Executive Assistant To The President

About You

Are you a highly organized, detail-oriented, problem-solving administrative assistant? Do you communicate clearly in excellent English and exude positivity with everyone from senior officials to colleagues? Are you familiar with international institutions like the United Nations and know how to communicate with professionals working there? Are you excited to be part of a news organization that has a social impact focus and an open, teamwork-based culture? Read on.

You have a background as an administrative assistant and strong interest in or knowledge of global development and how global organizations work. You’re easily able to communicate in spoken and written English. You thrive in an environment where you’re responsible for your own work and responsible for learning new things, including software platforms like Slack and Salesforce. You enjoy booking travel, arranging meetings, preparing spreadsheets, producing presentations, and handling a wide range of administrative duties.

Does this sound like you? If you just said “yes,” keep reading…

What you’ll do here

If you’ve read this far, we know that you want to know more. We are looking for an additional Executive Assistant who will work directly with the President & Editor-in-Chief and his Chief of Staff. You’ll be in constant contact throughout your working day, arranging meetings and logistics and solving administrative issues as they arise. This role requires strong professionalism, confidentiality, creativity, attention to detail, and an entrepreneurial attitude.

Your first year will look a little bit like this…

In your first 90 days, you’ll focus on learning how to manage the President and Chief of Staff’s calendar and schedule meetings. Over time, your responsibilities will grow to include:

• Booking travel
• Making arrangements for in-person and virtual meetings
• Preparing briefs for meetings and events
• Logging information in Salesforce and pulling lists from Salesforce
• Organizing contacts
• Handling a range of other administrative duties
• Handling logistics for 3-4 bespoke events per quarter

After your first year, you’ll have a strong grasp of how the President and his Chief of Staff work and will have established an efficient workflow. You’ll have learned about Devex and our work in global development, and gotten to know the people and institutions we interact with. You’ll have helped Devex as an organization to work more effectively and brought positivity and joy to our global team.

Required Qualifications

Here are the basic requirements we’re looking for in the role…

• At least 1 year experience as an administrative assistant
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English
• Proficiency in business software platforms like Slack and Salesforce
• Understanding of international institutions

Nice-to-haves

Besides the basics, here’s what we’d love to see…

• Experience working at a well-respected global organization
• Knowledge of global development
• Communications experience

At Devex, our vision is to do more good for more people in the global development community. We’re a media platform that connects 1+ million development professionals with news, jobs, content series, events, and funding.

When you become a Devexer, you’re not only joining a global company but a team of 120+ passionate people who value our guiding principles:

• We champion global development professionals.
• We focus on impact.
• We embrace transformation.
• We work together.
• We feel urgency.

Being part of the Devex team is a partnership. We strive to make Devex a place where you can thrive and do your most inspirational work. Here are a few benefits we offer:

• 2, week-long Devex-wide breaks on top of standard holiday days
• 15 days annual leave
• 2 YAY days
• 2 Learning days with a learning budget
• Monthly professional and wellness activities
• Other benefits might apply

We encourage applications from all backgrounds! We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Devex. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.