EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Company: Community Economic Defense Project
Location: Denver
Posted on: November 8, 2024

Job Description:

About the Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) & CED Law

Our Mission

We partner with low-income and working people to build economic and racial equity. We do this by confronting economic abuse and investing in community wealth. We use an ever-evolving set of legal, economic and advocacy tools to challenge and dismantle unjust systems, building quickly towards a world where all people have what they need to live and thrive.

Our Organization

The Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) is a Colorado-based nonprofit. Launched in 2020 as the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, our organization was formed to keep our neighbors housed during the pandemic. Working with clients, we built a one-stop-shop approach to eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness prevention that centers the legal and financial needs of housing-insecure families and uses a variety of tools to keep them housed.

Our team now serves more than 1,000 people per month, bringing together housing lawyers, economists, data analysts, policy-experts, organizers, and technologists to serve our clients. In the previous two years, we have distributed more than $200 million in aid and served more than 40,000 Coloradans. We have also contributed to the passage of major legislation to prevent eviction, stop economic abuse, and make credit and life-saving medication cheaper. CEDP's model has been cited as a best practice by White House, HUD, the Urban Institute, and in the media.

Building on our work to stop evictions, CEDP has further expanded its integrated services model to include disaster response, predatory towing, debt collection, benefit access & navigation, long-term rental assistance, and homelessness response. Similar to CEDP's work on rental housing, these efforts offer a continuum of care that includes navigation and advisory services, targeted payments, legal support, and the ability to participate in advocacy.

More about the Role:

We are looking for an Executive Administrative Assistant to provide support to the Chief Programs Officer Christina Garcia and Chief Financial Officer Becky Nelson. Our CPO and CFO each have more than 15 years of experience in the work across multiple organizations and have worked together for nearly 10 years. In this dynamic role, you'll handle communications and correspondence, including emails, meeting requests, and scheduling to ensure timely responses. You'll prepare and organize materials for meetings, including agendas, reports, and presentations. You're a good fit if you're someone who's organized, thrives on shifting priorities, and is passionate about equity, inclusion, and diversity-all while excelling in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

In this role you will:

• Provide administrative support to our Chief Programs Officer, Christina Garcia, and our Chief Financial Officer, Becky Nelson.
• Support the CPO and CFO in strategic initiatives and special projects as needed
• Facilitate meetings, take minutes/notes/actions to be support the Executive Programs team
• Manage schedules and coordinate with senior/executive leadership
• Coordinate and track various finance and programs-related projects, guiding the projects to completion and ensuring the successful finalization of projects on deadline
• Communicate effectively with personnel at all levels
• Manage multiple workflows to achieve organizational priorities and program goals
• Provide exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to follow through on tasks and actions
• Be resourceful, with transferable skills in program support, client coordination, and workflow organization
• Create flows and efficiently work under pressure, delivering high-quality results in our dynamic
• Communicate with senior stakeholders and provide exceptional relationship-building and problem-solving skills Position Requirements:
  • A minimum of two to three years of experience of Executive Administration experience required
  • Ability to be in-person in CEDP's Denver office as needed for programming and support
  • A proactive self-starter with a proven ability to anticipate needs, identify opportunities, and implement process improvements
  • You excel at managing multiple calendars, teams, and requests while staying flexible to shifting priorities, and you drive schedules and agendas with a strong grasp of context.
  • Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, with a desire to offer suggestions and improvements
  • Experience working in a role that requires handling confidential information and discretion
  • Fantastic organizational skills and ability to self-manage and prioritize a complex workload with rapidly changing demands
  • Demonstrated proficiency working with Customer Relationship Management databases or similar tracking and organizing technologies
  • Brilliant written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong proficiency with the MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English) is preferred but not required Unsure if you meet all the qualifications? We still encourage you to apply! We are committed to inclusivity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including those with non-traditional experiences. Your unique journey brings valuable perspectives, and your desire to dream big makes you a strong candidate!
    
    Additional Details:
    • Candidates must reside in Colorado. The position includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), and 401k.
    • A competitive base salary of $65,000 a year
    • Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but must be received by October 30, 2024
    • The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by November 10, 2024
    • All employees at CEDP & CED Law are expected to maintain current vaccination status in keeping with CDC recommendations.
    • CEDP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

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