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YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish Data Specialist in Seattle, Washington
Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish?
YWCA SKS is the region's largest non-profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference.
We're women and BIPOC-led, family-centered, and supportive of employees. As a full-time YWCA employee (30+ hours), you'll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan. Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work -- apply today!
**What You'll Do
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As the Data Specialist, you'll work on a variety of projects relating to recording, tracking, and reporting YWCA client data. You'll work with a small, dedicated, and supportive team to provide data reporting, database training, and other data assistance to YWCA program staff and managers. You'll help update, revise, and improve training materials, support YWCA database users, help improve internal reporting processes, and assist in the creation of detailed documentation relating to YWCA client systems, processes, and procedures.
This position has a strong social justice component that will require critical thinking around how external systems impact the work that we are doing through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty. Knowing the core principles of antiracism work and grounding those principles in everyday work, as well as working well in non-white environments and championing anti-racism policy, are required job skills and core values.
Highly Recommended: Please submit your resume and cover letter.
As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.
Expectations of your role:
- Data Reporting
- Prepare standardized monthly and quarterly client data reports and occasional "ad hoc" reports for YWCA program staff
- Work with the CDIS Director and Data Analyst to envision and implement improvements to year-end data compilation and reporting processes
- End User Support and Training
- Work with the Data Systems Specialist to envision, develop, and deliver standardized trainings to YWCA client database users
- Provide ongoing customer service and technical support to YWCA client database users
- Help update and develop data entry forms, training materials, user guides, and other materials
- System Administration and Support
- Assist in creating detailed documentation of database workflows, customizations, and data entry processes within YWCA's client databases
- Assist in documenting bugs, issues, and potential improvements in YWCA's ClientTrack database
- Provide occasional data entry and data "clean-up" support to program staff as needed
Must have's to be successful:
(3) years of relevant professional experience
Strong technical skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams), comfort with workplace software and tools (Zoom, SharePoint, etc.), and the ability to learn and use various client databases and reporting tools. Experience using relational databases and/or online database platforms is a strong plus
Strong listening, communication, and interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to discern data needs and convey technical information to non-technical audiences
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and interact with people from diverse racial, cultural and economic backgroun