The Commit Partnership seeks a hard-working team player to serve as the Executive Administrative Assistant to Commit’s Executive Team, directly supporting C-suite staff and other executive leadership personnel. This key position will support the Executive & Sr. Leadership Team in its day-to-day management of the organization, making an important contribution to Commit’s goal of ensuring that all North Texas students receive an excellent and equitable education. 20% of time will also be allocated to the shared support of the Operations department.

Because our culture is critical to our success in meeting this goal, we strive to integrate Commit’s Core Values into everything that we do:

• Equity & Inclusion: We work with others to transform systems in ways that ensure every student has access to the resources they need. We help set the table for an expansive conversation, welcoming and valuing every voice at the table, while actively and explicitly working to create outcomes that narrow opportunity gaps and shift power towards communities and individuals most impacted.
• Systemic Impact: We maintain patience and persistence while relentlessly insisting upon efficient and highly-effective approaches to sustainably change systems to more effectively serve communities.
• Humility: We embrace the fact that our success depends on our ability to work cohesively with each other and our community. We learn best together.
• Students First: We are guided by multiple stakeholders, but ultimately our decisions rest upon one question: What is in the best interest of students?
• Integrity: We will act honestly and ethically in all internal and external decisions, in the ways we present data, and communicate with partners. This unwavering commitment allows us to best serve students, families, and the community.
• Joy: We bring a constant sense of optimism and fun to this difficult work.

Responsibilities: The position will encompass the following responsibilities:

• Organization and Scheduling
  • Manage the calendars of C-Suite and other Sr. Leadership with a high level of responsiveness, communication, and attention to detail
  • As needed, arrange travel and accommodation for C-Suite and other Sr. Leadership, as well as coordinate travel and accommodation as needed among the assistants of other Executive Team members
  • Schedule appointments, meetings, retreats, and other convenings for the Executive and Leadership Teams; help maintain a master calendar
  • Support planning and execution of Executive and Leadership Team meetings, e.g., securing meeting locations, preparing printed materials, and organizing catering
  • Support maintenance of a filing system for key electronic documents
  • As needed, support hiring of any new team members that report C-Suite and other Sr. Leadership. Ensure compliance with Commit organizational policies and procedures
• Communication
  • Answer and direct phone calls and emails
  • Take meeting notes as requested
  • Write and distribute email and her correspondence as requested
  • Support the preparation of presentations and materials for meetings
  • Assist in the preparation of regularly scheduled reports
  • Provide general support to visitors
  • Proficiency with setting up and facilitating virtual meeting spaces.
• Special Projects
  • Support other functions and/or projects as assigned
  • Project Management experience preferred

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Comfort in a face-paced environment with multiple tasks and projects at hand
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and work independently with strong organizational and time management skills
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be personable yet persuasive in both oral and written communication
• Ability to interact effectively at multiple levels within organizations, especially organizations serving culturally and economically diverse communities
• Reliability in exercising discretion and maintaining confidential information
• Technology proficient and very trainable; should enter Commit with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); experience in online document collaboration tools and/or CRM systems desirable
• Ability to operate with humility, an open mind, and a sense of urgency
• Belief in the power of education and equity to improve the odds for all children in service of The Commit Partnership’s mission

Education and Experience:

• Educational attainment matching job responsibilities
• Minimum of three years’ prior relevant experience

This position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. For more information, read more about us or contact Recruiting at careers@commitpartnership.org with questions. Interested candidates should apply via our Applicant Tracking platform.

The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion, all employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Commit does not sponsor visas of any kind.

About The Commit Partnership:

The Commit Partnership is focused on the powerful idea that every child in Dallas County should receive an excellent and equitable K-12 education, preparing them to flourish at the collegiate level and beyond. To reach this vision, the Partnership serves as a community navigator and connector, analyzing data to elevate strategic initiatives, improve practices and policies, and ultimately growing community capacity, capabilities and resources to serve students more effectively.

Founded in 2012, the Partnership is the nation’s largest educational collective impact organization: a coalition of over 200 partners (public and private schools, colleges, foundations, businesses, and nonprofits), all working collaboratively to solve our region’s biggest systemic educational challenges. Our flagship effort, “Early Matters Dallas”, focuses on improving early childhood outcomes, while our second initiative, “Best-in-Class DFW”, aims in partnership with the Communities Foundation of Texas to increase the number of effective and diverse campus educators serving DFW’s 1.2 million students. Our third initiative, “Dallas County Promise”, seeks to align our local higher ed institutions to maximize the number of students who can access and complete a quality post-secondary education.

Each effort is supported by a dedicated advisory board responsible for fundraising, advocacy, and monitoring community progress and is guided by community strategic plans developed by global management consulting firms Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Co. and McKinsey &Co., Day-to-day work is supported by more than 40 full-time staff who combine data, deep educational experience, and strategic thinking to. collectively support Partnership efforts while advocating for Dallas County students at the state and local level and convening community conversations around the latest research and best practices. The net result is a shared roadmap for the future that civic leaders and local stakeholders own and hold themselves mutually accountable for its execution.

About The Commit Partnership:

Our Mission

We believe that through our actions, Dallas County – which educates 10% of Texas and 1% of the nation– can be an inclusive and prosperous region where economic opportunity is shared equitably. That’s why our true north goal is that by 2040 at least half of all 25-34-year-old residents of Dallas County, irrespective of race, will be provided the opportunity to earn a living wage.

To increase living wage attainment, we must equitably increase educational success aligned with high-demand jobs, maximizing the cumulative impact from early education all the way to college, career, and/or military readiness and accessing and completing a strong postsecondary education. Our staff aligns community stakeholders around this shared future roadmap – analyzing data to lift up strategic initiatives that improve policies, practices, and funding that grow our community’s capacity to serve every student more effectively.

Our Story

Founded in 2012, this partnership is the nation’s largest educational collective impact organization, composed of backbone staff and over 200 partners across Dallas County and the state of Texas working collaboratively to solve systemic education challenges. Our staff aligns community stakeholders around a shared future roadmap – analyzing data to lift up strategic initiatives that improve policies, practices, and funding that grow our community’s capacity to serve every student more effectively.

Together, we work to advocate for excellent and equitable public education that ensures all students – regardless of race, place, or socio-economic status – have the power to determine their future and earn a living wage. We do this work through several ventures including Early Matters Dallas, North Texas Tutoring Corps, Dallas County Promise, Texas College Bridge, Dallas Thrives, Commit’s Policy Team, the Texas Impact Network, and several coalitions.

Our Values

Our core values create a mission-driven environment and champion us to do our best work each day.

Integrity - To best serve students, families, and the community we will act honestly and ethically in how we make both internal and external decisions, present data, and communicate with partners.

Equity & Inclusion – We seek to help transform systems in ways that ensure every student has access to the resources they need. We do this by actively and explicitly working with others to create more equitable outcomes and processes.

Students First - Our decisions are guided by multiple stakeholders, but ultimately rest upon one question: What is in the best interest of students?

Systemic Impact – We are patient and persistent as we identify the most effective approaches to help create lasting systems change. Once identified, we prioritize and relentlessly attack systemic challenges with efficiency and excellence.

Humility - We embrace the fact that our community’s success depends on our ability to work cohesively with each other and to constantly learn.

Joy – It is important we bring a constant sense of optimism and have fun while taking on this difficult work.

The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion, all employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Commit does not sponsor visas of any kind.

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