Golden Triangle RC&D - Administrative Assistant

Send Cover Letter and Resume to: Rhonda Gordon (RGordon@Goldentrianglercd.org)

Job Description: Admin Assistant

Position Summary: Providing administrative support in non-profit office involved in Natural Resource
Conservation and Community Development Projects. The position involves working in a small, busy office in Dawson, GA, usually Monday - Friday, with occasional evening meetings or events at various locations around SW Georgia (1-2 times per quarter).

About the Organization: The Golden Triangle Resource Conservation and Development Council is a locally led partnership between stakeholders, volunteers, and rural communities. The Council is a non- profit 501(C)(3) organization that was created to help groups and individuals.

The Council is made up of action-oriented volunteers and local leaders. Council members identify problems, develop strategies, and implement beneficial projects. They are a steering committee and action team that implements the Council's Area Plan, a community driven, strategic, long range plan designed to improve the quality of life in the communities of the RC&D Area. Learn more at www.goldentrianglercd.org

Duties:

- Assist with compiling financial information and invoices for State Environmental Protection Division reports (for EPA Clean Water Act, Part 319 Watershed Restoration Projects). Meticulous review of financial reports prior to submission.

- Assist with preparing federal grant applications, including compiling organizational documents, researching demographics, and drafting project description narratives.

- Answering phones and responding to inquiries as needed.

- Promote the organization using various social media platforms

- Some posting and bookkeeping duties

- Prepare for organizational quarterly meetings and educational workshops, including drafting agendas, compiling information for presentations, as well as providing PowerPoint/projector support.

- Help to facilitate the Household Water Well Loan Program that provides low interest loans to rural residents for a replacement or repair of a household water well. This includes reviewing applications, coordinating scheduling of the well drilling process, completion of paperwork for client contracts, following up with clients who delinquent on payments via phone and letters, and preparing program invoices and reports for USDA agency funding.

- Organizing, initiating, facilitating, and promoting new organizational projects.

- Other responsibilities and tasks as assigned.

Necessary Skills:

- Office Administration, including competence using a multi-line phone, copier, and PC, including
Internet research, Social Media platforms, MS Office applications including MS Word, MS Excel,
MS Publisher, and organize files in File Explorer

- Writing documents for public print, including Press Releases, News stories, Newsletters, etc.
- Basic Grant Writing and reporting
- Ability to work with numbers, including basic financial report auditing
- Excellent Communication skills required
- Excellent writing skills
- Some QuickBooks Experience

General workplace competencies required:

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to complete assignments competently and in a timely manner.
- Ability to work with others from with a variety of workstyles and management styles.
- Friendly, outgoing, and easily able to engage with others.
- Ability to readily learn new systems, programs, and fields study.

Preferred Skills (Ideal Candidate)

- Use of Social Media for promoting organizations and causes
- Basic Public speaking confidence
- One year+ experience in Natural resource related work, such as agriculture, wildlife habitat, soil and water conservation, etc.
- One year+ experience in community development work

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Job Type: Full-time