Center for Collaborative Classroom Looking for Temporary Accounting Assistant at Alameda, CA  Full Time

Who We Are

Founded in 1980, the Center for the Collaborative Classroom is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to become highly literate critical thinkers who learn from, care for, and respect one another. Our organization has evolved from a knowledge building organization mostly focused on research (1980-2000), to a nonprofit publisher focused on getting materials that integrate SEL/literacy into educators’ hands (2000-now). Our research-based curricula help children appreciate the ideas and opinions of others, learn to agree and disagree respectfully, and think critically about big ideas. Our programs are used in 80,000 classrooms across the country and impact the lives of over 2 million students daily, raising student grades and test scores, while building relationships and bolstering student and teacher engagement.

Our mission as a nonprofit is to help students grow as readers, writers, and thinkers while they develop the social and emotional skills necessary to thrive. We believe that how we teach matters as much as what we teach. Our evidence based help children develop as proficient readers and writers, appreciate the ideas and opinions of others, learn to agree and disagree respectfully, think critically about big ideas, and become responsible citizens of the world.

Our commitment to continuous, embedded empowers educators to grow their teaching practices, build school community, and create the conditions for authentic, student-centered learning with teachers as facilitators.

Internally, our work culture reflects our pedagogy, fostering a sense of community that is essential to individual development. In doing so, we create a work environment in which we value teamwork, collaboration, and respect for the differences and unique contributions that each individual brings to our organization.

Who we need: TEMPORARY Accounting Assistant – January 2024 to approx. June 2024

Do you have a passion and interest in working in a non-profit culture? We have a great opportunity for a Temporary Accounting Assistant. You will report to the Director of Implementation and provide support in processing Purchase Orders and Sales Orders for events, ensuring accurate client invoicing as well as managing event registrations for public events using our event and accounting software platforms.

Experience and Personal Qualities for Success:

The ideal candidate is detail oriented to ensure accurate data entry and is an effective communicator with the ability to influence individuals at all levels. If you excel by building relationships with the ability to diagnose root causes impeding team efficiency and find innovative solutions to improve efficiency, you will thrive in this role.

Essential Job Functions

• Process purchase orders for professional learning sessions and events.
• Updating event records to reflect completed and invoiced events.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure accuracy of data.
• Communicate information, as requested to customers, internal departments and the field team
• Partner with customers and internal teams to resolve any payment questions or concerns
• Register participants for public events.
• Invoice public events monthly and professional learning sessions weekly.

Required Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Six months or more related accounting/bookkeeping experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.Strong MS Excel skills as well as experience with SalesForce and NetSuite (preferred)
• Operate closely with other functional teams to certify data consistency and excellence
• Excellent verbal, written, and social communication skills

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance (preferred)
• AA or BS/BA degree in Accounting or related field
• AA degree or equivalent

Compensation: $21.00- $26.68/ hr

This is the pay range for this position that we reasonably expect to pay. Individual compensation is based on various factors, including experience, education, skillset, and geographic location. This range is for the CA location and may be adjusted to the labor market in other geographic areas.

What Else You Should Know: This is a Temporary full-time position to cover an internal leave of absence. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

What Now:

Send a resume and cover letter to: , OR, visit us at: https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org. No recruiters please.

Center for the Collaborative Classroom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to racial equity and social justice. We believe that each of us has a responsibility to drive Equality in our communities and in our work environment and are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through our inclusive programs.