Overview

Since 1972, Covenant House has served and advocated for youth and young families experiencing homelessness, human trafficking, and exploitation. Our overarching goal is to end homelessness among youth and young families by helping them achieve housing stability, heal from trauma, tap into their innate resilience, and hone their interests and skills to forge new pathways to independence. This work is carried out across Covenant House sites in 34 cities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

About the Role

The Coordinator, Database Systems Support – Bilingual Spanish (Internal title: Coordinator, Research, Evaluation and Learning) is responsible for supporting the administration and optimization of the case management database system used across the Covenant House federation to collect, manage, and analyze program data and plays a critical role in advancing Covenant House International’s commitment to becoming a data-informed Learning Organization that achieves positive outcomes for and with young people experiencing homelessness and human trafficking.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Database Systems Support

• Support efforts to maintain database integrity, promote data security, and improve functionality; as well as support site efforts to operationalize the database system, with a focus on formalizing and ensuring data quality practices.

• Serve as primary point of contact for Spanish-speaking Latin American sites on ETO, reporting, and data-related questions

• Provide timely, efficient, collaborative, and user-friendly support/guidance to site ETO users across the federation, including US, Canada, and Latin American sites

• Assist with day-to-day maintenance and enhancements of the ETO system, including user access, testing, troubleshooting, and support for configuration updates

• Support efforts to document database configurations, data definitions, and usage protocols

• Monitor database performance and identify opportunities for improved functionality or workflow alignment

• Respond to routine requests for data, reports, and dashboards from federation sites

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bilingual in English and Spanish with strong written and verbal communication

• Experience providing database user support

• Demonstrated ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users

• Strong communication, public speaking and interpersonal skills; ability to support users with varying levels of technical ability

• Detail-oriented, with strong problem-solving and organizational skills

• Customer service mindset and ability to collaborate across diverse teams

Required Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience with ETO or another case management or homelessness services database system in a nonprofit or human services context

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., information systems, social sciences, public administration)

• Experience working in one of the three countries that we serve in Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or the Microsoft 365 Power Platform

• Experience with trauma-informed youth-serving programs

• Experience supporting system rollouts or transitions in a multi-site organization
  

Travel Requirements

• While this position is designed as a remote role, candidates based in the New York City metropolitan area may choose to work from our Midtown Manhattan office on a hybrid or full-time in-office schedule.

Our Community

Our critical mission demands that we have all voices at the table. A team of diverse people, perspectives, and experiences is smarter, stronger, and more effective for our young people. At Covenant House, every team member is valued, respected, heard, and supported, and we welcome honest and courageous self-reflection on any aspects of our work that are based on biased or outdated viewpoints. We deliberately create opportunities for our staff to grow and thrive.

Covenant House International is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind: CHI is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at CHI are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, family or parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. CHI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics and encourages all qualified applicants to apply.

If you have a disability or medical condition and need a reasonable accommodation, such as an ASL interpreter or a different interview format, or if you have physical accessibility needs, let us know. Contact us at 1-929-502-2521, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time or email us at chipeopleandculture@covenanthouse.org.