Job Posting: Executive Assistant, Our Community Birth Center
Updated December 2024
Our Community Birth Center is hiring an Executive Assistant. We are excited to add this new position to our team to provide support to our Executive Director. We are looking for someone who is passionate about nonprofit health care and unwaveringly committed to equity, inclusion, and social justice. The ideal Executive Assistant candidate will have strong skills in human resources, communication, reliability, and organization and project coordination. Our Community Birth Center is a small but dynamic and growing nonprofit healthcare organization. Team members who are ready and willing to learn and evolve as the organization progresses will find that Our Community Birth Center is a place where they can grow and thrive!
Examples of tasks the Executive Assistant will do include maintaining up to date employee files, supporting the on-boarding process for new employees and students, scheduling, agenda preparation, and note taking at staff meetings, reviewing and coordinating coverage for staff time off requests, email management for the Executive Director, ensuring on time payment to vendors, cataloging receipts, light building maintenance tasks, coordinating Social Justice Committee meetings and agendas, drafting the monthly staff schedule, organizing yearly staff continuing education events, supporting birth center accreditation requirements, etc.
Our Community Birth Center is a community-focused organization in Springfield/Eugene, Oregon. We provide full scope nurse midwifery care in a birth center and clinic setting. Our services include pregnancy, birth, postpartum, ultrasound, newborn care, fertility, contraception, and gynecology. Our Community Birth Center has been open and providing services since November 2021 and over that time has established a committed and experienced team to support our midwifery work.
Latine, Indigenous, Black, Asian, and other people who identify as people of color and/or LGBTQIA+ individuals are encouraged to apply, as are people holding other diverse identities. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications described. You are also encouraged to address how your professional and lived experience, scholarship, mentorship and/or service will contribute to Our Community Birth Center’s mission of providing equitable access to midwifery birth center services.
Our Community Birth Center is located in the heart of the Eugene-Springfield area in Lane County, Oregon. It’s just a short drive to the ocean, mountains, desert, and many lakes and rivers. It’s also family friendly and has amazing food, farmers markets, and art. The birth center is located next to a beautiful public park and river allowing for fresh air and peaceful walks. In the opposite direction just a few blocks away is a sweet downtown with cafes, restaurants, and shops. Learn more about Our Community Birth Center at www.ourcommunitybirthcenter.org.
Position type: Employee, Hourly, 20-30 hours per week
Hours: We are pleased to offer flexibility for this role to work between 20 to 30 hours per week at this time with potential to grow up to 40 hours a week in the future if preferred. Primarily daytime and weekday hours.
Package:
- $28 per hour, starting pay
- $100 per month remote work stipend
- 100% of employee’s health insurance premium covered
- Access to retirement savings
- Paid time off, Holidays, and access to Family and Medical Leave
Location: Must be able and willing to do hybrid work including a mix of work from home and work in person at our office in Springfield, Oregon.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent level of education and experience may substitute for a degree.
- One year of successful experience in administrative assisting, human resources, communications, project management, or other relevant work.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, Google Suite, Zoom, donor management systems, and a willingness to learn other computer databases and tools as needed.
- Spanish language skills (verbal and written) preferred but not required.
- Must complete background check and driving record check successfully meeting our criteria.
How to Apply:
Apply by submitting the following by email to ourcommunitybirthcenter@gmail.com.
- Resume
- Written response: Please submit a written response to the following three questions (maximum length 1 page typed):
- What interests you about working as an Executive Assistant and what skills and experience would you bring to this role?
- Share more specifically why you want to work at Our Community Birth Center? Why is our organization and work a good fit for you?
- How would you contribute to our work toward equity, social justice, and anti-racism?
- Name, email address, and phone number for 3 professional references
- The position will remain open until filled. Applications will only be considered if all of the documents specified above are received.
It is the policy of Our Community Birth Center not to discriminate on the basis of ability/disability, race, color, national origin, housing situation, age, sex, religion, language, ethnicity, indigeneity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran’s status, pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions, or any other protected identity. This policy applies to all our programs and operations, including but not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and fair hiring practices, and an inclusive and welcoming environment for all of our board, staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, and vendors. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact the Executive Director to request an accommodation.