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Countdown Program Coordinator

  • TED Conferences
  • Remote Position
  • May 14, 2021
Contractor Administrative Administrative Assistant

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Countdown Program Coordinator will be responsible for providing administrative and programmatic support to The TED Countdown team, including the Countdown + Impact Lead, the Curation Lead, and the Media Lead. This position will require interaction with departments across TED and with the Leaders’ Quest team (TED’s co-collaborators on Countdown), as well as multiple Countdown partner organizations. The Coordinator will also provide support to the Consulting Lead for a Countdown-related extended project. This role is a temporary position through the end of 2021, with the potential to extend if role permits.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Scheduling meetings with internal and external parties
  • Building and maintaining program documents
  • Researching people and projects in the climate space
  • Organizing input and ideas from multiple parties
  • Drafting official copy in the Countdown style
  • Managing the Countdown email inbox
  • Light event production support
  • Ad hoc administrative projects and tasks

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

  • Exceptional communication, research and writing skills
  • Ability to synthesize and organize data and information, including that of a confidential nature
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks
  • Adaptable to different personalities and work styles
  • Willingness to contribute however possible to ensure the overall effectiveness of the position
  • Passionate about climate issues

Occupations

Administrative Support, Business Analysis-Research, Secretary-Executive Assistant, General-Other: Administrative-Clerical

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About TED Conferences

TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world. On TED.com, we're building a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world's most inspired thinkers — and a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other, both online and at TED and TEDx events around the world, all year long.

In fact, everything we do — from our Conferences to our TED Talks to the projects sparked by The Audacious Project, from the global TEDx and TED Translators communities to the TED-Ed lesson series — is driven by this goal: How can we best spread great ideas?

TED is owned by a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation. Our agenda is to make great ideas accessible and spark conversation.

 

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