Nonprofit
Published 9/28/25 11:24PM

Seeking Administrative Assistant for Global-Sustainability Organization

Remote, Volunteer can be anywhere in the world
I Want to Help


  • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime, evenings), Weekends (daytime, evenings)
    Time Commitment:
    Part time (10-30 hrs/wk)
    Commitment Details:
    Minimum of 20 hours a week. Minimum 3 month commitment.
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    3
    Cause Areas:
    Climate Change, Community Development, Environment & Sustainability, Housing & Homelessness, International Relations
    Benefits:
    Training Provided
    Other Requirements:
    Must live in a US timezone and have exceptional organization, time management, and communication skills, always-reliable internet connection

    Description

    Seeking Administrative Assistant for Global-Sustainability Organization

    One Community is a nonprofit all-volunteer sustainability think tank. Our volunteer team fluctuates between 150-200 team members and has included over 2000 volunteers. We create open source sustainability-focused components covering food, energy, housing, education, and more. Read the specifics of how and why here: https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/overview/ Video overview is below.

    We are seeking three additional administrative assistants to join our administrative team and help managing production of our weekly progress updates, assist with work review and organization, data entry, supplemental research, and other day-to-day virtual environment tasks helping manage our global team. Here's an example of the weekly progress updates you'd be helping to produce: https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/being-a-beneficial-environmental-element/

    POSITION REQUIREMENTS

    • MUST BE IN A US TIMEZONE
    • Minimum 20 hours a week to volunteer
    • 3-5 hours of this availability is needed on Sundays
    • Must have a 3.7 or higher GPA average
    • Minimum of 3 months availability
    • Must have excellent internet connection
    • Exceptional attention to detail
    • Solid writing and editing skills
    • Excellent people skills, communication and accountability
    • Excellent organization and time management skills
    • Web design experience and/or a desire to learn basic web design, editing, and search engine optimization

    Our weekly progress updates are organized and produced on Sunday for Monday review and publication. Because of this, about 3-5 hours of this volunteer time will need to happen before 8 PM (Pacific Time) on Sundays. The rest of the 20-hour total will be completed with followups additional One Community administrative tasks throughout the week.

    WHAT YOU'LL LEARN AND DEVELOP WITH THIS POSITION

    Working with our leadership team to help manage our international team of 120+ volunteers, you will learn and grow your:

    • Leadership confidence
    • Interpersonal skills and relationship building
    • Communication and motivation skills
    • Organization and delegation skills
    • Forward planning and strategic thinking
    • Prioritization, problem solving and decision-making skills
    • Management, collaboration, and team-support ability
    • Work review, editing, and preparation skills in a fast-paced environment
    • Advanced virtual organization and collaboration skills using DropBox and GoogleDocs
    • Basic web design and SEO skills using Wordpress

    HOW TO APPLY

    All applications must come through our application page here: https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/collaboration/

    Watch our video to learn more: One Community 3-Minute Overview

    Location

    Remote
    Volunteer can be anywhere in the world
    Associated Location
    Virtual Opportunities Only, Global Team, California, US

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