Position Details:
Performs diverse, advanced, and confidential administrative support functions including composing, signing, and releasing routine but somewhat complex correspondence. Usually relieves management of administrative details; gathers compiles, and reports information relevant to/for the department; may manage a number of different and often conflicting objectives, projects, or activities.
Responsibilities and Expected Outcomes:
Performs diverse, advanced and confidential administrative support functions including composing, signing and releasing routine but somewhat complex correspondence
- Usually relieves management of administrative details; gathers, compiles and reports information relevant to/for department; may manage a number of different and often conflicting objectives, projects or activities at one time
- Communicates with executives, board, staff and interns to gather or convey relevant information
- May be involved in high-level client contact and exposure to sensitive information, and must use considerable tact, diplomacy and judgment
- Managing executives’ calendars;
- Coordinate executives’ travel plans
Qualifications, Credentials, and Technical Skills Required:
- Advanced administrative and analytical skills
- Thorough knowledge of a variety of software programs
- Proven experience (3-5 years) as an executive assistant or similar role
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point), Adobe Acrobat
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail
Internships are available in the fall, winter, spring, and summer semesters.
Because this is an unpaid internship, Witness to Mass Incarceration is happy to provide recommendations or references for all interns. In terms of internship credit, some educational institutions require prior approval before the start of an internship. It is the responsibility of the student to check with their institution to be sure they meet any requirements before they accept a position.
About Witness to Mass Incarceration
Witness to Mass Incarceration (WITNESS)’s work is guided by the belief that the pathway to freedom, safety, and success in reducing recidivism for formerly incarcerated people (FIP) is to create social enterprise solutions and foster a movement for economic empowerment that will build generational wealth for FIP. We are committed to long-term, permanent, and transformational solutions to improve the quality of life for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.
