Administrative Assistant
- Employer
- LaAmistad, Inc.
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Closing date
- May 21, 2021
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- Focus Areas
- Education
- Job Function
- Administrative / Clerical, Education / Teaching
- Position Type
- Part Time
- Degree Level
- Bachelors
- Willingness to Travel
- up to 25%
- Experience Level
- Administrative
Job Details
Administrative Assistant
LaAmistad is looking for applicants that live our core values and are interested in becoming an essential member of our team by providing strong administrative support to help us achieve our mission.
LaAmistad Core Values
Kindness: “The ability to speak with love, listen with patience and act with compassion.”
Excellence: "Every touch, every time, no exceptions"
Passion: "You can't fake passion."
Team Work: "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much"
Perseverance: “Grit, the raw endurance, hard work and passion that keeps you going despite obstacles.”
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide administrative assistance with emails, memos, task management, communications, invoices, reports and other correspondence
- Create and maintain comprehensive and accurate records, files, documents and reports
- Manage calendar, schedule meetings, send reminders and organize catering when necessary
- Answer calls in a polite and professional manner, take accurate messages and manage voice mail
- Welcome visitors and identifying the purpose of their visit before directing them to the appropriate department
- Manage small events including mailers, silent auction, committee meetings
- Perform minor bookkeeping duties and other duties as assigned
Skills and Qualifications
- Ability to meet deadlines in a timely manner
- 2-3 years of administrative assistant experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
- Problem-solving and decision making skills
- Ability to act as gatekeeper and escalate relevant information to executives as needed
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to treat confidential information with appropriate discretion
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
Preferred skills
- Experience working with Salesforce and Blackbaud
- Experience working with volunteers, non-profits, and community-based organizations
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience working with people, including children, of diverse backgrounds and cultures
- Experience in the areas of early childhood education and youth development considered a plus
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Bilingual
Company
Our Name
The words la amistad are Spanish for “the friendship”. At LaAmistad, friendships between students and staff, volunteers, and fellow students are cultivated every day. Their impact can last a lifetime.
Our Mission
is to prepare Latino students and families for success through academic and life enrichment programs.
Our Vision
that Latino students and families achieve life-long self-sufficiency.
- Website
- https://www.laamistadinc.org/
- Telephone
- (404) 842-5873
- Location
-
3434 Roswell Rd NE
Atlanta
GA
30305
US
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