Connelly School of the Holy Child is a Catholic, college preparatory school, committed to the intellectual, spiritual, artistic, physical and social development of young women in grades 6 through 12. We welcome candidates that demonstrate a strong commitment to developing our students into leaders of tomorrow.
Building an inclusive and diverse school community is a priority and we are committed to hiring faculty and staff with diverse experiences and backgrounds to empower our students to connect, belong, and grow. We welcome your interest in a career at Holy Child.
See below for current job employment opportunities.
Junior Staff Accountant
Date Posted: 9/14/2022
Date Needed: Immediately
City: Potomac, MD. Montgomery County
Primary Category: Finance
Type of Position: Full-Time, 12-month position
Description:
Connelly School of the Holy Child seeks a Junior Staff Accountant to support the Finance Department with managing the daily financial and accounting tasks.
The Junior Staff Accountant is responsible for ensuring that all regular monthly invoices are paid on time including utilities, credit cards, and certain service contracts.
This individual who gets this role will work closely with the Head of Finance to deliver Holy Child’s goals and set the standard for best practices in the area of Accounts Payable. philanthropy in an independent school environment.
The Junior Staff Accountant reports directly to the Head of Finance. This is an exempt, full-time, non-supervisory in-person position.
Holy Child offers an excellent benefit package including health, dental & vision insurance, long term and short-term disability, flex spending accounts, and a 403(b)-pension plan.
Our Community:
Connelly School of the Holy Child is a Catholic, college preparatory school, committed to the intellectual, spiritual, artistic, physical, and social development of young women in grades 6 through 12. The school emphasizes academic challenge, joy of learning, and education of well-rounded women of faith and action.
Building an inclusive and diverse school community is a priority for Holy Child and we are committed to hiring faculty and staff with diverse experiences and backgrounds to empower our students to connect, belong, and grow.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring all PO’s and disbursements are properly approved and supported by required documentation.
- Processing all invoices through Bill.com.
- Coding Credit Card Bills, obtaining receipts and processing the same for payment through Bill.com.
- Ensuring that all regular monthly invoices are paid on time including utilities, credit cards, and certain service contracts.
- Monitoring the budget to identify potential overages
- Assist with student billing and payment processing through Veracross
- Assisting parents with the set-up of payments through Veracross and general customer support for tuition payments
- Assist with tuition payment collections
- Make Daily Bank Deposits
- Assisting the Head of Finance and Operations with employee contract renewals, background screening and tracking
- Maintaining confidential personnel files
- Assisting with payroll processing
- Preparing annual 1099’s
- Maintaining Certificate of Insurance Files and ensuring that all COI’s are on hand
- Assist with annual Worker’s Compensation Audit
- Preparing rental lease agreements for review by Head of Finance and Operations
- Other duties as assigned by the Head of Finance and Operations.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Relevant work experience, including five years experience working in accounting. The ideal candidate will have experience working in accounting for an independent school.
- Proven track record and a good understanding of accounting and financial reporting and practices to including Accounts Payable.
- Strong command of accounting principles, best practices, and trends.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Experience working with Veracross Intact and Bill.com would be a plus.
- Excellent written communication skills.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively and relate well with others including inside and outside the school — the ideal candidate exhibits a professional manner in dealing with others whether communicating in person, on the phone or by email, and works to maintain positive and constructive working relationships.
- High professional and ethical standards for handling confidential information.
- Willingness to be a team player and member of the community.
- Strong understanding of, and respect for, Catholic faith, beliefs, and practice.
- Commitment to embrace the school’s mission and values.
- Able to lift small items of up to 20 pounds occasionally.
How to Apply / Contact
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to: Human Resources: humanresources@holychild.org.
It has been and will continue to be the policy of Connelly School of the Holy Child to be fair and impartial in all of its relations with applicants for employment and to make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, or any other categories protected by federal, state, or local law. Decisions regarding employment will be based solely upon job-related factors.
Development Operations Manager
Date Posted: 6/10/2022
Date Needed: Immediately
City: Potomac, MD. Montgomery County
Primary Category: Development
Type of Position: Full-Time, 12-month position
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Connelly School of the Holy Child is seeking passionate teachers to join our outstanding faculty for the 2022-2023 School year. We welcome candidates that demonstrate a strong commitment to high-quality teaching, innovation, academic excellence, and a joy of learning. Building an inclusive and connected school community is a priority and we are committed to hiring faculty with diverse experiences and backgrounds to empower our students to connect, belong and grow.
Description & Details:
Connelly School of the Holy Child is a Catholic, college preparatory school, committed to the intellectual, spiritual, artistic, physical, and social development of young women in grades 6 through 12. The school emphasizes academic challenge, joy of learning, and education of well-rounded women of faith and action. The Holy Child community welcomes students and families of different faiths and diverse backgrounds. In keeping with the philosophy of our founder Cornelia Connelly, Holy Child values the uniqueness of each individual and fosters a life of service to others.
Description:
This position is an integral member of the Development team and is responsible for the database as well as general office support. They will manage the data health and integrity of all constituent and gift data and ensure this data is properly operationalized and accessible. The ideal candidate is analytical, tech-savvy, and detail-oriented, while also being mindful of the importance of building meaningful relationships with the school’s various constituents. It will be important that this person has an attitude of “yes” and seeks ways to add value to donors and the development team. This individual is responsible for ensuring high standards of quality, consistency, and accuracy across all development records and research reports. The position is broken down into approximately 75% database work and 25% other administrative work.
Holy Child recently transitioned its fundraising systems to Blackbaud products and proficiency with Blackbaud is required but the ideal candidate will also have experience with Veracross and GiveCampus. This is a full-time in-person position.
