Salesforce Administrator Jobs in San Ramon, CA (NOW HIRING)

Earthjustice is the nation's leading environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. We are here because the Earth needs a good lawyer. 

Driven by a passion for justice, inclusion, partnership, and excellence, our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected. 

Earthjustice’s Development Department (our fundraising team) is seeking a Salesforce Administrator to support our current CRM migration to Agentforce for Nonprofits as well as long-term management of our nonprofit’s development technologies. This is a non-supervisory position that will report to the Associate Director of Development Technology Solutions. This role maneuvers Earthjustice through intensive, project-based work to launch our new CRM before transitioning into an operationalized administrator role thereafter. The position will enable robust CRM integrations and stabilize and mature our new technology ecosystem – keeping data healthy, well-governed, and useful for our 100+ CRM users.  

Our CRM sits at the center of a connected ecosystem -- linked to our data warehouse and analytics layer, marketing automation, and donor-services tools. This interconnected technology stack will require this position to partner closely with a range of stakeholders, including staff from Development, Communications, the Project Management Office, IT, and consultants.  

The Salesforce Administrator, Fundraising Systems is expected to work a full-time (37.5 hours/week) schedule. This position prefers hybrid in San Francisco, CA, open to remote in the contiguous US (including states we have offices in).  

System Stewardship & Governance (45%) 

• Manage permissions and security, sandbox and release discipline, data model integrity, and change control across a Agentforce for Nonprofit (Nonprofit Cloud) organization supporting 100+ users. Conduct routine data hygiene, quality audits, and monitoring so users can trust what they see.
• Build and maintain lightweight automation -- Flows, validation rules, page layouts, reports, and AI agents -- favoring system-native approaches and long-term sustainability over one-off customization.
• Collaborate closely with data and system owners across various teams to ensure consistent, accurate, and well-integrated data practices. 

User Enablement & Adoption (25%) 

• Design and deliver training, office hours, and documentation that meet users where they are, across a range of Salesforce sophistication and experience.
• Convert repeated support questions into UX improvements, guides, or system changes.
• Grow a self-service reporting culture by coaching users to build and trust reports and dashboards for their own work, and directing them to Tableau information resources designed by the Evaluations team. 

Reporting, Analytics & Build Support (20%) 

• Design, build, and maintain reports and dashboards that give staff and leadership reliable visibility into pipeline, activity, and results, and support ad hoc analytics needs.
• Scope, prioritize, review, and safely inherit build work as the organization transitions from implementation to internal ownership.
• Address technical debt and enable future innovation with careful attention to stakeholder needs and aspirations, assessing and implementing third-party solutions, helping maintain and monitor the integrations that connect the CRM to the broader ecosystem. 

Business Process Documentation & Enablement (10%) 

• Translate fundraiser and operations needs into clear requirements -- user stories, tradeoffs, and acceptance criteria -- grounded in fundraising practice, not just tooling.
• Document how work happens across major and planned-giving moves management, direct marketing and segmentation, foundation relations, and prospect development, and keep that documentation current as processes evolve.
• Steward the constituency data model (households, giving credit, donor stages, gift summaries) in partnership with Development leadership. 

Ongoing Learning 

Actively pursue professional development and contribute to a culture of learning by building skills and sharing knowledge.

Please note that the percentage breakdowns provided above serve as a guideline and that other duties may be assigned as part of the job’s requirements. 

• Solid Salesforce administrator fundamentals: permissions, data model, Flows, page layouts, agents, reports and dashboards, and sandbox/release management. Salesforce Administrator certification preferred.
• 5+ years of Salesforce experience, including 3+ years administering and supporting a Salesforce organization with 100+ users in a complex, multi-team environment.
• Demonstrated approach to change and release management: sandboxes, testing, documentation, and staged rollouts.
• Ability to translate business needs into system changes: requirements gathering, user story framing, and honest tradeoff conversations with stakeholders. Creating clear documentation: process maps, admin runbooks, user guides, and training materials.
• Nonprofit or fundraising CRM experience preferred, especially with complex data models such as households, giving credit, and moves management.
• Experience partnering with implementation consultants or vendors: reviewing configuration, safely inheriting builds, and maintaining healthy governance.
• Sound judgement: knows when to automate, when to wait, and how to prevent technical debt and future-proof our ecosystem.
• Accelerators preferred: Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud experience, ALM tooling, marketing automation exposure, Data Cloud (Data 360), data warehouse integrations, or experience transitioning an organization from consultant to internal ownership.
• Collaborative and consultative approach: able to facilitate discussions, surface tradeoffs, navigate disagreement constructively, and build alignment among stakeholders with competing needs and priorities.
• Demonstrated commitment to Earthjustice’s values of Justice, Excellence, Inclusion, and Partnership. 

We offer a competitive salary and excellent, comprehensive benefits. We also offer a casual and congenial work environment. 

Salaries at Earthjustice are determined by working location and are commensurate with the experience required.  

The annual salary range for this role in San Francisco, CA is $127,500 - $141,700.

The annual salary range for this role in Washington, DC, Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA, or Chicago, IL is $121,200 - $134,700.

The annual salary range for this role in Philadelphia, PA or Denver, CO is $114,800 - $127,600.     

The annual salary range for this role in Miami, FL, Houston, Texas, or Atlanta, GA is $108,500 - $120,500.

The remote U.S. annual salary range will vary between $108,500 - $141,700 depending on specific location.

Interested candidates should submit the following materials via Jobvite by August 13, 2026 5:00pm PT. Incomplete applications will not be considered.  

• Resume.
• Cover letter. 

Information about our hiring process and tips for success can be found at https://earthjustice.org/about/jobs/hiring-process. Please reach out to jobs@earthjustice.org if you are having technical difficulties submitting your application.  

Please Note

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for personnel so classified. 

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position.

For positions located within the City and County of San Francisco Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For positions located within the City of Los Angeles: We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.  

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