Everytown for Gun Safety is hiring an Engagement Operations Coordinator (NYC)
kba...@everytown.org
Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention advocacy group in the country, is seeking an Operations Coordinator to support the Chief Engagement Officer and coordinate across Everytown's engagement departments – Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Digital Strategy, Survivor Network, Partnerships, Cultural Engagement and Data teams. We're looking for an organized, flexible, creative problem-solver with exceptional attention to detail to join us in this new role.
The main planks of the job are:
- Project management- assist Chief Engagement Officer in planning, monitoring, and managing multiple projects and campaigns. Including, but not limited to:
- National days of action
- Election campaign strategy
- Corporate campaigns
- Scheduling and logistics- strategically manage the Chief Engagement Officer's schedule. Manage logistics and provide support for regular and ad-hoc Movement Building Team meetings. Plan occasional travel.
- Communications and document management- help develop presentations, email, and other communications, both internal and external, for the Chief Engagement Officer. Copy editing as needed.
- Budget- track expenses, invoices, and and budgets across multiple departments.
To be successful in this job, you must be:
- Flexible and adaptable to a rapidly changing environment
- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Extremely detail oriented and organized
- High horsepower, creative and smart
- Kind but firm and assertive
- Unflappable; calm under pressure
- Able to anticipate needs and offer solutions without being prompted to do so
- Capable of working with minimal oversight, and juggling multiple work streams
- Emotionally intelligent and able to build relationships across the organization
- Comfortable working in a sometimes hectic open-plan office
Required Qualifications:
- 1-3 years of professional experience
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced organization
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Ability to maintain a sense of humor
- Ability to rapidly shift between multiple projects and priorities
- Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to synthesize information
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Persistent and dogged in the face of obstacles
- Familiarity with Google Apps
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficiency with InDesign and/or Photoshop a plus
Please note: we verify information provided in the application process, including education.
About Everytown
Everytown for Gun Safety (www.everytown.org) is a movement of Americans fighting for common-sense policies that will reduce gun violence and save lives. Everytown is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with more than 3million supporters including moms, mayors, survivors, and everyday Americans who are fighting for reforms that respect the Second Amendment and protect people. At the core of Everytown are Mayors Against Illegal Guns, founded in 2006 by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots movement of American mothers founded the day after the Sandy Hook tragedy in Newtown, CT.
Equal Employment Opportunities
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc., provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.