The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting understanding and cooperation between Jews and Christians, is seeking applicants for the following full-time positions:
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please send your cover letter, resume and salary requirements to jobs@ifcj.org.
The Fellowship offers a friendly, professional, and challenging team-based work environment conveniently located in downtown Chicago near several Metra stations as well as CTA rail and bus lines.
Accountant (Revenue)
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting understanding and cooperation between Jews and Christians is seeking an Entry-Level Accountant to provide support to the daily processing of revenue. The individual will effectively and efficiently process credit card donations, refunds, NSF’s, bank charge backs and various aspects of donor revenue batches. Additionally, the successful individual will conduct investigations and research to accurately and timely respond to donor related questions. This position may be offered on a Temporary basis with the potential to develop into a regular full-time opportunity based on business needs.
The Fellowship offers a friendly and professional work environment where you can learn and apply your expertise in the following challenging job functions.
- Review, audit, create adjustments, process accounting information to the bank, and post various credit card, debit card, and other donation batches daily.
- Research, process and post CBP (Checks By Phone) batches daily.
- Process NSF's, refunds, chargebacks, other backouts, and FOF (Friend of Fellowship) donations.
- Reprocess rejected and/or declined credit card batches regularly.
- Research various donor related inquiries and other issues and provide an accurate and timely response.
- Prepare all batches and other work related materials for filing regularly.
- Provide accounting support to both the Accounting and Finance Managers.
- Provide input for workflow process improvements and for developing operating procedures.
- Interact on a regular basis with staff, officials and the general public.
- Assume additional responsibilities and perform special projects as needed or directed.
Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree in Business. Bachelor's degree in Business highly desired.
- Previous experience in Accounting / Finance and credit card operations preferred.
- Ability to maintain strong attention to detail.
- A solution focused skillset with the initiative and follow through to achieve timely and accurate results.
- Ability to establish and maintain a comprehensive record-keeping system and to adhere to office procedures.
- Must possess customer-centric approach and have the ability to convey professionalism with internal and external customers.
- Strong abilities in problem-solving to effectively and proactively provide timely response to donor concerns and requests.
- Great ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
- Strong computer capabilities that include daily use of databases, Windows XP, and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Highly effective at concise oral and written communication.
- Ability to work independently with general direction.
If you are ready to work with a great team of people, conveniently located in the downtown Chicago area and you have the experience, skill and drive to be successful in this exciting role, please submit your resume with your salary requirement to: jobs@IFCJ.org with AR-0509-24 in the subject line. Thank you for your interest in our open position. Visit us at www.ifcj.org to learn more about us. We are an equal opportunity employer
Please submit your cover letter and resume, including your salary history and expectations.
Webmaster/ Designer
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has an exciting opportunity available for a smart, creative and technological genius who would like to use his/her skills in helping a non- profit humanitarian organization make its mark on the web. We have an opportunity for a Webmaster / Designer who possesses skills across multiple disciplines: web maintenance, and graphic design. As webmaster, this position will develop and maintain web applications. As graphic designer, this role calls for designing and creating the media elements that enhance the usability of our websites and email campaigns. Must be a team player with a collaborative spirit to accomplish the following responsibilities:
- Implement website content so that content is accurate and current and critical links are functioning
- Participate in all phases of creative development: design creation, wireframe creation, code development and implementation
- Create visual designs that address organization, brand, and user requirements, including the design and production of screen layouts, color palettes, typography, user interface elements
- Maintain and update web page titles, keywords and metatags to maximize search engine listings
- Define web functionality requirements, evaluates existing tools and available options to meet these requirements and makes recommendations on technology implementation
- Build framework on the sites to support multimedia and social networking channels (video, texting, blog, etc.)
- Provide timely updates on project status
- Provide reports on web traffic, email campaign performance, and other web metrics
- Evaluate similar websites to determine how to increase our web efficiency and effectiveness
Qualifications:
We require 3+ years’ experience in website management and in designing corporate websites. The top candidate will have technological wherewithal to learn and manage our Convio system. Bachelor’s in computer science, communications or design or equivalent years of experience is required. Must be a self starter, focused on outcomes and talented in web content management.
If you are ready to work with a great team of people, conveniently located in the downtown Chicago area and you have the experience, skill and drive to be successful in this exciting role, please submit your resume with your salary requirement to: jobs@IFCJ.org with WMD-0409-21 in the subject line. Thank you for your interest in our open position. Visit us at www.ifcj.org to learn more about us. We are an equal opportunity employer
Please submit your cover letter and resume, including your salary history and expectations.
Webmaster
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has an exciting opportunity available for a smart, creative and technological genius who would like to use his/her skills in helping a non- profit humanitarian organization make its mark on the web. We have a Webmaster position available with the responsibility of partnering with the Director of Web Marketing to develop and manage content on our various websites. We want to maximize our search opportunities as well as generate web reports and manage outside business partners. Must be a team player with a collaborative spirit to accomplish the following responsibilities:
- Implement website content so that content is accurate and current and critical links are functioning
- Implement email campaigns
- Maintain and update web page titles, keywords and metatags to maximize search engine listings
- Define web functionality requirements, evaluates existing tools and available options to meet these requirements and makes recommendations on technology implementation
- Provide timely updates on project status
- Provide reports on web traffic, email campaign performance, and other web metrics
- Evaluate similar websites to determine how to increase our web efficiency and effectiveness
Qualifications:
We require 3+ years' experience in website management with experience in content management tools and the technological wherewithal to learn and manage our Convio system. Bachelor's in computer science, communications or design or equivalent years of experience. Must be a self starter focused on outcomes and talented in web content management. Fluency in Spanish is preferred…
If you are ready to work with a great team of people, conveniently located in the downtown Chicago area and you have the experience, skill and drive to be successful in this exciting role, please submit your resume with your salary requirement to: jobs@IFCJ.org with WM-0409-20 in the subject line. Thank you for your interest in our open position. Visit us at www.ifcj.org to learn more about us. We are an equal opportunity employer
Please submit your cover letter and resume, including your salary history and expectations.
Data Entry Associate
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to promoting understanding and cooperation between Jews and Christians. We are currently seeking a full-time Data Entry Associate to assist with maintaining donor information by entering data into the database, processing catalog orders and posting data batches. Other responsibilities include:
- Entering donor gifts and catalogue orders in the database.
- Reconciling records by using TCP (Technicolor process), a program that facilitates quality control over all new donor records entering the database.
- Posting batches in database.
- Investigating returned mail by looking up phone numbers and new addresses via internet and correcting the information in the database.
- Ensuring data batches are maintained and filed properly.
- Assumes additional responsibilities and performs special projects as required.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate must have a high school diploma or GED and 3+ years of data entry experience. Other key qualifications include:
- Data entry keystrokes of 7,000 kph or greater, Types 80+ wpm.
- High attention to detail, accuracy and follow-up.
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
- Maintains a high level of energy and a consistent positive attitude.
- Ability to lift donation batches weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Perform other duties and projects as required by management that may include: Matching Gifts, Credit Card Problems, respond to Website Feedback by doing research and writing replies to donors, etc.
The Fellowship offers a friendly, professional, and challenging team-based work environment, as well as a competitive salary and great benefits. We are conveniently located in downtown Chicago near Metra, CTA and bus lines. Please submit resume and salary requirements to: jobs@IFCJ.org with DEA0108 in the subject line. Thank you for your interest in our open position. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Please submit your cover letter and resume, including your salary history and expectations.
Bilingual Temporary Donor Relations Associate
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews a non-profit organization dedicate to promoting understanding and cooperation between Jews and Christians is seeking a Temporary Full-time Bilingual Spanish Donor Relations Associate to handle donor inquires, accepting donations, and researching and resolving donor questions, concerns, requests and special gifts from calls or correspondence. This position has the potential to develop into a regular full-time opportunity based on business needs.
Must be a team player with a collaborative spirit to accomplish the following responsibilities:
- Identify action points from donors to facilitate gift entry by the data processing department, researching and handling special donor requests and concerns.
- Prepare and ensure the accuracy of special letters, honor/memory letters, and other standard letters. Distribute donor documentation to appropriate departments.
- Work with the Donor Relations team to take initiative in all internal day-to-day activities and use good judgment in all situations.
- Perform other duties and projects as required by management that may include: Matching Gifts, Credit Card Problems, respond to Website Feedback by doing research and writing replies to donors, etc.
Qualifications:
- 2 plus years of relevant work experience in the customer service field, specifically in an inbound/ outbound Call Center.
- Must be able to fully communicate in a professional manner in both Spanish and English in written and verbal capacities.
- Must possess customer friendly tone and have the ability to convey professionalism and empathy with customers.
- Strong abilities in problem-solving to effectively and proactively provide timely response to donor concerns and requests.
- Ability to display cultural sensitivity to both the Jewish and Christian communities and a broad understanding of the Evangelical Christian community.
- Great ability to multi-task.
The Fellowship offers a friendly, professional, and challenging team-based work environment and is conveniently located downtown Chicago near Metra, CTA and bus lines.
If you are ready to work with a great team of people, located in the downtown Chicago area and you have the experience, skill and talent to be successful in this exciting role, please submit your resume with your salary requirement to: jobs@IFCJ.org with DRA-0509-23 in the subject line. Thank you for your interest in our open position. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Please submit your cover letter and resume, including your salary history and expectations.
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