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  • Company Mozilla
  • Employment Full-time
  • Location 🇺🇸 United States nationwide
  • Submitted Posted 1 month ago - Updated 12 hours ago
<p><strong>About Us</strong></p><p><a href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozilla Foundation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a nonprofit public benefit organization. Our mission is to ensure that the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Join us and become part of our mission to promote openness, innovation, and opportunity online!</span></p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Executive Assistant (EA) will play a critical role in enabling two senior leaders at Mozilla Foundation to operate at their highest level of impact. You’ll be responsible for managing complex calendars, coordinating meetings and travel, handling communications, and ensuring timely follow-through on key priorities and action items. By anticipating needs and removing friction, you will help our executives focus on what matters most.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a strategic partner, the EA will also serve as a connective thread—identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, improve collaboration, and share insights across their portfolios. This role calls for exceptional judgment, discretion, and communication skills, as well as the ability to manage competing priorities and build strong relationships across teams and the organization.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re looking for someone who is proactive, highly organized, and excited by the opportunity to help shape how this role supports our leadership team. While this position will initially support two executives, as we refine and scale our leadership structure, executive pairings may shift over time. We’re committed to ensuring a thoughtful and supported transition should that occur.</span></p><p><strong>As an Executive Assistant at Mozilla Foundation, you will:&nbsp;</strong></p><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Executive Support&nbsp;</span></em></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proactively and strategically manage complex and evolving calendars across time zones for the Foundation’s executives. This will involve: vetting meeting requests, ensuring executives are prepared for events, conference/video call setup, and assisting with meeting agendas.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Work effectively with the executives to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, while tracking deadlines and following up on action items to ensure alignment and progress.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Work with relevant staff to schedule and plan logistics for VP media interviews, speeches or key external presentations.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arrange sophisticated and detailed domestic and international travel plans, itineraries and agendas including support with schedule and route changes, possibly outside of normal working hours.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Assist with administrative tasks including: signature requests; invoice approvals; expense reports; credit card reports; Salesforce data; and composing and preparing correspondence.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provide back-up EA support as needed during EA vacations or other leaves.</span></li></ul><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Team Coordinator &amp; Communication</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serve as a liaison between executives and internal/external stakeholders.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support organization-wide meeting scheduling and logistics including remote monthly staff meetings and in-person events, such as work weeks.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plan, coordinate and occasionally facilitate a variety of remote and in-person meetings and events for both teams in concert with relevant leaders .</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Attend relevant team, OKRs, and other strategic meetings to maintain a broad understanding of the work of the teams.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborate with other EAs and (executive) program managers across Mozilla to streamline communication and improve processes.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travel to accompany and support teams as needed, including internationally.</span></li></ul><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strategic Support&nbsp;</span></em></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Identify opportunities to streamline administrative and operational processes.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anticipate needs and offer proactive solutions that increase efficiency.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Assist executives with the creation of documents, slide decks, and other team artifacts.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Track high-level organizational priorities and help ensure executive attention is focused appropriately.</span></li></ul><p><strong>Your Professional Profile:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">At least 5 years of experience supporting senior executives or leadership teams in mission-driven or complex organizational environments.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proven ability to follow through on commitments with an appropriate level of vitality and to quickly prioritize amongst sophisticated or contending priorities.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent written communication skills to strategically convey sophisticated topics and detailed instructions concisely.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to serve as a trusted representative of the VPs, both in written correspondence and in meetings as appropriate.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong time-management skills.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proven attention to detail and outstanding follow-through on tasks and projects.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">High level of discretion in cases of exposure to sensitive information.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proven track record to customize logistics and schedules with leaders’ varying accessibility and lived experiences in mind.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proven connector who works easily across time zones, contexts, and personalities.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrated passion for trying, learning, improving upon, and sharing best practices.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ability to remain composed under pressure and to show outstanding judgment.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with G-Suite, Zoom and synchronous/asynchronous work practices and platforms.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience scoping, planning, and facilitating both remote and in-person meetings and events.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience working with CRM systems.</span></li></ul><p><strong>We Are Excited To See Any Additional Experience With:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Program or project management experience&nbsp;</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Development of decks, one-pagers, collateral, design and/or data visualization experience is a plus</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Event planning&nbsp;</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travel administration</span></li></ul><p><strong>Salary and Benefits Information:</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozilla Foundation is dedicated to fair and equitable compensation for our staff. We aim to pay a competitive and market-based salary based on the responsibilities and requirements of the role. We do not ask for, or take into account, salary histories in our offer process.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The starting salary ranges for this role are listed below. These four countries are where we most commonly employ staff:</span></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Germany: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">€40,116.60</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">€45,063.45</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (target offer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">€41,354.12</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UK: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">£33,242.40</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">£37,341.58</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (target offer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">€41,354.12</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Canada: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$69,255.00</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$77,794.97</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (target offer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$71,391.38</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">US: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$51,300.00</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$57,625.90</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (target offer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$52,882.50</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some regions fall into a higher salary market and this is reflected in the example ranges below:</span></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">London: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">£41,553.00</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">£46,676.98</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (target offer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">£42,834.83</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York, Bay Area: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$64,125.00</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$72,032.38</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (target offer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">$66,103.13</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The range for your specific location will be discussed in screening conversations if your application is successful.</span></p><p><strong>We offer the following benefits:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Private Medical Insurance</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Extended Sick Leave</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Retirement Plan contributions</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paid Time Off: 20 days annual leave + sick days and your birthday&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Company Holidays + Shutdown</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wellness budget</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Professional Development budget</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Top up program for Pregnancy and Parental leaves</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Benefits are subject to change at any time at the discretion of Mozilla Foundation.</span></p><p><strong>Mozilla Foundation Hiring Practices:</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation at accommodation@mozillafoundation.org.</span></p>

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