Assistant, Community

Echoing Green identifies tomorrow's transformational leaders today. Through its Fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives, Echoing Green spots emerging leaders and invests deeply in their success to accelerate their impact, and has established a global community of emerging leaders who have launched GirlTrek, Tala, Village of Wisdom, Shining Hope for Communities, SKS Microfinance, Last Mile Health, Neighborhood Benches, Good Call, and hundreds of others.

For more information on Echoing Green, please visit www.echoinggreen.org.

Who You’ll Work With

At Echoing Green, we have a front row seat to the brightest leaders with the most innovative ideas driving social progress across the world. We are fired up about our Fellows; we are their advocates and their biggest champions.

Reporting to the Manager, Community, we are looking for an Assistant, Community to implement efficient and effective systems and operations to ensure the Community department and broader Programs team run smoothly.

What You’ll Do

As the Assistant, Community, you will lead key workstreams that include:

 Supporting the Community Department

• Schedule internal and external Community meetings and events, including New Fellow Experience sessions, Fellow Forums, Finalist Community Days, cross-teams event planning meetings, and Community team huddles.  
• Support virtual and in-person Community-specific meetings and events, including booking and setting up meeting room space/Zoom, taking meeting notes and sharing action items, prepping supplies for meeting attendees, keeping time, following up on post meeting tasks and asks, etc.
• Enter and continuously monitor accuracy of Fellow and external partner data in Salesforce and internal databases, including Fellow alumni participation in Community programming (e.g., speaking engagements, planning or advisory groups, etc.) and responding to Fellow requests to update personal and contact information.
• Assist in the creation and dissemination of survey tools to collect qualitative and quantitative feedback from key internal and external stakeholders on the quality of Community programs delivered.
• Create, process, and track payment requests and contracts, including Fellow payments, staff and contractor reimbursements, and contractor agreements.
• Monitor Community inboxes and forward requests to the appropriate staff member to respond, and following up to ensure timely resolution.
• Develop and maintain an easily accessible, organized departmental library of files, documents, and processes with uniform file-naming conventions.  

Supporting the Programs Team & Broader Organization

• Support virtual and in-person Programs, team meetings, and events, including booking and setting up meeting room space, taking meeting notes and sharing action items, prepping supplies for meeting attendees, keeping time, etc.
• Support efficient and effective operations across the Programs team as needed/directed, including materials and meeting prep for pipeline-building events, capital-related selections and disbursement processes, and capacity-building programming
• Assist in the screening, decision-making, and due diligence review processes of Fellowship applications and follow-on investment decisions
• Travel likely 1-3 times annually to represent Echoing Green (both national and international locations)

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

● Global Social Justice Orientation: Facility with discussion and continuous learning that roots out identity biases in a globally resonant way

● Fierce Love of Tools: Consistent documenter and organizer with exceptional facility with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google Suite (Docs, Sheets); experience with or dedication to learning new tools (Salesforce, SurveyMonkey Apply, Form Assembly, Campaign Monitor, Basecamp)

● Just-as-Fierce Love of Data: Demonstrated ability to collect, review, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data

● Sharp Prioritization: Driven by finding solutions to complex problems and  juggling multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, global organization

● Detail-Oriented Communication: Attention to detail in written and verbal communication across internal and external stakeholders at multiple levels (e.g. senior staff, Fellows, external judges, peer