Executive Assistant to President and CEO

Lever for Change is hiring an Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Lever for Change (LFC) connects donors with bold solutions to the world’s biggest problems—including issues like racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of access to economic opportunity, and climate change. Using an inclusive, equitable model and due diligence process, Lever for Change creates customized philanthropic open calls and other tailored funding opportunities for donors. Top-ranked open call applicants become members of the Bold Solutions Network—a growing global network that helps secure additional funding for these important projects.

Lever for Change, founded by the John

D. and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation in 2019, has influenced nearly $2.5 billion in grants to date and provided support to more than 500 organizations. To learn more, visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

As the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO at Lever for Change, you will be responsible for project management and administrative support for the most senior executives
. Reporting to the Vice President, Operations (2026 hire), with dotted lines to the President and to the CEO, you will be a collaborative, proactive member of the Operations team, which has the mission to ensure all business units at Lever for Change – a fast-growing, entrepreneurial, mission-driven organization – have the information and tools they need to be successful.

At the end of twelve months, success in this role would mean building trusted partnerships with the President, CEO and VP Operations to ensure senior executives are able to work efficiently and strategically and creating and documenting working norms for leadership support tasks
. These improvements will enable stronger coordination across business units and significantly increase executive leadership’s capacity to focus on strategy and external engagement.

• Proactivity
• Adaptability
• Growth Mindset
• Client Orientation

Administrative Support

• Build and manage executive document systems (e.g., Dropbox) with clarity and consistency
• Record critical tasks, discussions, and decisions in meetings upon the request of the President, CEO or VP Operations, and support prompt follow-up
• Coordinate and manage logistics and AV needs for Senior Leadership meetings, full-team meetings, and external or vendor meetings
• Perform general office management duties for a remote-first team, such as ensuring an adequate inventory of business cards and pantry supplies
• Proactive tracking and management of tasks related to donor cultivation follow-up, events, speaking engagements, travel, and other enterprise related activities
• Monitor and screen incoming emails and phone calls to the executive office
• Perform additional tasks as requested, including proofreading, editing and modest writing assignments; budget-monitoring activities; vendor contracts administration; and data clean-up
• Partner with Operations, Information Technology/Global Service, and external vendors to identify and resolve technology and systems requirements and issues for the executives
• Partner with Human Resources and Operations to support the onboarding of new staff and vendors
• Assist with special projects and workflow as requested, including project management and serving on internal working groups

Leadership Support

• Serve as the manager of the CEO’s and President’s calendars, liaising with highest-level stakeholders with respect, discretion and professionalism, reflecting Lever for Change’s values
• Arrange and coordinate travel for the President and CEO
• Assist with the production of quarterly briefing materials for the Board of Directors
• Assist the CEO and President with research tasks, surveys and other projects
• Schedule and manage logistics for Senior Leadership Team, full-team and Operations team meetings
• Process expense reports for the CEO, President and VP Operations
• Perform other tasks as assigned

At Lever for Change, we welcome and embrace a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and approaches to work.

• 3-5 years of professional experience working with CEO, C-Suite
• Excellent written, verbal,…