SR. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Operation End Starvation; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Operation End Starvation seeks a Senior Administrative Assistant to provide high-quality administrative support to the Managing Director and the program leadership team. This role underpins the team by managing schedules, travel, expenses, and day-to-day logistics for a busy, global program.

Ideal candidates will thrive in an early-stage environment, be highly organized, responsive, and detail-oriented, with strong judgment and a bias toward action.

Qualifications

• High-quality administrative support skills
• Strong scheduling, travel, and expense management abilities
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and judgment
• Bias toward action and ability to manage competing priorities with limited oversight

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Managing Director and program leadership team
• Coordinate schedules, travel arrangements, and expense processing to keep operations running smoothly

Job description

The Senior Administrative Assistant provides high-quality administrative support to the Managing Director and members of the Program leadership team. As a core member of the Program team, this role provides the administrative foundation that lets senior leaders stay focused on OES's lifesaving work, ensuring schedules, travel, expenses, and day-to-day logistics run smoothly across a busy, global, fast-moving team. The role focuses on high-quality administrative support rather than direct program or project management, with scheduling, travel, expenses, and administrative coordination at the core of the position.

The ideal candidate thrives in an early-stage environment where priorities move quickly, and systems are still being built. They are highly organized, responsive, and detail-oriented, with strong judgment, a bias toward action, and the ability to manage competing priorities with limited oversight. They take ownership of the details, anticipate needs, solve problems independently, and create structure where it does not yet exist.