About this role
Who We Are:
Our vision is to grant the wish of every eligible child. Through our mission, we are uniting communities to grant life-changing wishes. As the world’s largest wish-granting organization, we strive to create a sense of community and an environment where we warmly embrace our wish families, volunteers, and colleagues.
Joining Make-A-Wish means becoming part of a mission that believes in the power of a wish.
Location:
Remote positions are open to applicants based anywhere in the continental U.S. Hybrid positions are open to applicants based in the Phoenix, Arizona area.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We do not sponsor employment visas or other immigration processes to attain or maintain employment eligibility.
Position Summary:
The Salesforce Administration & Support role supports the Salesforce ecosystem by liaising with a team of Salesforce professionals, IT personnel, and functional leaders to ensure that the business is provided support and Salesforce related tools fit business needs. As the Salesforce Admin & Support you will be responsible for managing the internal Salesforce Support queue, providing administration of the organization’s Salesforce environments, as well as partnering with internal and 3rd party teams for development and testing. Knowledge of Salesforce technology is paramount, but a key to success will be the ability to listen and to build relationships with a diverse set of business partners and team members.
Knowledge and Abilities:
- Previous experience as a Salesforce.com administrator.
- Experience managing, triaging, responding to and resolving user issues.
- Strong analytical and product management skills with an understanding of how to interpret and translate customer business needs into operational requirements and recommend solutions to expand system functionality, improve scalability, and manage cost.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous clients’ requests, and manage laterally and upwards.
- Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
- Interpersonal communication skills are a must, as well as the ability to work well in a team environment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage day-to-day Salesforce orgs and app integrations and troubleshooting.
- Perform routine maintenance and administrative functions in Salesforce orgs, inclusive of app integrations.
- Configure changes to workflows, approval processes, fields, page layouts, record types, flows, dashboards and reports.
- Effectively document and communicate Salesforce changes and release updates to end users and stakeholders.
- Ticket troubleshooting, carrying out impact analysis, and providing resolutions to problems associated with Salesforce.
- Provide support to end users to improve their productivity and application knowledge, building users confidence and competence.
- Support the project life cycle including requirements, research, solution design, testing and deployment of declarative Salesforce enhancements.
- Creates and maintains documentation for process, policies, applications, and configuration and assists with related material for end users.
- Aid Business Transformation team in developing and completing system testing, training, and implementation-related activities.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of total experience with 2+ years of experience as a Salesforce.com super user or junior administrator.
- Detailed understanding of Salesforce development environments, with the ability to build custom apps and objects, fields, processes, custom views, and other content of intermediate complexity.
- Salesforce Admin Certification required.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent experience required.
- Experience with Salesforce NPSP preferred.
- Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD processes and code versioning systems such as Github is a plus.
Working Conditions:
- Ability to thrive in a remote environment.
- Some travel required.
- May require work outside a traditional Monday-Friday work week, and normal business hours.
What We Offer:
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit package, effective day 1: Medical, Vision, Dental, Wellness
- Competitive compensation with annual incentive potential
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account Options
- Health Reimbursement Account fully funded by Make-A-Wish America
- Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
- Additional Insurance Plans: Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance through Figo
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 5% match after one year of service
- Eligibility for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- The organization will send a laptop, 24” monitor, and a docking station/adaptor to new hires
Time Off
- Up to 15 PTO days
- 10 Sick Days
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 2 Volunteer Days after one year of service
- 2 Personal Days accrued annually
- Parental Leave
Also...
- Employee Awards and Recognition Programs
- Individual and Leadership Development
- Discounts and special offers for theme parks, events, hotels, concerts, and movie tickets
*Monthly premiums paid for the employee for vision, dental, and short/long term disability.
Other facts
About Make-A-Wish America
At Make-A-Wish® America, we are more than a great place to work – our work is life-changing. We are an inclusive and diverse group of people who, through a mosaic of backgrounds, thoughts and experiences, are united in purposeful work. We are fueled and guided by our values – values that are represented in the inspired people we work with and the transformational work we do, every day.
Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Make-A-Wish is the world’s leading children’s wish-granting organization, serving children in every community in the U.S. and in 50 countries worldwide. More than 40 years ago the inspiration for Make-A-Wish began with one little boy’s wish to be a police officer. Today, together with our volunteers, donors, staff and supporters, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 500,000 life-changing wishes and transformed countless lives worldwide.
There is nothing more powerful than making a child’s wish come true. And at Make-A-Wish, we will stop at nothing to ensure every eligible child received a life-changing wish. We believe – and research shows – that a wish gives kids the resilience, courage and strength they need to fight their critical illnesses. A wish doesn’t signify an end or one happy moment in time … a wish truly has the power to transform lives. This is why wishes matter. This is Make-A-Wish.
Mission: Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
What you'll do
- Manage day-to-day Salesforce orgs and app integrations, providing troubleshooting and support. Document and communicate Salesforce changes and assist in the project life cycle including requirements, testing, and deployment.
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