Organizational Background:

For over 25 years, the National Council for Research on Women (the Council) has helped shape the future for women and girls.  The Council is a network of 115 member research and policy centers and more than 2,000 top-level researchers providing the information and research needed to foster more equitable futures for women and girls.  While women have made progress on many fronts, much remains to be done.  Our network’s evidence-based research provides hard data to inform new policy and legislation that can make long-lasting differences in women’s and girls lives.  We put women’s needs, perspectives and solutions on the radar screen and make them part of the public debate.

We believe that women and girls should have full and equal participation in society.  We are not there yet. Without women’s full participation, children, families and communities suffer and half the world’s talents are squandered.  We know that behind every great force for change is the information and research that drives it forward.  When we understand an unmet need or an injustice, we can address it and resolve it.  Women and societies need accurate data and analysis in order to chart their futures.

The key to the Council’s past and future success is highly-focused, accessible, timely research. Through Research-Action groups organized around urgent issue areas, rapid-response communications campaigns, and a website that features the research, expertise and information produced by our network, the Council delivers the facts, promotes informed activism and ensures positive change. 

For the past twelve years, Linda Basch has led the Council. Under her leadership, the Council has grown into a thriving network of 115 research, advocacy, and policy centers with a growing Corporate Circle of major corporations and a Presidents’ Circle of college and university leaders. The Council maintains a staff of approximately 10 individuals plus consultants, Fellows and interns. The Executive Assistant will work closely with the Council’s Board and senior leadership to ensure that Dr. Basch’s time is leveraged. Providing administrative, logistical and clerical support, s/he will enable the President to work closely with member centers and Board members for the regular execution of the Council’s mission. This position offers the opportunity for professional growth, great exposure to the non-profit world, and a chance to interact with enterprising and thought provoking trail-blazers in the field of women’s studies and gender research.

Key Responsibilities:

The Executive Assistant with have exposure to all of the Council’s activities with a particular focus on leveraging the President’s time for all key programmatic efforts. Specifically, the Executive Assistant will:

• Assist the President in scheduling, correspondence, travel arrangements and other day-to-day tasks.
• Prepare the President for speeches and meetings.
• Plan and manage conference and meeting logistics.
• Maintain listservs and other communication technology functions.
• Provide assistance with communications efforts, including the submission of letters to the editor and op-eds, press and Congressional briefings, interviews and meetings with reporters.
• Maintain substantial subject matter research and information.
• Interact with the Council’s Member Centers providing both logistical and programmatic information and guidance.
• Enable board and committee work by supporting and coordinating meetings, information dissemination and group projects.
• Provide support as assigned, including assisting with researching, writing and editing for reports and other documents.
• Work with and supervise interns on myriad programmatic efforts.

Ideal Experience and Qualifications:

While no one candidate will enumerate all of the qualities below, the ideal candidate will embody many of the qualifications below:

• Sound judgment, excellent interpersonal and communications skills, a strong work ethic and superb attention to detail;  
• Responsibility, flexibility, patience, proactivity and efficiency in a fast-paced work setting;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality around sensitive and complex relationships and projects;
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills;
• Flexibility and ability to work collaboratively and productively in a dynamic, change-driven office environment;
• Sophistication to accept and integrate feedback into work performance;
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work accurately under deadlines and the pressure of a fast-paced work environment;
• A can-do attitude and equal parts humor, compassion and sensibility necessary to address the practicalities and desires of an entrepreneurial non-profit;
• Excellent writing, research, and computer skills;
• A commitment to the Council’s values, mission, goals, and program; an appreciation of the value of research, particularly feminist research, to influence public agendas and policy .

To Apply :

Applications are will be reviewed as received.  Applications should be sent to ncrw-ea@nonprofitprofessionals.com and will be reviewed only if they include a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications, your resume (in Word or pdf format), a short writing sample, and your salary history.  In order to expedite the internal sorting and reviewing process, please write your name (Last, First) and in the subject line of your e-mail. Given the anticipated interest in this position, it will be possible to respond only to those candidates who best match our needs.

The National Council for Research on Women is committed to women's full and equal participation in a just and inclusive world.  The Council works to advance women's leadership across professional sectors and encourage the development of young women leaders, both in the US and globally. The Council reaches out assertively to diverse constituencies to promote human rights and international cooperation and understanding among women across differences of generation, race, ethnicity, nation, sexual orientation and perspective.  The Council embraces the principle of women's rights as human rights and works with diverse organizations to project that understanding on the national and global landscape. The Council works affirmatively to maintain a diverse staff and Board.

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