Senior Administrative Coordinator

Senior Administrative Coordinator

NRDC is seeking a Senior Administrative Coordinator to work with the Rewrite the Future Communications team in our Santa Monica, CA office.

The Senior Administrative Coordinator provides administrative and operations support for the assigned division / team Rewrite the Future. This role will have a direct reporting line to the Operations Lead. This role will receive lead direction and training from the SP&O Lead and Operations Manager and engage with the SP&O cohort across the institution for knowledge-sharing and identifying efficiency opportunities in administrative and operations areas.

This is a limited term 2 year position.

The position you are applying for is part of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG / The Newsguild-CWA Local 32035).

Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions :

• Provide administrative and logistical support to assigned teams with minimal guidance, per NRDC's administrative guidelines. This includes, but is not limited to :

Provide budgeting and accounting support, including processing invoices, preparing and maintaining contracts, preparing reports, and tracking spend.

Daily management of the team's calendars and scheduling internal and external appointments and meetings

Coordinate with Operations Lead to deliver trainings, create training materials and serve as a resource for NRDC systems and processes through deep expertise with internal systems and policies.

Qualifications

Minimum Education & Experience :

Skills, Abilities, Competencies

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position within the described work environment.

Frequently : Perform desk-based computer tasks

Frequently : Ability to interact and communicate with employees and others as necessary

Frequently : Attend planned meetings and collaborate with management and coworkers

Occasionally : Ability to attend events and activities and perform assigned tasks in the office or offsite as needed.

Work is sometimes performed in office. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate to loud in other situations, such as public events. Hours of employment may sometimes require working flexible and / or longer hours, including nights and weekends, when necessitated by projects. The job includes work-related situations such as those involving challenging, important, urgent, time-sensitive, or multiple matters.

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $65,000 to $72,000.

NRDC operates under a hybrid work model. Employees are required to come to the office 8 days per month.

As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine