CPO Executive Administrative Assistant

About the Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) & CED Law

Our Mission

We partner with low-income and working people to build economic and racial equity. We do this by confronting economic abuse and investing in community wealth. We use an ever-evolving set of legal, economic and advocacy tools to challenge and dismantle unjust systems, building quickly towards a world where all people have what they need to live and thrive.

Our Organization

The Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) is a Colorado-based nonprofit. Launched in 2020 as the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, our organization was formed to keep our neighbors housed during the pandemic. Working with clients, we built a “one-stop-shop” approach to eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness prevention that centers the legal and financial needs of housing-insecure families and uses a variety of tools to keep them housed.

Our team now serves more than 1,000 people per month, bringing together housing lawyers, economists, data analysts, policy-experts, organizers, and technologists to serve our clients. In the previous two years, we have distributed more than $200 million in aid and served more than 40,000 Coloradans. We have also contributed to the passage of major legislation to prevent eviction, stop economic abuse, and make credit and life-saving medication cheaper. CEDP’s model has been cited as a best practice by White House, HUD, the Urban Institute, and in the media.

Building on our work to stop evictions, CEDP has further expanded its integrated services model to include disaster response, predatory towing, debt collection, benefit access & navigation, long-term rental assistance, and homelessness response. Similar to CEDP’s work on rental housing, these efforts offer a continuum of care that includes navigation and advisory services, targeted payments, legal support, and the ability to participate in advocacy.

More about the Role:

We are looking for an Executive Administrative Assistant to support the Chief Programs Officer (CPO). In this dynamic role, you will play a key part in ensuring the success of CEDP’s programs by managing administrative tasks, facilitating cross-departmental collaboration, coordinating projects, and supporting grant writing efforts. You’ll also lead meeting facilitation, organize critical program initiatives, and track progress on key projects.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, excels at managing multiple priorities, and enjoys driving efficiency and organization.

In this role you will:

• Provide high-level administrative support to the Chief Programs Officer.
• Support the CPO in strategic initiatives and special projects as needed
• Communicate effectively with personnel at all levels
• Facilitate meetings, including preparing agendas, taking detailed notes, tracking action items, and ensuring follow-through on key tasks.
• Manage projects across multiple programs and departments, tracking deliverables and guiding initiatives to completion.
• Coordinate and oversee program-related initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain workflows to optimize efficiency in scheduling, program tracking, and interdepartmental communication.
• Support the grant writing process, assisting with research, drafting proposals, and tracking reporting deadlines.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment on program goals and priorities.
• Assist in preparing materials for executive meetings, presentations, and strategy discussions.
• Serve as a liaison between departments to ensure smooth cross-program coordination and collaboration.
• Manage multiple calendars, team schedules, and priorities with a high level of flexibility and responsiveness.

Requirements:

• Position Requirements:
• A minimum of two to three years of experience of Executive Administration experience required
• Ability to be in-person in CEDP’s Denver office as needed for programming and support
• A proactive self-starter with a proven ability to anticipate needs, identify opportunities, and implement process improvements
• You excel at managing multiple calendars, teams, and requests while staying flexible to shifting priorities, and you drive schedules and agendas with a strong grasp of context.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, with a desire to offer suggestions and improvements
• Experience working in a role that requires handling confidential information and discretion
• Fantastic organizational skills and ability to self-manage and prioritize a complex workload with rapidly changing demands
• Demonstrated proficiency working with Customer Relationship Management databases or similar tracking and organizing technologies
• Brilliant written and verbal communication skills
• Strong proficiency with the MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) is preferred but not required

Additional Details:

• Candidates must reside in Colorado. The position includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), and 401k.
• A competitive base salary of $73,000 a year
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but must be received by February 15, 2025
• The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by February 28, 2025
• All employees at CEDP & CED Law are expected to maintain current vaccination status in keeping with CDC recommendations.
• CEDP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.