Executive Assistant, Operations

Earthjustice; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

You will support department meetings, drive project coordination, and help share information within Operations while pursuing ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• 6+ total years of administrative work experience and/or education.
• Demonstrated experience supporting leadership, managing complex schedules, and supporting on and off-site meetings.
• Strong Microsoft Outlook calendar management experience coordinating multiple complex schedules across time zones, and exceptional proficiency using the Office365 suite.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask with strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills in a fast-paced, high-volume role.
• Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Sound judgment and discretion with ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
• Adaptability, resilience, curiosity, and openness to feedback.
• Demonstrated commitment to Earthjustice’s values of Justice, Excellence, Inclusion, and Partnership.

Responsibilities

• Executive Administration and Support: serve as primary scheduler and calendar manager for Operations executives, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure time is allocated according to strategic priorities; provide administrative and logistical support, including expense filing, travel coordination, document management, and task tracking.
• Meeting & Logistical Planning, Coordination, and Support: support department meetings from conception to post-meeting follow-through on action items; provide Operations project, initiative, and communications coordination, planning, and execution; facilitate workflow and information sharing with Operations teams and stakeholders; support internal communications within Operations and to the rest of Earthjustice.
• Ongoing Learning: actively pursue professional development and contribute to a culture of learning by building skills and sharing knowledge.

Skills

Outlook calendar management

Office365 proficiency

Multitasking & organization

Verbal & written communication

Discretion with confidential info

Adaptability & openness to feedback

Tools

Outlook

Office365

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

Executive Administration and Support (70%)

• Serve as primary scheduler and calendar manager for Operations executives, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure time is allocated in accordance with strategic priorities.
• Provide administrative and logistical support, including expense filing, travel coordination, document management, and task tracking.

Meeting & Logistical Planning, Coordination, and Support (30%)

• Support department meetings from conception to post-meeting follow-through on action items.
• Provide Operations project, initiative, and communications coordination, planning, and execution.
• Facilitate workflow and information sharing with Operations teams and stakeholders; support internal communications within Operations and to the rest of Earthjustice.

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.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• 6+ total years of administrative work experience and/or education.
• Demonstrated experience supporting leadership, managing complex schedules, and supporting on and off-site meetings.
• Strong Microsoft Outlook calendar management experience coordinating multiple complex schedules across time zones, and exceptional proficiency using the Office365 suite.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask with strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills in a fast-paced, high-volume role.
• Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Sound judgment and discretion with ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
• Adaptability, resilience, curiosity, and openness to feedback.
• Demonstrated commitment to Earthjustice’s values of Justice, Excellence, Inclusion, and Partnership.

Salary & Benefits

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.

Salary range in SF/NYC: $102,500 - $113,900

Salary range in Chicago: $97,500 - $108,300

Salary range in Denver: $92,300 - $102,600

Reporting to the Sr. Operations Leadership Team Manager, this position works a full-time hybrid schedule (37.5 hours/week) from our San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Denver, CO, or Chicago, IL, office.

This is a non-supervisory position.

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.