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SalaryThe Bloc envisions a Chicago where every young person has the tools needed to be the champions of their own lives. To achieve this in our community, we cultivate the love of boxing to share transformational resources with Chicago’s West Side youth and communities.
Founded in 2016, The Bloc is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that is rapidly scaling its capacity and impact. Through the sport of boxing, we meet young people with an activity they demand in order to provide the opportunities they deserve. After engaging youth in boxing training, fighters in our program have access to relationships with caring adults, academic support, field trips, college visits, enrichment courses in the arts and technology, and an ever-expanding collection of resources.
Youth in our program have achieved uncommon academic and social/emotional growth. We serve as a hub for the delivery of holistic community resources ranging from fresh produce to reproductive health products. By partnering with youth and our community, we seek to create the conditions for an enduring, positive peace.
Responsibilities
As an Executive Assistant, your responsibilities will include:
- External Communication
- Manage Executive Director’s emails, including writing and editing emails on the Executive Director’s behalf
- Answer and screen incoming phone calls. Initiate contact or calls as requested
- Assist with a variety of tasks ranging from website content updates to social media posts
- Interact with external stakeholders in a friendly and professional manner
- Correspond with a broad range of stakeholders in a manner consistent with The Bloc’s values, standards, and brand
- Calendar Management
- Coordinate complex schedules to arrange meetings, conferences, focus time, and appointments
- Meeting Execution
- Coordinate meeting logistics for all parties involved
- Ensure the Executive Director is prepared with bios, reports, and materials for all meetings
- Assist in drafting and managing presentations, pitches, and decks
- When necessary, book travel and secure catering
- Coordinate all meeting deliverables, minutes, and follow-ups
- Project Management
- Independently execute important programming, facilities, and fundraising tasks
- Manages the status, resources, and timelines of ongoing projects. Reports updates to the Executive Director.
- Executive Support
- Provide administrative and office support (printing, scanning, spreadsheet creation, filing and organizing, mailing, etc)
- Research, collect, and analyze information to conserve executive’s time
- Complete ad-hoc projects as assigned
- Manage matters with a high level of confidentiality and discretion
Qualifications
- Passionate about racial equity and youth development
- Demonstrated success in an administrative role reporting to Executive-level or C-Suite supervisors
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A history of successful management of complex calendars with competing priorities
- Willing and able to independently create tasks to accomplish an established goal
- Ability to maintain exceptionally organized physical spaces and digital files
- An uncommonly prompt and clear communicator over email, phone, and video conference
- Experience working with a wide range of tools necessary for document creation and building reports
Compensation
Job Type: Full Time, On-Site
Salary: Starting at $55,000-$64,000
Benefits: 70-80% Health Insurance Coverage, Flexible time off, up to 4% 401k match after eligibility period
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, Friday. Non-standard work hours may be required as needed
Location: 1345 N Karlov Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60651
Application:
Interested candidates should complete the application at theblocchicago.org/apply
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