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Systemic Justice is looking for an Executive Assistant who will support the organisation’s Founder/Director, by providing high-level administrative support and ensuring the smooth and efficient operations of the Founder’s portfolio of work. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has strong administrative skills and wants to learn more about organisational development through a racial and social equity lens.
Position type: Full-time (4 days per week, 32-hour work week)
Duration: 12 months with a possibility of extension
Remuneration: EUR 42.000 annually
Location: Remote (CET time zone +/- two hours)
Please note: We encourage all potential applicants to review our Frequently Asked Questions prior to applying.
About the role
Systemic Justice is looking for an Executive Assistant who will support the organisation’s Founder by providing high-level administrative support and ensuring the smooth and efficient operations of the Founder’s portfolio of work. The Executive Assistant is the primary point of contact for the Founder and responsible for managing the Founder’s schedule, coordinating meetings and events, and handling a wide range of administrative tasks. The Executive Assistant will work with colleagues across Systemic Justice to keep an overview of the organisation’s work and provide project management support where necessary. Highly organised and thinking ahead, the Executive Assistant ensures that the Founder has the information and support she needs to succeed.
Our work is rooted in our foundational values of anti-oppression, intersectionality, and justice. We are looking for someone who shares these values and for whom the prospect of operationalising these in our day-to-day work, both internally and externally, is an exciting prospect.
About Systemic Justice
Systemic Justice works to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice. We are the first organisation in Europe that partners with communities on strategic litigation by taking a community-driven approach; that is Black-led; and has a majority BPOC team. We approach our work through an intersectional lens, and across the digital and non-digital context.
Strategic litigation is a powerful tool that can be used alongside advocacy, campaigning, and policy work to help bring about systemic change. However, litigation is underutilised in movements working to address the structural inequalities in our society. Centring affected communities in joint litigation, Systemic Justice works to broaden access to judicial remedies for those fighting for justice and equality. This will help dismantle the power structures that underpin and fuel racial, social, and economic injustice.
We work across three key areas to create and maintain the systems change that we need: building the power of organisations and movements fighting for justice and equality; launching community-driven litigation; and scaling impact by promoting equitable working models with the broader field of litigators.
What you’ll do
Email, calendar, and meeting management
Operational/project support
What we hope you’ll bring
Please note that Systemic Justice works in Europe within the CET time zone +/- two hours. Being located inside this time zone span is a requirement.
Deadline and how to apply
The deadline for applications for this role is 19 November 2023 at 23:59 CET.
We are organising an information call, where anyone interested in applying can join and learn more about our organisation, the role, and the process. The call will take place on 13 November at 18:00 CEST. You can register here.
Your application should consist of your CV, and – instead of a traditional cover letter – a written response to these three questions:
Our work is rooted in our foundational values of anti-oppression, intersectionality, and justice. We invite all applicants to reflect on their lived experience with systems of oppression and how it affects their suitability for this role before applying.
Conditions
Period: 12 months with possibility of extension
Remuneration: EUR 42.000 annually
Location: Remote, in Europe (CET time zone +/- two hours). We are unfortunately not able to assist with work permits.
Contract and payroll: While Systemic Justice is registered in the Netherlands, our team will be employed on local employment contracts in the jurisdictions they live and work. Payroll is also run locally.
Staff meet-ups: Our team meets in person three times a year to discuss strategy, organisational development, team well-being, and more. In addition to this, individual team members meet bilaterally or in smaller groups when needed.
Work week: Systemic Justice operates with a four-day (Monday to Thursday), 32-hour work week.
Flexible schedules: We are generally online and available from 11-16 CET, but are otherwise flexible about working hours to accommodate the best individual balancing of personal and remote-work life. This role requires occasional travel.
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