports.
• Supports scholarship application and review processes, including answering student questions, data entry into a database, marketing and outreach, working with volunteer readers, tabulating scores, compiling packets, volunteer training, etc.
• Serves as the lead contact for all student scholarship inquiries and acts as the relationship manager with scholarship recipients.
• Coordinates logistics for Foundation special events, donor events, and meetings, including administrative tasks such as developing invitation lists and managing RSVPs, ordering supplies, and coordinating invitations.

• Performs data entry in the donor database, including maintaining donor gifts and records and entering contact reports or entering proposals. Runs basic reports.

• Supports the Foundation team in developing and preparing fundraising and donor relations materials including, donor stewardship reports, proposals, and meeting briefings.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree. An equivalent amount of professional experience can substitute for the degree.
• Two years performing office administrative tasks and coordinating business processes for an organization.

Additional Information

Attributes that will contribute to success in this position:

• Proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail and exceptional organization skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written.
• Creative, proactive, and solution oriented.
• Poise and ability to stay calm under pressure.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion.
• Knowledge of non-profit organizational operations.

Work Location/Travel Expectations:

• The office location for this position is 9101 E Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO 80230.
• While alternative work arrangements may be available, this position is expected to be in the office at least three days a week.
• Occasional travel to donor sites, event locations, conferences, or to CCCS colleges may be needed.

The Colorado Community College System is the state’s largest provider of higher education and workforce training, consisting of 13 colleges and over 35 locations across the state, educating approximately 130,000 students annually.

In addition, we train more than 4,000 Coloradans each year through customized employer training programs.

Our mission is to provide accessible, responsive learning environments where students can achieve their educational, professional and personal goals in an atmosphere that embraces academic excellence, diversity and innovation.

We are an organization that encourages individuals to bring their whole selves to work.

CCCS believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive.

In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

Note: per the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, an applicant may redact information from their resume, cover letter, and/or transcripts that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. If your position requires us to review an official transcript, without redacting, we will request one as part of our conditional offer process. In order to evaluate work experience against established requirements for positions, we are still requesting dates of service (month and year) for positions in the applicant’s work history.