Administrative Assistant to the Board

Position Summary

The Administrative Assistant is responsible for supporting the CEN board in executing its duties. Like everyone else at CEN, the board is composed of volunteers who struggle to balance their work, professional and volunteer efforts. The Administrative Assistant will help ensure that important operational details don’t fall between the cracks.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate board and general meetings;
• Organize and support execution of priorities within Operations;
• Support the Board of Directors (especially the Treasurer and Secretary)  with a variety of administrative duties, including the monitoring and filing of tax and other forms and reports required by government agencies;
• Maintain the “Board Book”;
• Document meeting minutes and agenda.

KSAs (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) Needed

• Superior organizational skills required;
• Experience with nonprofit organizations is a plus;
• Knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint ; and
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Please be able to commit a minimum average of 10 hours per month. 

This is a "virtual" team opportunity which you may perform from your home or other location.

Community Empowerment Network's (CEN’s) operations are nearly entirely driven by the efforts of volunteers (the only exception is our Field Manager in Santarém, Brazil, who is paid under contract). We are staffed along the lines of the Open Source development community. We have several (currently eight) Working Groups, each with its own lead who manages a number of Project Leads. These Project Leads are responsible for building and managing teams of volunteers to execute specific projects. We’re a small organization and so lines of responsibility become a little blurred at time, but this provides a terrific opportunity to take on a variety of responsibilities and to expand your skills. For more information on our staffing structure, please see our Volunteer Staffing Chart

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