Job Type

• Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks for the leadership team including managing calendars; completing expense reports; composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compiling documents for travel-related and other meetings.
• Communicates with on behalf of the chief executive and leadership teams, with board members, donors, staff, and others.
• Researches, prioritizes, and follows up on incoming issues and concerns, including those of a sensitive or confidential nature and assist to determine appropriate courses of action, referrals, or responses.
• Provides a bridge for smooth communication between the leadership team and school sites, to maintain credibility, trust and support.
• Acts as a "barometer," having a sense for the issues taking place in the environment and keeping the leadership team updated.
• Serves as project manager on strategic initiatives and projects, as directed by the executive director and chief operating officer, in support of the mission of Ascent Classical Academies and related initiatives.

• Manages and organizes corporate files.
• Has experience or interest in office and organizational productivity tools and systems like Getting Things Done and Entrepreneurship Operating System (EOS).
• Serves a key role in initiatives to increase team efficiency and increase the organization's capacity to support clients.
• Helps manage the company’s online brand and presence.
• Helps process invoices and enter them into the ACA accounting system as needed.
• Assists in the development of charter applications and grants and work to establish new schools and programs.

• Serves as administrative liaison to the Ascent Classical Academy Charter School’s governing board.
• Maintains discretion and confidentiality in relationships with all board members.
• Adheres to applicable rules and regulations in bylaws regarding board and board committee matters, including advance distribution of materials before meetings in electronic/paper format.
• Maintains records of the governing board, including minutes, bylaws, member biographies and board commitment forms.

• Participates as a member of staff including scheduling and attending all meetings.
• Assists in coordinating the agenda of senior staff meetings.
• Takes notes at each staff meeting and provides recap of action items.

• Employee-only coverage for group medical, dental, and vision plan; dependent coverage available
• Health savings account with employer contributions
• Short- and long-term disability and life insurance plans
• Retirement investment account with employer match
• Paid time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act and Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Free employee benefit and healthcare guidance through HealthJoy
• On site fitness center

• Bachelor's degree strongly desired.
• Strong work tenure with 5 to 10 years of experience supporting leaders.
• Experience and interest in internal and external communications and fundraising.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point), Google Suite, and CRM systems.
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks with excellent attention to detail.
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships, including with staff, board members, external partners and donors.
• Expert-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.
• Emotional maturity.
• Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently.
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, adapt to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response.
• Forward-looking thinker who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.