Volunteer Opportunities

Key Responsibilities

• Support Executive Director, Global Partnerships to keep priorities on track, including logging leadership taskers and following up with assigned owners to ensure timely completion
• Support effective leadership meetings by preparing agendas, ensuring required inputs are ready, displaying decks, and logging and circulating follow ups
• Polish presentations for leadership briefings, including reformatting, copy editing and adding visuals
• Schedule and confirm appointments on ED calendar
• Other administrative support tasks as assigned
• May participate as a department representative on a cross-functional team or serve as a team lead for an intra-department project

Qualifications

Required:

• Passion for the Red Cross mission and willingness to learn
• Experience working as a professional executive assistant, administrative assistant, or receptionist
• Professional, clear, and diplomatic communication skills to coordinate with various internal and stakeholder groups
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to spot errors
• Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work independently while exercising sound judgment
• Ability to handle varying schedules and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills to organize and structure office routines, files, procedures, and projects
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook and web-based programs
• Experience working virtually
• High tolerance for ambiguity
• Reliable access to resources needed to volunteer virtually
• Willingness to comply with current public health and Red Cross policies
• Resume required

Training

• Orientation to American Red Cross
• On the job training