EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Accredible is a growing, venture-backed technology startup in the digital credentialing space seeking a seasoned and spirited Executive Assistant. 

KEY INFO AT A GLANCE:

• JOB TITLE: Executive Assistant
• PRIMARY FUNCTIONS: To assist the four members of Accredible's executive team with day-to-day scheduling, projects and organization.
• HOURS: part-time (20 hours per week) with potential for full-time role in the future.
• COMPENSATION: Full health, vision & dental insurance (we pay 99% of your premiums) + $17-23k salary + 14 days PTO per year.
• REPORTING TO: CEO
• LOCATION: Bay Area (North Bay or East Bay preferred). Can work from home when tasks do not require in-person presence.
• SENIORITY: Associate level; some administrative or assistant experience required.
• START DATE: As soon as possible.

We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, race, skin color, ethnicity, age, size, nationality, sexual orientation, neurotype, religion, elder status, family structure, culture, subculture, political views, identity, and self-identification. We welcome parents (40% of our team have kids), teachers, learners, activists, artists, dreamers, doers, ordinary people, extraordinary people, and everyone in between. We stand for equal opportunity, and we ensure equal pay.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

• $17-23k part-time salary (20 hours/week)  depending on experience.
• Great healthcare plan including vision and dental (we pay 99% of all premiums).
• Time off each week to focus on your growth or volunteering, plus a learning budget.
• 14 days per year paid time off.
• Mentorship opportunities from our CEO, CTO and Head of Sales for personal growth.
• Company off-sites such as international retreats.
• Flexible working time and hours, depending on ongoing projects.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Accredible is hiring an executive assistant for the four members of our executive team: the CEO, CTO, Head of Customer Success and Head of Sales. You'll be working directly alongside them to assist them with projects, scheduling, organization and day-to-day running of the company. You'll be joining at the early stages of scaling our team, so you have potential for a large impact on the company. This position has advancement potential within the company.

Some examples of the types of projects you'll assist the executive team with are:

• Helping to onboard new employees, and transitioning teammate offboarding processes
• Insurance coordination and renewals
• Liaising with our Accountant for payroll activation needs 
• Special project research
• Managing expense receipts
• Basic office management
• Global team retreat planning and social events

MOST IMPORTANTLY: you'll work closely at the day-to-day level with our executive team, helping them to stay organized, handling scheduling and travel arrangement priorities and performing a variety of professional and personal tasks. 

OFFICE LOCATION & WORKING EXPECTATIONS:

Our US office is in downtown Berkeley and some tasks may require you to be present in person there, however you will often get the choice of working from home or in the Berkeley office. We also have a Cambridge, UK office, which the CTO is based out of, but you will not be expected to travel there.

As part of the interview and hiring process, we'll require 3 professional references and perform a criminal background check. 

START DATE: As soon as possible.

REQUIRED SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES:

• Highly organized, and able to make the people around you organized. 

• Enjoy supporting other people.

• Great at writing professional emails on behalf of other people.

• A quick learner and a generalist. Understand and absorb new information quickly. Not intimidated by being delegated varied projects in different skill areas. Able to research topics quickly and accurately.

• Excellent, professional phone manner.

• Self-starter/Self-Manager, confident at picking up varied projects and overcoming hurdles if you get stuck.

• Comfortable, proficient and fast using software like Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Hubspot CRM, Gmail, Docusign, etc.

• Excellent at organizing travel arrangements, conference plans.

• Proactivity / autonomy; acting without being told what to do. 

• A can-do attitude.

• A track record of working hard.

USEFUL EXPERIENCE:

At least one year of experience either in a personal assistant or administrative role that required strong organizational, research and email/phone communication skills.

ABOUT ACCREDIBLE:

We are an ambitious education-technology company, looking for enthusiastic, self-starters who want to begin a career in sales. We have a team of 13, spread between our UK office, US office and some remote team members.

Accredible makes it easy for universities, professional associations and training companies to issue secure digital certificates, awards and badges. Some of the largest and most well-known organizations in the world rely on us for their credentialing including UC Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, Cambridge University, Kaplan, Google, Rosetta Stone, IEEE and several hundred others. We are also backed by some of the most well-known venture capital firms in the US.

INTERESTED?

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