Assistant Director, Leadership Administration
Somerville, NJ - USA
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
The Mass General Brigham Development Office represents a team of 450 vibrant collaborative skilled fundraising professionals. We are dedicated to inspiring visionary philanthropy that advances caring and curing for patients in Boston and around the world. Philanthropy enables Mass General Brigham to deliver the highest quality patient care pursue the most innovative and promising research train the brightest minds to become the next generation of healthcare leaders and expand and improve our world-class facilities. Join us in our mission to transform the future of medicine. The Mass General Brigham Development Office offers excellent benefits competitive salaries and a hybrid flexible work schedule.To Apply:
Applications must include a current resume and a cover letter detailing applicable experience and accomplishments.
The Assistant Director Leadership Administration provides high-level administrative and operational support to senior development leadership. This role serves as a trusted partner enabling leaders to effectively manage priorities related to strategy donor engagement and organizational initiatives.
The Assistant Director is responsible for managing complex calendars coordinating meetings and travel preparing high-level materials and correspondence and serving as a key liaison for internal and external stakeholders including senior leaders board members and donors. This role requires strong judgment exceptional discretion and the ability to manage complex and sensitive work with minimal supervision.
The position supports leadership operations assists volunteer and prospect management and ensures the efficiency and organization of the leadership team. This role is expected to anticipate needs manage complexity and support leadership in a fast-paced high-impact environment.
Essential Functions:
Executive Support & Strategic Calendar Management
Proactively manage highly complex calendars for senior leader(s) balancing competing priorities anticipating needs and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders including senior system leaders and donor offices.
Meeting Briefing & Materials Coordination
Prepare and coordinate agendas briefings presentations and background materials for meetings and engagements. Capture key takeaways and track follow-up actions to support timely execution.
Travel & Expense Management
Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements including detailed itineraries logistics and accommodations. Manage expense reporting and reimbursements in alignment with organizational policies.
Communication Database & Reporting Support
Draft edit and proofread high-level correspondence on behalf of leadership including donor communications.
Support leadership in donor and prospect activity by coordinating meetings preparing briefings and maintaining accurate records in the donor database.
Generate reports and assist with tracking key development activities and metrics.
Leadership Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement
Serve as a key liaison between leadership and internal/external stakeholders often interpreting and communicating executive intent with professionalism and diplomacy. Support cross-functional coordination and leadership initiatives.
Provide excellent customer service and relationship management for key volunteer leaders and their executive teams. Serve as internal point person for development office requests.
Operational & Project Support
Support leadership priorities and special projects by coordinating logistics managing timelines and assisting with research data gathering synthesis of information and presentation development to inform decision-making or to support speaking roles.
Office & Administrative Oversight
Oversee day-to-day administrative functions including managing incoming communications prioritizing requests coordinating visitors and supporting meetings and events.
Confidential & Sensitive Work
Handle highly confidential donor patient and institutional information with the utmost discretion sound judgment and professionalism.
Qualifications
Bachelorsdegreerequiredand3-5years of related addition the ideal candidate willpossessthe following skillsabilitiesand competencies:
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to draft and edit high-level professional correspondence
- Advanced organizational time management and prioritization skills in a fast-paced high-demand environment
- Advancedproficiencyin Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint) and collaboration tools (Teams Zoom SharePoint) with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems and technologies
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and independent decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex schedulinglogistics and competing priorities with minimal supervision
- Experience working with databases or CRM systems (Blackbaud Raisers Edge Atlas or similar preferred)
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to producingaccurate high-quality work
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with senior leaders board members donors and colleagues at all levels
- High levelof professionalism discretion and ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
- Ability toanticipateneeds take initiative andoperateproactively
- Ability to collaborate across teams and support cross-functional initiatives
- Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic and evolving environment
- Commitment to the mission and values of the organization
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
The target salary for this position is $75000 - $85000/Annual. Final offers will be based on the candidates experience and internal equity.
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$63648.00 - $92570.40/AnnualGrade
6EEO Statement:
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.