Position: Administrative Assistant, Director's Office | ||
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Job Id: 133 | ||
# of Openings: 1 | ||
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Administrative Assistant, Director’s OfficeMuseum overview
The Brooklyn Museum is a world-renowned cultural institution dedicated to preserving and showcasing art, history, and heritage. Our mission is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. Our vision is to serve as an institution where art is a powerful force for personal transformation and social change. Celebrating our differences and learning about our diverse communities through our collections, exhibitions, and programming is the core of who we are and what we do.
We are committed to creating and cultivating a diverse community of talented, passionate people who are inspired to make the Museum an important hub of community activity and a great global destination. Our staff have the opportunity to grow their professional skills and work collaboratively with colleagues they admire and respect.
About the role
The Administrative Assistant is a member of the Director’s Office team and works closely with the Executive Assistant to the Director, the Chief of Staff to the President, and President & COO. The Administrative Assistant maintains the President & COO’s official schedule, prepares meeting materials, organizes legal and archival material, supports and organizes events, and conducts research for major projects. This position is a liaison for the President with the Brooklyn Museum staff and external stakeholders. This position will report to the Chief of Staff to the President & COO.
The best candidate for this role must thrive in a fast-paced environment that is mission-driven, results-driven, and community-oriented. The Administrative Assistant will provide attentive, intelligent, intuitive, and proactive support to the Director’s Office and the President & COO- tracking meeting deadlines and operating with a keen sense of balancing shifting priorities in a fast-paced setting. It is essential that this candidate possess impeccable written and oral communication skills as well as strong and resourceful problem-solving and decision-making capabilities. The Administrative Assistant will organize and coordinate executive outreach and external relations, and oversee special projects. The Administrative Assistant will coordinate and work collaboratively with the other Executive Assistants in the Director’s Office and staff throughout the Museum. The Administrative Assistant also deeply understands the importance of representing the Director’s Office and therefore the Museum, and as such is a thoughtful, proactive, and gracious communicator with the Museum staff, Board, and all our external stakeholders. In addition the best candidate is passionate about the Museum, forward-thinking, full of Brooklyn pride, and art-loving. The best candidate for this role would have an appetite to learn and grow within the museum, art, non-profit, or social impact fields.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Department: Directors Office
Reports to: President & COO
Position type: Full-time
Salary: $63,240
Union status: Nonunion
FLSA status: Nonexempt
Schedule: 35 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm [or other; possibly include “This position is subject to occasional overtime and weekend hours."]
Apply today!
If you have questions about our online application system, get in touch with us at job.applicationquestions@brooklynmuseum.org.
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