Events Administrative Assistant | Temporary

The Ford Agency is working with a great association based in Old Town, Alexandria to find an Events Administrative Assistant to support their busy and detail-oriented team on an open-ended temporary assignment. The Assistant will support with all administrative, data entry, meeting, events, and fundraising tasks.

Responsibilities Include:

• Enter all donations, event timeline updates and fulfilments, inquires, applications, and other critical data into CRM system
• Pull data reports and track donor activity
• Act as point of contact for donors, internal and external stakeholders, members, and non-members for all inquiries and requests for information
• Provide support to Marketing and Communications teams with marketing initiatives
• Track and maintain critical project timelines and report to team to aid in successful completion
• Support third party vendors with meeting coordination, file sharing, and tracking/maintenance of agendas and minutes
• Support logistics, planning, and execution of weekly event
• Other duties as requested

Qualifications Include:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, or similar
• 1+ years' experience in an events assistant or similar position
• Proficiency in MS Office, Mail Merge's, PowerPoint and Planner a plus
• Excellent written communication skills and superb attention to detail
• Exceptional time management and organization skills
• A positive and willing attitude

Candidates for this position must be based in DC, MD, or VA area or have independent plans for relocation.

The Ford Agency is a recruiting firm based in Washington, DC. We represent a broad range of organizations including: non-profits, associations, legal, consulting, and government relations firms. This position is an opening with one of our clients.

To see more positions available through The Ford Agency, please check out our website at www.ford-agency.com.