Everytown for Gun Safety is hiring an NYC-based Engagement Coordinator

[kba...@everytown.org]

Hey all! 

Everytown for Gun Safety is looking for a dynamic, creative, and diligent self-starter to join our team- please take a look and share widely with anyone who might be interested! We are on a tight timeline and will be accepting applications until EOD Wednesday, February 24th. 

Operations Coordinator: Engagement 

A little bit of background- Everytown is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with over 100,000 donors and 3 million supporters. We’re taking on the NRA and revitalizing the movement to prevent gun violence by building a movement and changing one legislator, one law, and one company at a time.

Feel free to e-mail me with questions- thanks! 

Thanks all! 

Kathryn 

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Operations Coordinator: Engagement 

Job Description

Everytown for Gun Safety is seeking an Operations Coordinator to support the Chief Engagement Officer and coordinate across Everytown's engagement departments - Moms Demand Action and Gun Sense in America, Digital Strategy, Survivor Network, Partnerships, Cultural Engagement and Data Teams. We're looking for an oranized, flexible, creative problem-solver with exceptional attention to detail to join us in this new role.

The main planks of the job are:

• 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, emails and other communications, both internal and external, for the Chief Engagement Officer. Copy editing as needed.
• Budget - track expenses, invoices and budgets across multiple departments.
• Special project management - dependent on applicant's skill set and interest.

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
• Ability to anticipate needs and offer solutions without being prompted to do so
• Capable of working with minimal oversight and juggling mulitple 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
• Stront interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Persistent and dogged in the face of obstacles
• Familiarity with Google Apps
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Power Point
• Proficiency with InDesign and/or Photoshop a plus