Admin Volunteer Needed!

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Description

For more than 138 years, the YMCA of Greater Seattle has provided safe and caring environments, positive role models, and creative opportunities to serve the needs of others. Our mission is to build a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body. The Accelerator is a unique branch of the Y of Greater Seattle, featuring an array of programs that serve youth across King County. Through housing, career, and education resources, crisis intervention and counseling, and violence prevention, the Accelerator YMCA helps young people be safe, successful and happy so they can create a brighter future for themselves and their communities. Volunteers help us achieve this mission as they join with us to address the many needs of our community.

Goals of Internship

The Admin Program Volunteer will support, administration duties, data entry, archiving, compliance reviews and programmatic quality control. The internship, while having clear goals and responsibilities, is a chance for the intern to explore areas of interest to them and have agency over their role.

Duration and Time Commitment

We are looking for a volunteer to commit for a minimum of 6 months - with weekly hours of roughly 10-16 per week. Final schedule is flexible and can be based off of the intern’s schedule.

The Ideal Candidate will

1. Have knowledge of or interest in social services for young adults
2. High attention to detail
3. Commitment to quality work and accurate data keeping
4. A critical eye for assessing the efficiency of current systems
5. Be reliable
6. Be interested in government grants and program management
7. Have a background in finance, accounting, administration or public policy work
8. Be a quick learner
9. Be a strong communicator

Responsibilities

1. Assist in administration duties such as filing, archiving, shredding, and other office organization
2. Assist case managers in entering case notes into local case management system
3. Review case files to ensure quality for auditing
4. Audit records of client support services
5. Develop and improve data collection systems
6. Enroll and exit clients into the Apricot database, ensuring that the information is complete and accurate for each client
7. Track spending and manage receipts
8. Input support services and attainments for enrolled clients on a weekly basis, meeting deadlines
9. Assist Program Director with preparing demographic information and narratives for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
10. Other duties as assigned

Please reply to this posting to learn more!