Data & Reporting Specialist

Exciting work from home opportunity for a Remote Data & Reporting Specialist role! This position offers full-time remote work at Awana. At Awana, we believe lasting faith is formed when children and youth are discipled early and consistently in the context of caring relationships. For more than 75 years, Awana has equipped churches and leaders to help kids know, love and serve Jesus for life.Today, Awana serves millions of children around the world by equipping leaders with Bible-based discipleship tools and training. Donors make this work possible, and clear, accurate data helps us steward those relationships well and make wise decisions.SummaryAt 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 spreadsheetsSomeone who likes turning raw data into clear reports and insightsA curious thinker who asks what the data means and why it mattersA clear communicator who can explain data in plain languageHiring Range for this position is: $55,000 - $65,000This 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 and AnalysisProduce recurring reports for fundraising performance and leadership needsAnalyze data to identify trends, insights and opportunitiesHelp explain what the data is saying and why it mattersForecasting and PlanningBuild forecasts and projections for campaigns and revenue planningSupport scenario planning and goal setting with dataData Accuracy and StructureMaintain clean and consistent data across donors, MGOs and campaignsEnsure data structure supports reporting, segmentation and analysisIdentify and help resolve data issues before they become problemsSalesforce (CRM) ResponsibilityServe as the Salesforce (our CRM) expert for the development teamPartner with IT on Salesforce updates, changes and improvementsTranslate fundraising team needs into clear system requirementsMetrics and DefinitionsBuild and steward metric definitions and reporting standardsEnsure consistency and clarity across all reports and dashboardsAct as the source of truth for fundraising dataOrganizational StewardshipUphold 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 environmentHands on experience extracting data from a CRM platform, ideally SalesforceProficiency utilizing Google Sheets and spreadsheet formulas for data collection, manipulation, visualization and collaborationExperience building reports, dashboards and forecastsComfort working with large data sets and donor dataAbility to spot data issues and improve structure and consistencyStrong attention to detail and follow throughOccasional 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 vi Apply tot his job Apply To this Job