Position: Manager, Executive Correspondence
Organization: Free the Children
Website: http://www.freethechildren.com/about-us/careers/
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Are you a self motivated and driven person who is organized and
enthusiastic about supporting youth and educators in making a
difference in the world? Free The Children empowers youth to fulfill
their potential to be agents of change. Through our organization’s
unique youth-driven approach, more than one million young people have
been involved in our innovative programs in more than 45 countries.
Founded by international chil
d rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free
The Children has an established track-record of success, with three
nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize and partnerships with the United
Nations, and Oprah’s Angel Network. In 2011 Free The Children, was
awarded Canada’s Top Employer for Young People for our amazing
opportunities for young employees!
Free The Children seeks a driven and experienced Manager, Executive
Correspondence who will report to the Director, Executive Projects and
Co-Founder directly. This position works in the Executive Office to
provide effective and efficient correspondence and administrative
support to the Co-Founder of the organization by managing a team of
support staff. The candidate should have at least two years of
experience performing administrative and communication-related duties
at an executive level, solid professional writing skills, demonstrate
an ability to manage multiple priorities, and have previous experience
in a leadership/ management capacity. A sophisticated level of
professionalism, confidentiality and discretion is imperative.
Our work environment appeals to self-directed, flexible team players
who have great interpersonal skills, learn quickly, and relish the
opportunity to develop and execute retention strategies to promote
long-term stakeholder engagement.
The position is based out of Free The Children’s International office
in Toronto (233 Carlton Street). A minimum two-year commitment is
expected. There is a three (3) month probationary period, upon
reaching the three (3) month period, all staff members are offered a
health plan including dental and Employee Assistant Program.
Please apply online at:
http://www.freethechildren.com/about-us/careers/?cc=show&id=3612056
While resumes are important, we want to know what makes you a great
fit for our team and culture. We will consider resumes on a rolling
basis and would like the right person to join us as soon as possible.
Responsibilities
• Acting as the main point of contact to the Co-Founder in supporting
the daily communication coming out of the Executive Office
• Overseeing executive correspondence by delegating communication
pieces, ghost writing and editing responses to emails and letters from
external stakeholders
• Managing a team of four individuals with the highest level of
support, guidance and accountability, ensuring quality, timeliness and
consistency
• Helping to refine and manage ongoing stakeholder engagement strategies
• Following-up with internal team members to ensure that projects are complete
• Managing and assisting with special projects in accordance with
various members of the Executive leadership team and acting as a
liaison to the rest of the organization
• Providing support on other tasks as required
Skills and Qualifications
• Must possess a University/College degree
• Minimum two years related experience required
• Previous experience in a leadership/management capacity an asset
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated writing and editing ability a must, with experience
with ghost writing and providing support at a similar professional
level preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Outlook, Word, Excel
and Power Point
• Detail oriented and ability to work with a high degree of accuracy
• Highly organized and flexible
• Excellent work ethic and dedication, has a flexible schedule,
comfortable with last minute requests
• Ability to multi-task and meet changing deadlines
• Must be self-directed and able to complete projects with limited supervision
• Ability to work effectively in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
• Ability to maintain a high degree of discretion and confidentiality
• Willingness and desire to work irregular hours and support on special events
What makes Free The Children unique…
A Top Employer for Young People, Free The Children is filled with
passionate, driven, hardworking, entrepreneurial, shameless idealists,
this means we work late, set high goals and exceed them, and then push
hard the following year to beat and exceed last year’s goals of
empowering youth to change the world.
If you are looking for a predictable 9-5 work environment, this won’t
be the right fit.
If you are inspired and excited by collaboration, making friendships
with the most incredible people, unique additional responsibilities
like working on our We Days and your personal values align with our
core values, we would love to hear from you.
Free The Children sincerely thanks all those who apply, however only
those considered for an interview will be contacted.
