Executive Assistant to the CEO

Job Description

THE FOUNDATION

MRBF’s mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice. The board and staff have committed to centering racial equity across all their work and partnering with communities to build power for people who have been denied access to instruments of power throughout American history.

MRBF works in 11 Southern states, supporting organizations and networks making progress along three interconnected pathways of change: economic opportunity, supportive policies and institutions, and democracy and civic engagement. It is exploring new ways to amplify a broad range of voices and strengthen leaders who reflect the full diversity of the South's demographics while continuing some core approaches: centering communities in solutions, helping organizations build their capacity to do more, cultivating innovative partnerships, and advancing systems change with long-term resources.

MRBF seeks to use all available tools, including grantmaking, investing, influencing, leveraging, communications, and learning, to advance its mission. The blueprint for our work can be found here.

OPERATING STRUCTURE

MRBF is led by Flozell Daniels Jr., Chief Executive Officer, with a 13-member Board of Directors that provides oversight and strategic guidance to the CEO and organization. It has 14 staff members and nearly $200 million in assets. It operates entirely remotely, enabling team members to work from anywhere in its 11-state footprint, which includes Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

THE POSITION

The Executive Assistant to the CEO serves as a trusted partner to the Chief Executive Officer in a dual-function role that provides high-level executive support and serves as the primary administrative liaison to the Board of Directors. This role manages complex s...