Immediate Opening: Office Manager/Executive Assistant at center-left policy think-tank in Washington, DC

[MCD2010]

Center-left policy think-tank is hiring an Office Manager/Executive Assistant for immediate start

 

General description of duties: 

Candidate is responsible for administrative and scheduling support for think-tank President and day-to-day office operations in Washington, D.C.

 

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to: 

• Managing think-tank President’s daily schedule—overseeing logistical details of think-tank President’s schedule and arranging external and internal meetings for think-tank staff
  
• Managing all front office operations including telephone support, handling correspondence, printing, organizing, and filing printed materials, maintaining accurate databases, ordering and organizing office supplies as needed, and maintaining a tidy front office
  
• Coordinating and booking travel for think-tank President and think-tank staff
  
• Work with think-tank staff to organize and host large public events-providing logistical support as required
  
• May be asked to assist with research, fact-finding, and copy-editing as needed by President and policy staff
  

 

Qualifications and Skills for position: 

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, as well as excellent interpersonal skills
• Superior organizational and multitasking abilities
• Ability to prioritize various demands in order to best organize the President’s time and meet the President’s needs
• A successful candidate must be a self-starter, be goal oriented and have the ability to work well as an individual and as a member of a team
• Capitol Hill experience preferred
  

 

 

If interested, please email a resume and cover letter to Center...@gmail.com with “Office Manager/Executive Assistant” in the subject line. Previous scheduling experience is strongly preferred. Salary is competitive.