**Description** When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids. For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. The Home currently has approximately 1,000 employees, mostly in Massachusetts with some in New Hampshire and New York City. With an annual budget of $90+million, our 30+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future. To learn more about the incredible impact our employees have on the lives of children and families, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXedSArtYbg **About the Role** This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in fulfilling the critical mission of The Home. We are seeking an organized, adaptable, and proactive Executive Assistant to support our President & CEO. This on-site role requires someone with excellent interpersonal skills, a positive demeanor, and the ability to handle dynamic changes with ease. The Executive Assistant will manage the daily operations of the President & CEO's office, coordinate communications with the Board of Directors, support the Executive Leadership Team in their work, and handle confidential information professionally. Key responsibilities include managing schedules, preparing meeting materials, organizing records, and providing project management and administrative support for high-level projects and meetings. The President & CEO Lesli Suggs is the first licensed social worker to lead the organization in a generation. Lesli began her career as a Residential Counselor and ascended to her current position over two decades. Lesli is consistently named as one of the top 100 women running a business in Massachusetts and was recently honored by the Boston Business Journal receiving the coveted “Women who Means Business” award. Lesli is active in the communities where our employees live and work and leads a highly professional Executive Leadership Team who run award-winning programs. **Key Qualifications** + Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities + Strong communication and interpersonal skills + Project management and execution expertise + Adaptability and resilience in fast-paced environments + High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trust + Proven experience in a similar executive support role **Education and Experience** + Equivalent to an Associate’s degree in human services, communication, secretarial sciences, or related, 3 years administrative support of executive management experience + Computer literate including Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer with the ability to learn new software applications **Valuing Diversity** We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change. **What The Home Can Offer You** In addition to the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of the youth we serve, The Home for Little Wanderers offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including: + Health and Dental Insurance that is effective immediately upon hire + Extensive training to new staff + Tuition reimbursement of up to $2,400 per fiscal year + 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match + Employer paid Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance, plus Basic Life and AD&D Insurance + And more! Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)