Temporary Administrator, TEN:TACLES Initiative

Description: 

The TEN:TACLES Initiative (Transgender Educational Network: Theory in Action for Creativity, Liberation, Empowerment and Service) is a three-year-long grant-funded project supported by the Mellon Foundation’s Higher Learning Initiatives. It regrants funds to working groups and study groups that bring humanities-oriented scholarship in transgender studies to bear on social transformation activism that results in more accurate narratives about trans and non-binary lives.

Job Responsibilities: 

The administrative assistant will support the Principal Investigator/ Director (PI/D) in the startup phase of the Initiative by:

• Facilitating communications and scheduling meetings with steering and advisory committee members
• Facilitating communications and scheduling meetings with invited regrant projects
• Conducting routine correspondence between Initiative participants, other staff of host organization, and public
• Assisting with outreach activities
• Assisting with selection of web designer and launch of project website
• Assisting with design and production of advertising and promotional materials
• Assisting with roll-out of social media presence for the Initiative
• Other administrative support tasks as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 - 4 years of experience coordinating community-based, micro-granting, or academic
• Experience working with transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming communities
• Preferred familiarity with transgender studies as an academic field
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication
• Experience working with diverse populations and commitment to cultural humility
• Experience developing and monitoring budgets
• Organized and detail-oriented with proven time management skills, ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines without sacrificing attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative and carry out job responsibilities without close and immediate supervision.
• Strong computer skills: Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel),
• Proficiency in web hosting applications and social media platforms
• Must be available to work some weekends and some evenings, as needed

Physical Requirements: 

• Ability to communicate via phone, video calls, and e-mail
• Ability to lift and carry 25 pounds
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time

Postion Details: 

This position is based at the GLBT Historical Society; ability to work on site as needed is required.

No Phone Calls Please. Thank you for your interest. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:

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