Data & Reporting Specialist

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At Awana, we believe true change happens in the communities when children and youth are transformed by the gospel and engaged in Biblical discipleship in the presence of a caring adult. We believe that kids can come to know, love and serve Jesus, following Him for a lifetime. This is why, for 75+ years, Awana has been working with leaders in local churches in the US and around the world, providing solutions that equip these women and men to make disciples in children and youth.

Today, God is using Awana to reach over 10 million kids in 140 countries around the world. With over 500,000 equipped leaders in 91,000 clubs/churches, Awana is able to play a vital role in global evangelism and discipleship of children and youth. If you are passionate about being integral to reaching kids with the gospel, join us, and become a part of our global cause.

Summary

At our ministry, we are passionate about forming lasting faith in every child, everywhere!  As the Data & Reporting Specialist, you will play an important role in furthering our mission by turning donor and fundraising data into clear, accurate, and useful information for decision making. This role builds and stewards recurring reports, data analysis, forecasting, and data structure across donors, Major Gift Officers (MGOs), and campaigns.

In this role you will collaborate with team members across the ministry to ensure integrity of fundraising metrics and definitions.  You will also serve as the primary Salesforce data and reporting expert within the Development team while collaborating with our Technology team for technical system administration.

You’ll thrive in this role if you have a heart for mission work that directly impacts the lives of children and youth around the world, and you are:

• Someone who enjoys working with fundraising data in Salesforce (our CRM) and spreadsheets
• Someone who likes turning raw data into clear reports and insights
• A curious thinker who asks what the data means and why it matters
• A clear communicator who can explain data in plain language

Hiring Range for this position is:  $55,000 – $65,000

This full-time position is primarily remote with occasional travel required for strategic meetings, typically in St. Charles, IL or Nashville, TN.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Team player who genuinely supports our doctrinal statement and who upholds and demonstrates our organizational core values of prayer, hustle, craft, and love.
• Collaborative partner who has a natural ability to cultivate genuine relationships with our internal team and external partners.
• Problem solver who proactively communicates workflow and/or deadline status to the team.
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented professional with a passion for helping fuel exponential ministry growth.
• Flexible team member who is open to taking on new responsibilities and easily adapts to shifting priorities and needs.
• Champion of children to belong, believe and become resilient disciples.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting & Analysis

• Produce recurring reports for fundraising performance and leadership needs
• Analyze data to identify trends, insights and opportunities
• Help explain what the data is saying and why it matters

Forecasting & Planning

• Build forecasts and projections for campaigns and revenue planning
• Support scenario planning and goal setting with data

Data Accuracy & Structure

• Maintain clean and consistent data across donors, MGOs and campaigns
• Ensure data structure supports reporting, segmentation and analysis
• Identify and help resolve data issues before they become problems

Salesforce (CRM) Responsibility

• Serve as the Salesforce (our CRM) expert for the development team
• Partner with IT on Salesforce updates, changes and improvements
• Translate fundraising team needs into clear system requirements

Metrics & Definitions

• Build and steward metric definitions and reporting standards
• Ensure consistency and clarity across all reports and dashboards
• Act as the source of truth for fundraising data

Organizational Stewardship

• Uphold and demonstrate the Awana cultural values in all internal and external communications and relationships.
• Contribute to special projects, initiatives and evolving ministry needs.
• Embrace opportunities for professional development in order to hone your craft and expertise.

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree required ideally with a concentration in business, data analytics, statistics, computer science, mathematics or similar from an accredited college or university.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in data analysis and reporting, ideally in a non-profit environment
• Hands on experience extracting data from a CRM platform, ideally Salesforce
• Proficiency utilizing Google Sheets and spreadsheet formulas for data collection, manipulation, visualization and collaboration
• Experience building reports, dashboards and forecasts
• Comfort working with large data sets and donor data
• Ability to spot data issues and improve structure and consistency
• Strong attention to detail and follow through
• Occasional local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required.
• General understanding of the Bible and the Christian Church in its various expressions preferred.
• Experience with Awana Club, curriculum, resources, & solutions is a plus!
• Valid State driver’s license required.
• Eligibility to work in the United States is required; this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

Spiritual Life

Must be a born-again Christian. Must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Must be in agreement with the Awana Doctrinal Statement. Must be in fellowship with the body of Christ through a local church. Regularly engages in reading the Holy Bible as a guide and standard for living.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to communicate. The team member is also required to regularly utilize computer equipment (e.g., screens and keyboards) to perform work. Awana recommends maintaining ergonomic posture, utilizing properly positioned computer equipment to minimize strain, and taking regular breaks to stretch and move around. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision for prolonged periods. Local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required.

What We Offer:

As a ministry that equips leaders to reach kids with the gospel and engage them in lifelong discipleship, we value our team that makes this happen and are excited to offer:

• Mission-driven work that changes the lives of children and youth around the world.
• Intentional connection, flexibility, family, and community engagement are part of our culture.
• Remote-first work environment, allowing you to do the majority of your work from where it is you call “home”. We also have two office locations designed for collaborative work and connection with colleagues in St. Charles, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee, that can be used at your convenience.
• Benefits package, including a variety of programs you can choose from to meet you and your family’s needs. Some of these include medical, dental & vision health insurance, paid family leave, 401(k) & Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans with employer match, generous paid vacation & holidays, adoption assistance, an employee wellness program, and more!

This Job Description reflects the current assignment of essential functions and is not meant to be all-inclusive. Responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned to this job at any time based on the needs of the organization and may be modified to reasonably accommodate an individual with a disability or for other reasons. Please note, this opportunity is contingent upon favorable completion of a reference check, background check, and I-9 completion.