Executive Assistant to President

Job title: Executive Assistant to the President

Working pattern: Full-time

Start date: 4 January 2027
Duration of contract: 12-month contract

The UWC-USA program – a two-year experience that integrates our Academic, Bartos Institute, and Residential curricula – prepares students to serve as catalysts for greater unity, peace and sustainability in the world. We support students in the practice of our mission during their two years on campus and challenge them to live our mission for a lifetime.

The Executive Assistant provides support in a one-on-one working relationship with the President and serves as the President’s office manager, including as the primary point of contact for internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to the President and the Office of the President. The Executive Assistant serves as a liaison and coordinator to the Board of Directors and senior staff and organizes and coordinates executive outreach to the campus and larger community, external relations efforts, and donor relations efforts involving the President.

The Executive Assistant oversees the President’s campus home, some campus events sponsored by the President’s office, and some off campus events. The Executive Assistant also serves as an informal “Chief Community Officer,” in that the President’s office forms a central hub for students, employees, and external stakeholders.

• 27 teaching faculty and another ~30 total education staff
• 220 students in grades 11 and 12, admitted on the basis of merit, promise and potential through over 150 National Committees worldwide and a Global Selection Process run as a partnership between schools and UWC International
• 1:8 faculty-to-student ratio, with class sizes ranging from 8-18 students
• Roughly twenty-five percent of the students come from the U.S.; the remainder represent more than 80 countries
• 80%+ of UWC-USA students receive a financial award to attend the school
• Diversity and the value placed on it is paramount, with national diversity only scratching the surface; racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious, sexual, gender, and socio-economic diversity all figure large in the opportunity and challenge to work, learn, and live within our diverse community; cultural competency and sensitivity, combined with a willingness to learn and to grow, is a must at UWC-USA

Leadership specific to the role:

• Provides leadership to build relationships crucial to the success of the President and UWC-USA
• Provides a bridge for smooth communication, credibility, and trust between the President's Office and the board, the Strategic Leadership Team, internal departments, and external constituencies.
• Provides leadership on special projects within the President’s Office

General leadership at UWC-USA:
All UWC-USA employees are expected to provide varying levels of leadership in order to support the UWC mission.

Examples include but are not limited to:

• Initiating strategic discussions and sharing thoughtful and innovative ideas with co-workers for carrying out the UWC mission and successfully completing day to day work assignments.
• Demonstrating a growth mindset by believing and acknowledging that intelligence, skills, learning and creativity can all grow with time and experience.
• In all interactions, upholding the UWC mission and values, and creating an environment that promotes and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Actively participating in and contributing to committee or task force assignments, campus-wide events or initiatives, strategic planning efforts, and dormitory, dining hall, and/or physical plant initiatives.

Other responsibilities include:

• Administration for UWC-USA
• Administration for the Board of Trustees
• Event management…