Edisto Island Open Land Trust
ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports to:  Executive Director                        Employment Status:  Hourly

Position Summary:

Responsible for record keeping and files maintenance, reception, events coordination, mass mailing, backup for financial posting and reports, and other duties as necessary.

 

Initial Responsibilities

  • General Office
    • Filing and record keeping
    • Membership renewal and bug letters
    • Other mass mailing for fundraising and outreach
    • Answer phone and greet walk-ins
    • Preparation of outgoing mail 
  • Events
    • Sell tickets and provide information about events
    • Maintain records on events’ income and expenses
    • Post-event P&L reports

 

  • Land Protection
    • Copy and maintain land protection records
    • Assist Exec.Director with gathering all necessary legal and other documents for pre-closing and post-closing of land protection projects

Additional Future Responsibilities

    • Prepare bank deposits
    • Generate acknowledgement letters to donors
    • Accounts Payable
    • Do all journal entry and recording of assets’ values (Quickbooks)
    • Create monthly financial reports
    • File tax exemption reports & pay fees on all newly acquired purchased lands
    • Assist Treasurer with preparation for Finance Committee meetings
    • Work with auditing firm during annual audit
    • Assist Executive Director with reports as needed
    • Attend meetings and professional development workshops

 

Qualifications

  • Familiarity with generally accepted accounting principles, prefer an associate degree in accounting
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access or other database management); Quickbooks experience a plus
  • A minimum of two years office work; non-profit office work a plus
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work well with others and to handle multi-tasks

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