Holy Child offers an excellent benefit package including health, dental & vision insurance, long term and short-term disability, flex spending accounts, and a 403(b) pension plan.
- Data Management
- Demonstrate advanced capabilities with data management, database optimization, and data analytics.
- Research industry best practices for database management and discuss any suggested updates to procedures with the Associate Director of Development and promptly update department written procedures and alert department staff if there are any changes to protocols.
- Promote positive donor relations by helping to ensure the accuracy, confidentiality and integrity of biographical, demographical, gift records and other information.
- Track the overall data health to establish a baseline and data health goal and subsequently provide the Head of Development with a quarterly report.
- Oversees all Omatic data transitions ensuring Raisers Edge has all updated information on current and prospective families from Veracross.
- Manages annual school year end roll over.
- Maintain lists of active codes specific to Holy Child and advises the best method to track information when new coding is needed.
- Manage data between integrating systems presently including Veracross, Intacct, GiveCampus, Venmo, Onecause and Graduway.
- Continually update and maintain accurate contact information for constituents received via numerous channels – internal communications, returned mail, contact update forms, gift correspondence, change or address services, etc.
- Reports and Lists
- Pull segmented mailing lists for solicitations and correspondence.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of progress against annual fundraising goals
- Design and run regular reports as needed including but not limited to constituency-specific participation, giving society updates and campaign tracking.
- Prepare all CASE, NAIS, and similar surveys and reports.
- Document and maintain procedures, workflows, processes, and complex functions.
- Address "critical needs" that occur on a short notice and require immediate action and serve as a resource for team members.
- Prospect Management
- Assist with Prospect Management by importing contact notes, or creating a process to do so, as well as producing the Prospect Management Tracking Report.
- Conducts annual Target Analytics Research
- Gift Management
- Process all gifts, pledges, pledge payments, matching claims, tribute gifts, stock gifts and other contributions within 24 hrs ensuring accuracy of all records including proper soft crediting when appropriate.
- Distribute Daily Gift Reports
- Serve as the liaison to the Business office and reconcile all gifts.
- Produce gift acknowledgement letters within two business days to be reviewed by the Head of Development and then oversee the distribution to donors.
- Ensure all pledge reminders are sent in a timely manner.
- Coordinate annual reports and stewardship materials for endowments and restricted funds with input from the primary constituent manager.
- Send out annual tax statements each January.
- Directly connect with donors regarding contribution confirmations, recurring gifts and gift inquiries as needed.
- Events
- Assist with event activities, particularly event gift processing, registration forms, mailing lists, tracking RSVPs as well as staffing events.
- Administrative Support
- Scheduling support for the Office
- Assist Head of Development through other duties as assigned.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelors’ degree or relevant work experience, including three-five years experience working in development and/or data management. The ideal candidate will have experience working in development and data management in an independent school.
- Extensive knowledge of Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge. The ideal candidate will have previous experience managing a Raiser’s Edge database.
- Understanding of financial systems and ability to interpret and report on financial information.
- Experience in data analysis, gift processing, and donor acknowledgment; familiar with annual fundraising cycle and common development terminology and needs.
- Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- High professional and ethical standards for handling confidential information.
- Willingness to be a team player and member of the community.
- Interact with all community members in a professional and respectful manner whether communicating in person, on the phone or by email.
- Strong understanding of, and respect for, Catholic faith, beliefs, and practice.
- Commitment to embrace the school’s mission and values.
- Occasional night and weekend work is required.
- Able to lift small items of up to 20 pounds occasionally.
How to Apply / Contact
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to: Human Resources: humanresources@holychild.org.
It has been and will continue to be the policy of Connelly School of the Holy Child to be fair and impartial in all of its relations with applicants for employment and to make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, or any other categories protected by federal, state, or local law. Decisions regarding employment will be based solely upon job-related factors.
Substitute Teacher
Responsibilities include:
- Provide classroom instruction to students as outlined in lesson plans.
- Create a classroom that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
- Maintain a safe and orderly environment, by adhering to and enforcing all health and safety protocols.
- Maintain established routine of the school and classroom procedures in which assigned.
- Maintain a professional appearance as an example to students.
- Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Maintain reasonable rules of conduct which encourage self-discipline and responsibility.
- Communicate effectively with parents when needed.
- Meet and instructs assigned classes in the locations and times designated.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education or similar field
- Commitment to embrace the school’s mission and values
- Genuine enthusiasm, personal warmth and inspire a love of learning
- Ability to integrate digital tools in the classroom
- Willingness to work collaboratively with administration, faculty, and parents
- Experience using a variety of pedagogical strategies
How to Apply / Contact:
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and letters of reference to: humanresources@holychild.org
Bus Driver (Part-time)
Connelly School of the Holy Child, a girls’ independent school in the Washington D.C. metro area, is accepting applications for a bus driver for morning and afternoon routes. The maximum amount of time required will be three hours a day, Monday through Friday.
Applicants must have a valid driver’s license, possession of a satisfactory driving record, able to pass a background check and random drug testing. Ability to manage students while driving. Ability to understand directions regarding bus routes and special arrangements. Additional opportunities include daytime transportation for field trips and events.
Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to humanresources@holychild.org.
How to Apply / Contact
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and letters of reference to: humanresources@holychild.org
Equal Employment Opportunity
It has been and will continue to be the policy of Connelly School of the Holy Child to be fair and impartial in all of its relations with its employees and applicants for employment and to make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, or any other categories protected by federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and all other personnel actions and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, layoffs, reinstatements, training, professional development funding and disciplinary measures. Decisions regarding employment and promotion will be based solely upon job-related factors.