Future Currents
Director of Operations
Future Currents, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
Future Currents is seeking a highly organized and collaborative Executive Assistant to manage the office of the Executive Director. In this critical role, the Executive Assistant will oversee the Executive Director’s schedule and tasks, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and can anticipate needs in a thriving and fast-moving environment.
Description
Job Summary: Future Currents is seeking a highly organized and collaborative Executive Assistant to manage the office of the Executive Director. In this critical role, the Executive Assistant will oversee the Executive Director’s schedule and tasks, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities. Responsibilities & Tasks: Strategic Calendar Management: Strategically and proactively manage the ED’s schedule, ensuring their time is allocated to high-impact activities and organizational priorities. Support the ED in discerning what is most critical based on an understanding of organizational priorities and goals. Coordinate frequent and complex travel arrangements. Meeting Preparation & Follow-up: Ensure the ED’s deadlines are consistently met by driving task management and optimizing work blocks. Maintain organized systems for managing ED’s workflow. Frequently attend meetings with and without the ED to track detailed notes and action items. Prepare meeting materials, such as agendas and presentations. Email Management: Manage and organize ED’s inbox by prioritizing emails, ensuring timely responses, and handling responses on their behalf as needed. General Administrative Support: Support the operations team with the maintenance of a new CRM database by ensuring key contacts are accurately and regularly updated. Provide administrative and logistical support for team webinars, convenings, and events, as needed. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting senior executives, ideally in a nonprofit or mission-driven environment. Skills, Abilities & Values: Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously with strong attention to detail. Finds ways around obstacles and tries new approaches to get the job done. A highly developed sensibility around strategy, play, levity, and flexibility. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to communicate actionable information with clarity, transparency, and accountability. Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced environment. Maintains integrity and professionalism in managing sensitive and confidential information. Ability to occasionally travel for in-person meetings and events. How to Apply: Please send your cover letter and CV/resume to hiringteam@futurecurrents.org.
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Job Summary: Future Currents is seeking a highly organized and collaborative Executive Assistant to manage the office of the Executive Director. In this critical role, the Executive Assistant will oversee the Executive Director’s schedule and tasks, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities. Responsibilities & Tasks: Strategic Calendar Management: Strategically and proactively manage the ED’s schedule, ensuring their time is allocated to high-impact activities and organizational priorities. Support the ED in discerning what is most critical based on an understanding of organizational priorities and goals. Coordinate frequent and complex travel arrangements. Meeting Preparation & Follow-up: Ensure the ED’s deadlines are consistently met by driving task management and optimizing work blocks. Maintain organized systems for managing ED’s workflow. Frequently attend meetings with and without the ED to track detailed notes and action items. Prepare meeting materials, such as agendas and presentations. Email Management: Manage and organize ED’s inbox by prioritizing emails, ensuring timely responses, and handling responses on their behalf as needed. General Administrative Support: Support the operations team with the maintenance of a new CRM database by ensuring key contacts are accurately and regularly updated. Provide administrative and logistical support for team webinars, convenings, and events, as needed. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting senior executives, ideally in a nonprofit or mission-driven environment. Skills, Abilities & Values: Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously with strong attention to detail. Finds ways around obstacles and tries new approaches to get the job done. A highly developed sensibility around strategy, play, levity, and flexibility. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to communicate actionable information with clarity, transparency, and accountability. Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced environment. Maintains integrity and professionalism in managing sensitive and confidential information. Ability to occasionally travel for in-person meetings and events. How to Apply: Please send your cover letter and CV/resume to hiringteam@futurecurrents.org.
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