Logistics Assistant - Trenton, United States - Children's Futures

Description

Created in 2001 by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Children*s Futures works across Central Jersey to ensure that all children and families get off to a healthy start in life.

At our core, we aim to increase opportunities for health and wellness and to ward off health and social problems that can lead to a lifetime of illness and dependency.

Children*s Futures is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve health and development outcomes for children and their families.

To achieve our mission, we formally collaborate with schools, social service providers, health care agencies, faith institutions, civic associations, employers and others around school-readiness and success strategies that have the greatest positive impact on children's immediate health needs, as well as long-term development.

• Reports to the Logistics and Community Services Coordinator.
• Manage all administrative office related duties which include but is not limited to, maintaining receivables log and preparing deposit slips, maintaining and reporting the inventory on incentives, meeting arrangements, travel arrangements, food/vendor arrangements, preparation of purchase orders and maintaining inventory of office supplies, and management of office equipment.
• Provide administrative support for the Children*s Futures staff with projects to include research, compiling data and preparation of reports.
• Provide administrative support to CEO/CFO/Program Manager as needed.
• As directed, help to coordinate special events, conferences and meetings, which includes taking and transcribing meeting minutes as needed.

• Answer multiline telephone system, direct telephone calls to the appropriate person and take accurate messages in a courteous and professional manner.
• Greet incoming visitors in a professional manner and promptly notify appropriate staff of their arrival.
• Receive, open, date stamp, sort and distribute incoming mail on a daily basis and prepare outgoing mail using postage meter.
• Receive and sign for courier deliveries and notify appropriate staff that packages have arrived.
• Maintain and prepare purchase orders for all office supplies and make recommendations for new procedures and equipment.
• Plan, manage and make recommendations for office course of action, related to systems, organizational procedures, and meetings.
• Perform general maintenance of computer network system (with support of outside technicians) and management of office equipment.
• Provide administrative support for the Children*s Futures staff with projects to include research, compiling data and preparation of reports.

• Compose, prepare and proofread correspondence, office memos, reports and other documents, taking and transcribing meeting minutes

• Maintain records of Children*s Futures contributions, invitations and attendance at community fundraising events, including logging in invitations, distribution to staff, responses to organizations, purchasing tickets and coordination with Logistics and Community Services Coordinator as appropriate. A permanent record should be kept at all times to monitor Children*s Futures contributions and attendance at community fundraising events.
• Oversee all meeting arrangements for Children*s Futures staff, including securing meeting space, room setup, development of contracts for catering, securing parking, sending invitations, arranging audiovisual equipment, arranging travel and hotel. This also includes overseeing setup, and coordination with the Logistics and Community Services Coordinator and Finance Officer related to any contract issues related to meeting arrangements.
• As directed, help to coordinate special events, conferences and meetings. This includes preparation of slides, Powerpoint presentations, draft of materials and handouts, design and mailing of invitations, "SavetheDate," agendas, etc. combined with print production (either inhouse or outside vendor). Scheduling, site investigation and selection, choice of food and appropriate vendors related to all the above. Also must provide followup details of all logistics to supervisor and/or staff requesting meeting.
• Responsible for securing food and beverages as necessary for smaller noncatered meetings held in Children*s Futures office. Shared responsibilities with other staff members include set up and clean up following the meetings.
• Provide accurate inventory of incentives. This also includes coordination with the Logistics and Community Services Coordinator to prepare a biweekly and monthly report.
• Notify Logistics and Community Services Coordinator of needs for the office on a biweekly basis.

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or eq