Executive Assistant & Team Coordinator job - Change.org - United States

Change.org is seeking an Executive Assistant and Team Coordinator to support our New York-based Chief People Officer.

Change.org is the world’s largest technology platform for social change. Our goal is to empower people everywhere to start campaigns around the issues they care about, mobilize others, and work with decision makers to drive solutions.

We’re also an innovative business – a “social enterprise” and a certified B Corporation, with a business model designed to support positive social impact (more about B Corps: www.bcorporation.net).

Over 100 million people have signed petitions, and our users win nearly one victory per hour, including strengthening hate crime legislation in South Africa; fighting corruption in Indonesia, Italy, and Brazil; ending the ban on gay Boy Scouts in the United States, and big wins for women’s rights in India. And we’re just getting started. Here’s a small snapshot of why some of the 100 million people have signed Change.org petitions: youtu.be/UcT1rgZDko4

We love serving our incredible users, and we love our staff too. We show it with very competitive salaries, five weeks of vacation, robust maternity and parental leave, an amazing culture, free language training (if you want it), and a high impact, low-ego team that can’t wait to learn from you and teach you what they know.

The Executive Assistant is responsible supporting the Chief People Officer in building a world-class team and culture. As a member of the People & Talent team, you’ll be alongside highly talented people that both inspire and challenge you to grow in ways you hadn’t imagined. We often take time as a team to review new industry trends and advancements, and think critically about various things happening in the world around us that may impact the ways we decide to be more strategic as a team overall. We truly have a phenomenal team and we’re excited about having you join us!

The chief people officer focuses on recruiting, on-boarding, global staff support, learning programs, organizational strategy, and building a values-driven culture of love, understanding, and fun. Here’s what you’ll do to support all of that as part of our team:

Provide personal support to keep the Chief People Officer focused on leading the team.

Manage the calendar of the Chief People Officer, and ensuring thorough preparation for meetings, travel, and other logistics.

Support recruiting for leadership roles the Chief People Officer is personally working on. This will include sourcing, outreach, scheduling, and candidate experience.

Provide decision support through research, synthesis of information, etc.

Prepare presentations for internal and external audiences. This will usually involve designing a highly compelling Google Presentation (for a leadership meeting or an external speech) from notes.

Help coordinate the HR and Recruiting teams, including agenda development, note-taking, budgets, training schedules, and events.

Prioritize workflows for the Chief People Officer, by planning out task completion. This is not required but would be a plus.

Manage written correspondence to/from the Chief People Officer, flagging urgent items, and responding on his behalf. This is not required but would be a plus. While experience is valuable, it is not required. Talented organizational gurus with the skills below who are looking for a new career and see a couple years in an EA role as a strong first step are welcome to apply. What matters to us most is:

Organization and project management. We are looking for a highly organized self-starter who is focused and attentive to detail while multitasking. The ideal candidate is a time and project manager extraordinaire, who is good at and loves managing multiple fast-moving pieces, helping keep things on time, and generally getting things done.

A high impact, tenacious focus on solutions. Change.org is an exceptionally fast-paced, agile, work environment. This role calls for a love for research, and an ability to systematically work through problems.

Excellent presentation skills, including basic design sense/skills and a knack for presenting complex information in a simple, straightforward, and visually compelling manner.

Interpersonal and communication skills, including an approachable, confident presence and the demonstrated ability to collaborate well with others. Our team is low-ego, positive, supportive, and allergic to drama.

Experience with taking fun seriously. We love our work and our team, and want people who are eager to add to our culture.

Tech savvy, with the ability to quickly adopt new information or organizational systems.

Excellent writing, specifically the ability to draft compelling everyday communications for both internal and external audiences.

Discretion, specifically the ability to be both diplomatic and discreet around sensitive executive work.

The is a full-time opportunity based in NYC.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed.

We are working for a world where no one is powerless, and where creating change is a part of everyday life. We’re just getting started, and we hope you’ll join us.