Spreadsheet Specialist

Love Justice International • Other • Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa • $200 - $300 / year • 1d ago

Job Details

Job Location : South Africa

Salary Range : Undisclosed

About Us : Love Justice International (LJI) is a Christian nonprofit organization and our mission is sharing the love of Jesus Christ by fighting the world’s greatest injustices. We do this in two primary ways: through our expanding anti-human trafficking work and by caring for orphaned and abandoned children. We are seeking faithful, compassionate, thoughtful problem-solvers who are able to think deeply and carefully about how we can share Christ's love by fighting injustice.

Love Justice International is a certified Best Christian Workplace in 2021 - 2024.

Program and Position Overview : To ensure excellence among our field offices in Asia and Africa, Love Justice has developed more than 45 "core processes" to implement in each office to monitor performance and compliance. These processes span a variety of different areas, such as budgeting and financial reporting, administration and human resources, data collection and compliance, security audit and investigations, shelter care, and legal cases. Many of these core processes involve the use of spreadsheets (varying in complexity) to track different pieces of data.

The Spreadsheet Specialist will work to both maintain and improve key spreadsheets while also working with stakeholders to create new spreadsheets as required. In some cases, the Spreadsheet Specialist will need to use Google Apps Scripts or Python to provide the functionality necessary.

The position will preferably be based in Ballito, South Africa, but we are open to remote candidates.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

Communicate with stakeholders to gather requirements
Develop new spreadsheets and maintain existing spreadsheets in an organized manner
Write Google Apps Scripts to manipulate and store data
Create formulas to perform complex analysis of data across multiple sheets
Occasionally use Python to run complex calculations to increase performance

Qualifications :

Mature Christian faith and agreement with our Global Value to “Abide in Christ”
Knowledge, understanding, and agreement with how the Christian Gospel ministers to “the least of these” (Matthew 25:40) and guides us in our mission
Agreement with our Core Value “Be the Kingdom” (both in the execution of our mission and in our personal lives)
Acknowledgement of our Statement of Faith
A strong commitment to social justice and advocacy on behalf of vulnerable populations
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or related field
Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong work ethic, self-motivation, and willingness to adapt to changing and challenging circumstances
High standard of personal discipline
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Familiarity with working with complex spreadsheets
Proficiency with Google Sheets and Google Apps Scripts
Proficiency with Python preferred
Ability to work well within a group setting and maintain a positive outlook while working within challenging circumstances

Application Process : We will continue to invite applications for this position until a new Spreadsheet Specialist has been hired. Candidates will submit a letter of interest and CV when they submit their application here . Nominations, inquiries, and questions concerning this search may be directed to

Please allow us 1-2 weeks to process your application. Thank you for your interest!

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