Down North Carolina: Special Assistant to Co-Directors Job Durham area,North Carolina USA,Non-Profit & Social Impact

Position: Down Home North Carolina: Special Assistant to the Co-Directors

Down Home North Carolina:
Special Assistant to the Co-Directors LOCATION

SALARY

$74,739 - 86,237 / Yearly

COMPANY

Down Home North Carolina

DEPARTMENT

Operations

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Non-Profit

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Down Home North Carolina (DHNC) is seeking an experienced professional and social justice practitioner to play a key role in supporting the effectiveness of Down Home’s Greensboro-based co-directing team. We are looking for an organized, high-performing and thoughtful person who is excited about aligning the co-directors’ day-to-day activities with the vision, values, and goals of the organization. This is a unique opportunity to serve as an executive assistant who is part strategic thinking partner and part executive coach for senior leaders at one of the nation’s leading community organizing shops.

The ideal candidate has excellent personal organization and communications skills, and is highly motivated to win changes for working-class people in North Carolina. They are familiar with nonprofit workflows and may have previous experience working with nonprofit leaders, boards, management, or in fundraising and development roles. They are highly accountable and professional, and enjoy building and maintaining organizational systems.

You are a great fit for this position if:

you love building relationships with organizational leaders and helping them become more effective
you are organized, detail-oriented, and thorough with follow-through
you enjoy creating systems that help organizational leaders thrive
you have coaching and strategic thinking orientation: you know how to ask the right questions to help activate wisdom
you value authentic connection
you know how to “manage up” with grace and tact
you embody and practice the values you wish to see in the world

About Down Home North Carolina

Down Home North Carolina is a growing statewide organization of rural and small town communities that advocate for economic, gender, and racial justice. We move North Carolina toward the values of dignity, safety, and inclusion through leadership development, strategic campaigning, multiracial movement building, and civic engagement that advances positive, life-changing reforms for rural communities.

Founded in 2017, Down Home has built a strong organizational track record, including:

Helping to elect the first Latinx state legislator in NC history
Winning Medicaid expansion for more than 600,000 working Carolinians
Growing a statewide membership base that includes all 100 counties of North Carolina
Establishing member-led chapters across 9 counties, stretching from mountains to sea
Anchoring the first southern, rural deep canvass and race-class narrative tests
Holding and growing statewide coalitions to fight for a just COVID-19 recovery, community investment, and fully funded public schools

Responsibilities

Ensure that the Greensboro-based co-directors’ day-to-day activities align with organizational priorities, values, and vision and that they support their effectiveness

Coordinate all aspects of co-director calendars, including scheduling meetings and calls

Bottomline logistics for meetings, including identifying dates and locations and coordination travel, lodging, and meals

Participate in strategy sessions- with an eye toward organizational effectiveness and value-alignment - and provide thoughtful feedback to the co-directors

Support the co-directors’ management of email correspondence and organization of documents

Work in partnership with program and fundraising staff to ensure that the co-directors are prepared for meetings and events

Represent the co-directors and provide their perspectives on calls and meetings when needed

Assist the co-directors in effectuating management policies with regards to labor relations, which includes both the knowledge of and keeping of confidential information, including but not limited to collective-bargaining negotiations

Contribute to a dynamic and growing staff culture at Down Home NC.

Play a part in our diverse,…


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