Our Mission

Together We Rise is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our vision is to improve the lives of children in foster care throughout America who often find themselves forgotten and neglected by the public. We collaborate with community partners to bring resources to youth in foster care and use service-learning activities to educate volunteers on issues surrounding the foster care system. Our foundation has allowed us to provide thousands of foster youth across the country with new bicycles, college supplies, and sweet cases so that children do not have to travel from home to home with their belongings in a trash bag.

The Position

We have an exciting opportunity for the right individual to join our team as an Administrative Assistant. This position is responsible for performing a variety of administrative tasks that support the Director of Service Activities, Development & Events. In addition to the scheduling, communication & project based support they will directly provide their manager, they will also assist fundraising efforts. Fundraising responsibilities include educating donor leads on how they are improving the lives of foster youth nationwide through their donations, sponsorships, and campaigns.

The Daily

• Knowledge in managing calendars, setting up meetings, and sending reminders.
• Managing information flow in a timely and accurate manner.
• Format information for internal and external communication.
• Note taking, typing, formatting, and editing reports, documents, and presentations.
• Provide information to all new donor leads about programs/services supporting foster youth
• Welcoming and upbeat attitude for company culture
• Follow up, follow through and close donation lead prospects, campaign processes, etc.
• Support Warehouse department in executing all donations for shipment, specifically; write order forms, make shipping labels, send tracking numbers and quality check orders

The Essentials

• Belief and support of Together We Rise mission
• Commitment to transform the experience of those in the foster care system
• Strong interpersonal relationship building and communication skills.
• Customer service skills to be applied when working with donors, volunteers, vendors, etc.
• Forward-thinker who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
• Excellent time management, prioritizing, and organizational skills.

Don’t think you have everything for this role but are still very interested? Please don’t hesitate to apply. We’d love to hear from you!

Please note, Together We Rise goes through an incredibly intentional process for hiring new team members and will accept applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Thank you for your patience and interest in joining our mission.

Together We Rise is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
*ALL CANDIDATES WILL BE BACKGROUND CHECKED*

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 - $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Brea, CA 92821: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Administrative: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

• Health insurance