Teach For America

Assistant (Marketing)

Position Summary

Teach For America seeks an administrative assistant for marketing to provide operations, systems, and logistical support for the marketing team. This is a unique opportunity for an individual motivated by support work and interested in marketing as it provides exposure to all aspects of marketing, from planning and budgeting, to creative development, to traffic and customer support. The assistant reports directly to the Chief Marketing Officer.

Teach For America seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for the position.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Working with the vice presidents of marketing and the Chief Marketing Officer to develop and manage the budget for the marketing team, including reviewing and forecasting budget on an ongoing basis, tracking and processing American Express reports and reimbursements, and processing invoices and check requests
• Providing administrative support for the Chief Marketing Officer and vice presidents of marketing, such as scheduling meetings and conference calls, coordinating travel plans, and processing reimbursements
• Providing support for team operations, including scheduling and leading team meetings, managing team inventories and files, and serving as the lead marketing contact with the administration team
• Orienting new team members to the operations of the marketing team
• Responding to customer service requests from within the organization
• Providing ad hoc administrative and logistic support for the members of the marketing team, such as shipments, meeting scheduling, and travel arrangements

Candidate Profile and Experience Prerequisites

• Bachelor’s degree required, 2+ years of professional experience working in an administrative capacity
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook; comfort learning new technology
• Strong customer service and critical thinking skills
• Excellent project planning/management skills
• Ability to create and maintain systems
• Ability to manage several projects at once and work well in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Attention to detail, excellent organization and communication skills
• Strong note taking, writing, and editing skills

Benefits and Salary

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.

Anti-Discrimination Policy and Commitment to Diversity

Teach For America seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort.

Additional Requirments / Information

Job Capacity:	Employee (full-time)
Minimum Education Level:	See Job Description
Visa Sponsorship:	No
Related Industries:	Marketing

Become part of a force for change.

Teach For America is the national corps that calls upon outstanding and diverse recent college graduates to commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in ensuring that all our nation’s children have an equal chance in life. Since 1989, 7000 corps members in 16 geographic areas have positively impacted students and communities while gaining the insight, network, skills and credibility to effect change after their two-year commitment.

THE CHALLENGE
Children growing up in urban areas and remote rural regions often face tremendous socio-economic challenges. Public schools are generally not set up to compensate for these challenges. The result is that children growing up in low-income communities are seven times less likely to graduate from college than children in high-income areas.

With fewer educational prospects come fewer life prospects.

IMMEDIATE IMPACT
Teach For America selects a committed, outstanding corps of diverse college graduates who will set ambitious goals for their students and work proactively and relentlessly to meet these goals. Corps members are trained to develop the leadership skills they have demonstrated and to apply them in the classroom, resulting in better educational and life prospects for the students they teach.

The 2001 corps has an average GPA of 3.5 and 35% of the corps are people of color. 86% of corps members held at least one leadership position as undergraduates.

Corps members receive intensive training in the approaches used by successful teachers in under-resourced communities and are supported at the regional and national levels throughout their commitment

96% of principals surveyed rated corps members as "advantageous" to their schools, with the majority rating them "strongly advantageous" (Kane, Parsons, and Associates, 1999).

LONG TERM CHANGE
Teach For America alumni form a network of successful, informed leaders who have insight into the changes needed to improve life prospects in under-resourced areas, and who work towards these changes through all sectors of society.

Approximately 60 % of alumni remain in the field of education, as teachers, school and district administrators, or founders of innovative new schools and programs.

Another 40% of alumni work in fields such as medicine, business, politics, journalism, and law, using their status as leaders and the insight and credibility they gained in the corps to effect change.

All alumni come out of their Teach For America experience positioned for success. Graduate schools and employers value the concrete, transferable skills gained by corps members.

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