Job description
Ensures the safety, quality, and effectiveness of the UUA constituent database.
Produces periodic mailing lists for Association publications.
Fulfills ad hoc requests for database queries and exports. Meets with stakeholders to clarify requirements, to prioritize and to schedule deliverables, to develop moderately complex queries, to process intermediate results using Microsoft Access and Excel, and to check and to deliver the final results.
Tabulates annual membership statistics.
Adds, reviews, and removes users, groups and access rights. Conducts training and provides technical support for internal users. Develops and enforces policy, guidelines, and best practices regarding data input, data quality, and data use.
Serves as the point of contact for information about the database to internal (non-congregational) stakeholders. Serves as the point of contact for the BlackBaud (Raiser’s Edge database) account representative.
Processes database change requests from various staff groups and offices.
Develops and runs data hygiene processes (e.g., de-duplication). Reports monthly on quality findings and update counts.
Collaborates with ITS staff to support use of the database in online applications (i.e., UUA Directory, Find-A-Congregation). Reviews and comments on requests for extensions or changes to database structure. Implements and documents changes when appropriate.
Serves as backup for the Congregational Data Administrator.
Performs other duties as requested by supervisor, by the Chief Operating Officer, or the President.
How to apply
People with disabilities, people of color, Hispanic/Latino/a and LGBTQ candidates are encouraged to apply. Send cover letter and résumé—indicating “Database Coordinator” in the subject line—via e‑mail to careers@uua.org, via fax to (617) 948-6467, or to Human Resources, UUA, 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210. E‑mail submissions preferred.