About Us:

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 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 Scholarships department to ensure administrative and support needs for the scholarship program are met in a timely and efficient manner.

Responsibilities:

• Process and enter applications for eligibility determination
• Create database profile and files of participating families
• Respond to inquiries from families, early childhood programs, and the general public regarding State Early Learning Scholarships
• Stay up to date with department messaging and procedures as you respond to inquiries
• Communicate with scholarship team regarding family applications, letters and documents
• Process, create, and send letters to inquiring and awarded families
• Open, scan and upload incoming mail and documents into SharePoint
• Provide support to the front desk

Qualifications:

• Must have High School Diploma/GED
• Associate's degree in business, accounting or related field preferred
• 1 year experience with data entry/management
• Demonstrated ability in basic math functions
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently as well as in a group environment
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Dynamics, Excel, Word, and Outlook)
• Working knowledge of Saleforce is a plus

This position is available immediately.

The hourly rate range for this position is $17.27-$20.00.

Benefits:

• Hybrid work schedule with a mix of on-site and remote days
• Comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, short- and long-term disability, life, vision, pet, critical illness, and long-term care insurance
• Medical and dependent care flex spending accounts, Health Savings Account (HS), legal and ID protection plans
• Pre-tax and ROTH 401k with employer match
• Generous paid time off: 23 days of sick/vacation time earned the first year PLUS 9 scheduled holidays, and 4 floating holidays for those whose needs don't conform to the federal holiday calendar
• 6 weeks paid parent leave and infants-at-work program (available after 1 year of employment) 

Think Small is an Equal Opportunity Employer.