Executive Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability and willingness to work at pace and respond rapidly to changes in President’s needs and calendar
• Proven experience as an executive assistant or scheduler
• Discretion, dependability, patience, and good judgment
• Ability to work collaboratively and get along with a wide range of people inside and outside the organization
• Flexibility and willingness to contribute as needed in a dynamic and growing but still nimble organization
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Commitment to C2ES’s values
• At least 10 years’ relevant experience in the government, nonprofit, or private sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage President’s calendar, including scheduling internal and external meetings and arranging travel, meals, and hotels as necessary;
• Manage President’s email, including managing flow of draft emails from staff into email draft folder and screening incoming emails and flagging urgent issues;
• Prepare President’s expense reports and timesheets;
• Work with development and communications teams to prepare and send donor and stakeholder communications from President’s email;
• Identify and notify relevant program, communications, and development staff about upcoming external meetings and work with them to coordinate the timely preparation and delivery of talking points and background materials as needed;
• Draft letters, e-mails and other business communications as needed;
• Assist with logistics (such as coordinating and managing travel, catering, hotels, and venues etc.) for significant internal events including all-hands weeks, annual retreats, staff meetings, etc.
• Provide support to development team for meetings of the C2ES Board of Directors, including office catering, meals, and other logistics;
• Support office operations by proactively contributing to space upkeep, materials and equipment maintenance, and purchasing needs;
• Serve as a floor safety warden at 1400 K St NW;
• Demonstrate commitment to valuing diversity, contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment. All staff, including senior leadership team, are expected to participate in monthly meetings conducted by the staff-led Justice, Equity, Diversion and Inclusion (JEDI) Council, which provide an opportunity and safe space for staff to learn and engage with one another about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging issues, and to discuss steps C2ES is taking to strengthen those dimensions of our work both within the organization and externally;
• Complete management and other trainings assigned during on-boarding and on a yearly basis.

Benefits

• Health Insurance. C2ES offers 80% of premiums for a specific platinum-level health insurance reference plan, the dollar value of which may be applied to any platinum-level plan offered to us on the DC Health Link marketplace. The remainder of the premiums for the plan chosen by the employee will be deducted pretax from the employee’s paycheck.
• Dental Insurance. C2ES covers 100% of the dental premiums.
• Vision Insurance: Employee covers the total cost of this plan.
• Long Term Disability and Short-Term Disability.
• DC Paid Family Leave (employes working in the DC office)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Group Life insurance and Voluntary Life insurance.
• Leave Time: New employees start accumulating 3 weeks' vacation per year.
• Sick time: up to 10 days per year.
• Personal Leave: Up to two personal leave days.
• Parental Leave
• FMLA Leave: Case by case is evaluated by the Supervisor and HR.
• Holidays: C2ES observes 12 holidays during the year. Additionally, the organization closes the last week of year
• 5% C2ES contribution towards 403b retirement Plan.
• Hybrid and flexible environment.