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Description
The U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington, DC-based national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally-responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work, is currently seeking a new staff member to provide secretarial and administrative support for its Vice President of Marketing & Fund Development and other Marketing staff.
Responsibilities include:
- Preparing mailings of company brochures, maintaining inventories of collateral material, including presentations and printed matter, and coordinating reprints as needed
- Creating special marketing presentations on PowerPoint and other medium used in correspondence and client meetings
- Organizing and administering submission of invoices, maintaining accurate and detailed information regarding progress against budget
- Making travel arrangements and preparing timely and accurate expense reports for department VP and other Marketing staff
- Answering phones, distributing mail and facsimiles
- Managing departmental calendar and coordinating meetings and lunches
- Performing various administrative duties, including word processing, preparing and sending facsimiles, copying, and other miscellaneous duties as requested
Qualifications:
Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree and one to two years executive assistant experience required.
Marketing and real estate or construction industry experience preferred.
Communication skills: Superior communication skills with a professional and polite demeanor required, as well as ability to respond to USGBC constituent requests immediately. Business letter writing skills essential.
Computer skills: Advanced knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required. MS Access experience a plus. Must have ability to quickly learn and work with various additional software systems as required.
Work Environment: Must be able to work in a fast-paced, highly visible, dynamic work environment and handle multiple priorities with stringent accuracy requirements and strict deadlines. A high level of decorum and professional behavior at all times are pre-requisites.
Mathematical Skills: Must have ability to accurately perform basic level mathematical functions.
Salary mid to upper $20K's with competitive benefits.
Please forward rsum and cover letter with title of position applying for via email or fax, attn: E. Tarring.