Executive Assistant to CEO – National

Executive Assistant To The CEO – National

Position:
Executive Assistant to the CEO

Position Type:
Internal-External

FLSA Classification:
Exempt

Reports to:

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Start date:

October 2026

Location:

Preferred within a One Goal region:
Atlanta, GA;
Chicago, IL;
Houston, TX;
Boston, MA;
New York City, NY;
Bay Area, CA, or flexible within the following states only:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin

Location Classification:
Location-flexible

Time:
While the standard hours for this role are 9:00am – 5:00pm CT, these hours may be subject to change based on seasonal demand or operational requirements. The candidate must be available to work on central time.

Salary Range: $73,483-$82,810 is the hiring salary range (i.e. the range a candidate would be offered to start).

Please note:

One Goal aligns salaries to Cost of Labor, so the actual salary offered would be dependent on the Cost of Labor in the candidate's living location.

About One Goal

One Goal transforms postsecondary advising and support so that every student can define their own future. Together with our partners, we're building a movement to close the opportunity gap. We work side-by-side with partner schools and districts to build their knowledge and capacity. The result is more effective support for all students. Our unique approach, honed over 15 years, prioritizes strong human relationships.

And it's proven to deliver real student impact:
An independent study by the University of Chicago found that One Goal students are about 40% more likely to earn their postsecondary degrees than students from similar backgrounds. At One Goal you'll be immersed in a culture of collaboration, shared purpose, and collective impact.

The Role

The Executive Assistant to the CEO ensures One Goal's CEO can focus her time and energy on realizing One Goal's vision that every student will have an equitable opportunity to achieve their greatest postsecondary aspirations. This role manages a complex and fast-moving calendar, coordinates travel, prepares materials for Board and external meetings, and serves as a trusted first point of contact for the CEO's most important relationships, in close partnership with the Chief of Staff to the CEO.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, discreet, and energized by creating order and momentum behind someone else's vision. They demonstrate a strong sense of responsibility and find joy through EA-specific work and project management. They are highly adaptable and navigate change alongside and on behalf of the CEO, striking a partnership-oriented balance between flexibility and strong, predictable systems that support collective accountability.

The role holds the following responsibilities:

Administrative Support with Strong Ability to Prioritize (40%):
You provide sound administrative support, including scheduling both internal and external meetings, managing expenses and arranging travel.

• Refining and maintaining a strategic construction of daily and weekly schedule that maximizes the CEO's time, energy and assets
• Identifying a winning formula against the CEO's priorities with an ability to make tough trade-offs when multiple requests are being made of the CEO, who has a finite amount of time to execute upon several priorities
• Proactively and reactively supporting the CEO's sustainable success through the structures above
• Minimal personal scheduling, including some doctors' appointments when it falls within the work week

Expense management

• Managing the team budget through review of monthly forecasts and current spending
• Completing ongoing expense reports with accuracy for the CEO and Chief of Staff

Operations and Logistics

• Provide key logistical and tactical scheduling support to the National Development Team, who are key partners to the Office of the CEO
• Preparing the CEO for internal and external meetings by gathering necessary documents, details, equipment and details to…