Data Processing Specialist

Culture of Inclusion and Community Standards

As a university founded to be a place where “…any person can find instruction in any study,” diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values and mission. We strive to be a welcoming, caring, healthy, and equitable community where students, faculty, and staff with different backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn, innovate, and work in an environment of respect, and feel empowered to engage in any community conversation. As a member of the Cornell University community, it is important to recognize our shared responsibility to each other to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all.  Cornell Core values 

As an individual contributor you will model and support a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and wellbeing and continually seek to understand how your role, behaviors, and actions impact the success of this culture.    

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Position Summary

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

The Data Processing Specialist is responsible for entering and processing donations, memberships, tributes, memorials, planned gifts, pledges and proposals in the Lab’s fund-raising database.  This position downloads daily records of gift information from various sources, creates deposit journals, and uses MS Access programs to prepare data for entry into the Lab’s fund-raising database. The Data Processing Specialist acknowledges the Lab’s donations, and memberships. The Data Processing Specialist manually prepares batch records for gifts received directly to the Lab, balances and commits batches, and investigates imbalances, with support from the Lead Gift Processor as needed.  Provides excellent communications to all members in a professional manner with confident, effective, engaging information.  As needed, participates in special projects. This is a full-time 39 hour per week position located in Ithaca, NY, with a hybrid schedule available. Some overtime, holiday and weekend work is required.

Required Qualifications

Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.

• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.

• Experience working with diversity, equity, inclusion, and wellbeing programs. 

• Passionate about working in an organization that values and promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and wellbeing.

• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

• High school diploma and 2-4 years of relevant work experience.

• Possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple objectives to assist in meeting unit goals.

• Demonstrable experience in data management; accountable for accuracy of the data and efficiency of its processes.

• Commitment to ensuring data quality and efficiency of processes. Attention to detail is a must.

• Proven accuracy working with a high quantity of credit card, check, and cash transactions.

• Solid interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral); and the ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy with a wide range of internal and external constituencies.