Administrative Assistant

LOCATION: Chandler, AZ

STATUS: FT/40 hours per week

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 Chandler Corps is looking to fill a fulltime Administrative Assistant position. The successful candidate for this position will have social service experience, data entry skills, and be well organized. This position is benefit eligible and comes with vacation, sick, health, vision, life insurance, and more.

The Administrative Assistant will Prepare correspondence, assist with tenant screening and application process and maintain volunteer data for all programs. This person will answer telephones, provide information, and transfer calls appropriately. This position will gather statistics and create monthly reports for entry into database. Other duties will include ordering office supplies, managing mail pick up and drop off, property management responsibilities and note taking for assigned meetings.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma with some experience and/or education in office Administration
• Data Entry skills
• Social Service experience
• Property management experience preferred
• Must be well organized and detail orientated.
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality of Volunteer and employee issues
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Inventory and product ordering experience.

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 50 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.