ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:


Think Small, Minnesota’s leader in early learning, is dedicated to advancing early childhood care and education.  We are still committed to the principles that gave rise to our organization 50 years ago - that the quality of a child's early experiences greatly influences his or her success later in life and that there is much that can be done to improve the quality of early childhood settings to optimize a child's development. 

 

This position provides support to the Hennepin County Early Childhood Scholarship teams to ensure administrative and program support needs for the scholarship program are met in a timely and efficient manner.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Process and enter scholarship applications and enrollments
  • Create database profiles and files for participating families and providers
  • Conduct weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly data checks or as directed by Team Leader
  • Pull spending information upon request
  • Respond to inquiries from case workers and early childhood providers
  • Create and send letters to awarded families and providers
  • Create and send non-renewal letters to providers
  • Stay up to date with department messaging and procedures
  • Follow up with providers on attendance and missing enrollment form
  • Perform all job duties to department expectations and standards
  • Document and case note daily communication with providers and family into Scholarship Database

 

REQUIREMENTS:

  • AA degree in Early Childhood, Human Resources, or related field preferred OR
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience with ability to perform the job
  • 1 year experience with data entry/ management
  • 2 years’ experience in customer service
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to multi-task and work independently as well as in a group environment
  • Proficient in Microsoft office (excel, word, outlook, and more)

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The position is available immediately and will have a hybrid work schedule with a mix of on-stie and work from home days.  M-F 9am-5pm

 

Wage hiring range: $17.27 – $20.00 per hour

 

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, short and long term disability, life, vision, disability, critical illness; medical and dependent care flex, HSA, legal and ID protection plans.
  • Pre-tax and ROTH 401k with 5% employer match.
  • 23 days of sick/vacation time earned the first year PLUS 8 scheduled holidays and 5 floating holidays for those whose needs don’t conform to the federal holiday calendar.
  • We recently introduced 2 new-parent benefits – 6 weeks paid parental leave and infants-at-work program (available after 1 year of employment.)

 

This position is a hybrid position and will work on-site 1-2 days per week, and remotely 3-4 days per week.

Think Small is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer