Carol Olsby & Associates has been engaged to conduct a job search for an Executive Assistant – Global Programs for the Susan T. Buffett Foundation.
The Foundation…
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF) is a private grant-making Foundation with a U.S. home office in Omaha, Nebraska, and a global office in Kigali, Rwanda. With annual spending in excess of $500 million, it is one of the largest private foundations in the U.S. The Foundation is unusual for donors of such size as it has only two main areas of grant making: 1) supporting efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy and ensure access to safe abortion for women in the U.S. and around the world and 2) to enable low-income students in Nebraska to attend and succeed in college. The Foundation currently employs 43 staff across 14 states in the U.S. and 7 staff in Kigali, Rwanda.
Unit Description
STBFs Global Programs (GP) strategy invests in sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world. At the core of our strategy is the central tenet that our funding will lead to sustainable change: we want our funding to help transform systems, and strengthen the organizations and institutions that will outlive our grantmaking so that women and girls will continue to receive services when our funding comes to an end. In order to deliver on this ambitious strategy, we are expanding globally and growing our team with colleagues who will think critically about the sustainability of the investments we make.
Summary
Reporting to the VP of Global Programs, the Executive Assistant will provide advanced level administrative support to the VP exercising excellent judgement and resourcefulness in all matters. The administrative work is complex in nature including planning, coordinating, organizing, and producing work that requires a high level of discretion and confidentiality. You will serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders regarding the VPs calendar, travel logistics and expenses. You will possess the ability to will work independently on projects in support of the VP, from conception to completion, and must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.
Shared Values
The Foundation is intent on safeguarding the values that drive our culture: Mission, Respect for Donor Intent, Appetite for Risk and Tolerance for Failure, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Humility, Passion Tempered by Objectivity and Evidence, Compassion and Love of Humanity, Honesty and Integrity, Kindness and Respect, Shared Accountability.
The Executive Assistant will need to have a genuine understanding of, and appreciation for, the significance of these values and aspirations and how they are operationalized in the work the Foundation undertakes. Finally, the candidate will need to be aligned with the Foundations progressive values, including unambiguous support for individual reproductive freedom
