Executive Assistant (C-I)

Co; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Significant PTO allowance

Job summary

Co is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide direct operational and administrative support to the Vice President, Programs and the VP's office in New York. The role requires managing complex schedules, coordinating communications, and maintaining high levels of confidentiality and diplomacy.

The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting senior executives, strong teamwork, and cross-cultural collaboration in a fast-paced environment, with a commitment to inclusion and

Qualifications

• Significant experience handling administrative duties for a senior executive.
• Experience supporting executives in philanthropy or international development.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks with discretion and diplomacy.
• Strong communication and cross-cultural collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct operational and administrative support to the Vice President, Programs and the VP's office.
• Report to the Vice President, Programs and coordinate with their office.
• Demonstrate discretion, diplomacy, integrity and excellent judgment in interactions.

Skills

Discretion & diplomacy

Strong communication

Teamwork

Cross-cultural collaboration

Judgment & integrity

Personal initiative

Job description

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to provide direct operational and administrative support to the Vice President, Programs and the Vice President's office, who is currently based in New York. The Executive Assistant will report to the Vice President, Programs and be responsible for providing the highest quality administrative support. The successful candidate must have significant experience managing administrative duties for a senior executive while juggling multiple tasks. This Executive Assistant role requires strong teamwork skills and demonstrates the highest discretion and diplomacy, integrity, excellent judgment, and respect in his or her relationships with colleagues and have excellent skills in communication and cross-cultural collaboration.

You bring a fierce commitment to gender equality, inclusion and justice. You demonstrate strategic acumen, an abiding curiosity and desire to learn, excellent interpersonal skills, strong analytical ability, excellent communication skills, and a high level of personal initiative and the ability to work well in a distributed, diverse, deep-thinking, and fast-paced environment. You are motivated by looking for root causes, seeking justice and solving social problems at the systems level and at scale. You bring significant experience managing administrative duties while juggling multiple tasks, with particular prior experience working in a support role in philanthropy, international development, or other related fields.

COMPENSATION

This position is full-time. Competitive annual salary plus generous benefits package including significant allowance for paid time off. In the U.S., the position is non-exempt for overtime purposes.