Position Description

The College Ready Promise

Central Office Executive Assistant
Los Angeles, CA

Organization

The College-Ready Promise (TCRP) is a new coalition of five California public charter management organizations (CMO) —
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, Aspire Public Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, Inner City Education Foundation
Public Schools (ICEF), and Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC Schools)— that have come together with an overriding
conviction: we can advance the frontiers of American education by bolstering effective teaching to lift student achievement and
improve the life chances of low-income children. On November 16, 2009, the coalition was selected by The Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation to receive a $60M, 7-year grant focused on effective teaching. This coalition has launched TCRP as an
independent 501(c)3 that will manage the implementation of the project. An Executive Director, Jessica Yee, was hired and
began leading this important work in March 2010.

The five partner CMOs have a shared history of launching and operating schools that deliver strong and improving outcomes for
some of the most disadvantaged students in California. Together, they currently serve over 30,000 students across 85 schools.
Through TCRP, the five CMOs will develop and implement a new approach to teacher evaluation, support and career
advancement, resulting in a dramatic increase in the effectiveness of their teaching force and ultimately doubling the college-
readiness rates of their students

Position:

This position will provide essential administrative support to the Executive Director and the TCRP central office staff. Since The
College Ready Promise is a new organization, the expectation is that the Executive Assistant will be taking on varied roles and
projects to help build the organizational infrastructure. This position requires an energetic and independent thinker who is able to
learn quickly and take initiative. This person must be a superior communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, able to work
independently and effectively prioritize and anticipate the needs of the Executive Director. The Executive Assistant will manage
all administrative and project duties at The College Ready Promise central office.

This is a full-time position, located in the Los Angeles County area. The Executive Assistant will report to the Executive Director.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 Proactively manage and prioritize calendar and coordinate travel for the Executive Director
 Manage electronic and paper filing systems, programming materials, agendas, copies, mailings, and faxes for
Executive Director and the central office team
 Create PowerPoint slides and presentations based on input from the Executive Director as needed
 Coordinate critical internal & external meetings
 Generate expense reports for Executive Director and central office team members
 Manage the internal Google site team calendaring, distribution lists, project documents, etc.
 Coordinate internal and public event set-up and logistics
 Respond to external inquiries
 Provide special project support
 Manage logistic relationships across the five CMOs, with associated vendors, consultants, partner agencies, etc.
 General troubleshooting and office management, including some front-office staffing, and phone support
 Generally maintain central office including ordering and organizing office supplies

Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the following:

 Bachelors degree
 Previous experience working for multiple senior level managers with competing priorities is strongly preferred
 2-3 years demonstrated experience performing routine and complex tasks in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint
 Detail oriented with exceptionally strong follow-up and follow-through skills, with a focus on results
 Ability to manage the ambiguity and multiple priorities inherent in an entrepreneurial environment
 Strong organization and planning skills, with a demonstrated ability to prioritize and multitask
 Proactive problem solver who demonstrates initiative
 Superb listening skills and a “can-do” attitude
 Exceptional written and oral communication skills
 Professionalism, maturity, and an understanding of how to handle sensitive and confidential information
 Consistently seeks to build efficiency and effective responsiveness into day-to-day tasks
  Ability to help build effective organizational systems for others
 Self-starter, self-disciplined, and the ability to work unsupervised.
 Strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to one’s work
 Commitment to the belief that all students can learn and to the mission of educational equity
 Open to take on varied role and responsibilities
 Able to work overtime as needed

Salary will be commensurate with experience. Employee benefits include medical, dental, and retirement plan.

To apply, send a resume and cover letter to:

Jessica Yee
Executive Director, The College-Ready Promise
jyee@thecollegereadypromise.org