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Company Overview

FutureGood is a consultancy focused on helping visionary leaders build a better future. Through diversity, equity and inclusion organizational change consulting, strategic visioning, keynotes and retreats, FutureGood helps leaders that do good for a living predict and shape the future.

 FutureGood embraces diversity and equal opportunity to build a better future for all. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more equitable and inclusive we are, the clearer our vision of the future will be.

 Position Overview

This is a full-time, primarily virtual role. We are currently looking for an executive assistant to provide comprehensive support to our President as well as managing the company’s office operations. This dynamic position requires the ability to anticipate needs, think critically, and offer solutions with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality. The ideal person for the job will be a proactive problem solver with exceptional communication skills and a meticulous attention to detail. They will have previous experience working in an office environment, performing administrative duties and providing support to senior-level management. Given the rapid growth of our company, we rely on our assistants for flexibility, foresight, and strategy while maintaining the smooth operations of our systems and operations.

Objectives of this Role

·       With a primary responsibility of supporting the CEO, provide support to ensure that company goals and objectives are accomplished, and operations run efficiently

·       Maintain and refine internal processes that support our work, coordinating internal and external resources to expedite workflow

·       Manage communication between our President and external partners, liaising with the internal team and external executives on various projects and tasks

·       Plan and orchestrate work to ensure the President’s priorities are met, organizational goals are achieved, and best practices are upheld

Responsibilities

·       Manage professional and occasional personal scheduling for CEO, including agendas, mail, email, calls, client management, expense reporting and other logistics

·       Manage, coordinate, and arrange President’s travel and travel-related activities, including hotel booking, transportation, meal coordination, and client reimbursement

·       Meeting management including preparing agendas, taking notes, distributing action items, and arranging catering

·       Extensive email management and prioritization

·       Perform administrative and office support, such as PowerPoint creation, spreadsheet creation, and maintenance of electronic filing system and customer relationship management database

·       Occasional event planning for in-person retreats or conferences

·       Maintain professionalism and strict confidentiality with all materials, and exercise discretion

·       Organize team communications and plan events, both internally and offsite

Skills and Qualifications

·       4 years experience in administrative role reporting directly to upper management

·       Superb written and verbal communication skills

·       Impeccable organizational and time-management skills, as well as the ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects at once

·       Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace and other office productivity tools, with aptitude to learn new software and systems

·       Flexible team player willing to do what it takes to get the job done

·       Ability to lead and manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment.

·       Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas.

Preferred Qualifications

·       Experience overseeing budgets and expenses

·       Experience developing internal processes and filing systems

Logistics

·       The salary is $55,000 and includes benefits

·       This is a primarily virtual position, with occasional in-person work

·       Typical hours are 9-5 Monday-Friday; on occasion there is a need to work on evenings or weekends for client events or product launches throughout the year

·       There may be occasional travel in this role for client events and team building retreats

·       Preferred candidates are Minnesota-based

Process

·      A resume and cover letter expressing your interest in this position should be sent to Hello@FutureGood.Studio

·      Interviews will happen on a rolling basis with an estimated start date in December or January

FutureGood is Hiring!

FutureGood Relationship Manager
Job Description

We are seeking a relationship manager to join our rapidly growing company. In this position, you will learn about how to use futurism to solve society’s toughest challenges and will play a critical role in supporting our expanding operations.

You will be the growth guru for FutureGood. By developing and implementing our marketing strategy, you will help bring our transformational future focused consulting work to scale. As a data-driven organization you will recommend, adjust and optimize community building and client development strategies based on data and feedback.

Responsibilities include:

·      Making our organizational value of radical hospitality come to life for our clients by helping them feel cared for and always clear about the next step of their work.

·      Systematizing communications and marketing processes.

·      Manage continued learning and growth for our community of FutureGood Studio learners and curate and deliver our content strategy.

·      Organize and encourage participation in experiences such as webinars, virtual hangouts, and learning events.

·      Act as a public facing ambassador for FutureGood.

·      Develop creative ways to repurpose our existing products and tools to make them available to a broader audience. 

·      Identifying and managing contracting opportunities

Requirements and Qualifications

·       Sales and new business development expertise

·       Experience building online communities or developing e-learning content.

·       Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and Google products.

·       Strong written and verbal communication skills.

·       Ability to lead and manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment.

·       Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas.

Preferred Qualifications

·      Email and Social media marketing experience.

·      Experience with learning platforms like Kajabi or LinkedIn Learning.

Pay and Work Schedule

·       The salary is $65,000 a year and includes benefits.

·       This position is remotely based and can work anywhere in the United States.

About FutureGood

FutureGood is a consultancy focused on helping visionary leaders build a better future. Through strategic visioning, DEI organizational change consulting, retreats, masterminds and live events, FutureGood helps leaders that do good for a living predict and shape the future.

FutureGood embraces diversity and equal opportunity to build a better future for all. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more equitable and inclusive we are, the clearer our vision of the future will be.

Process

·      A resume and cover letter expressing your interest in this position should be sent to hello@TristaHarris.org.

·      Interviews will happen on a rolling basis with an estimated start date in late July.

Trista's 2021 Philanthropy & Nonprofit Predictions

Normally, I would use this post to share a list of trends that will impact the year ahead. The purpose of these lists is to help you and your organization see around the corner and prepare to harness these trends (see 2020 Predictions and the prediction about remote work). In a normal year, I might have shared my trends about the future of equity or told you how my future of philanthropy model has been accelerated by the pandemic and we are now living in the future of philanthropy.

Spoiler alert: This is not a normal year. Jim Collins in his book Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 said the following:

“Uncertainty is chronic; instability is permanent; disruption is common; and we can neither predict nor govern events. There will be no ‘new normal’; there will only be a continuous series of ‘not normal’ episodes, defying prediction and unforeseen by most of us until they happen.”

I know this quote is probably giving you major anxiety but it gave me a lot of hope for the field. The last few words “unforeseen by most of us until they happen.” Most…MOST…MOST! You aren’t most people. You have dedicated your career to making the world a better place. You have a vested interest in disruption because it is the only way to make things better. Ending inequality? Disruption! Making sure everyone has a home? Disruption! Rebuilding our education system? Disruption! You were made for this. This is the time for us to build a new future.

If this is not the year you took building your future thinking skills seriously, I’m not sure what it will take. A calligrified invitation? A hailstorm of Magic 8 balls? A Christmas Carole-like visit from your future self?

2021 is the year for building your future thinking skills as your number one strategic priority. There is nothing more important than this now. If you don’t take future thinking seriously, your organization won’t exist in the near term future. For the foundations out there [laughing in endowment], you will exist but if you don’t start building future thinking skills you won’t be relevant to the causes and communities that you care about and for foundation irrelevancy is a fate worse than death.

It really is simple but that doesn’t mean it is easy. You have to do the work. Throughout the pandemic I have been giving away electronic copies of my book FutureGood for free. You will see the option in a pop-up on my website to get your copy. In that book are tools to develop these skills. I’ve also built up the team at FutureGood to help our clients develop a strategic vision that will get them through this uncertainty, reach out if your organization needs help. My 2020 clients did some amazing work to build a more equitable and beautiful future and they will continue to see the fruits of the seeds that they have planted this year for many years to come.

2021 is your year, build a better future.

Creating an Equitable Future Webinar Replay- Moving from Your Current Reality to Your Ideal Future

I’ve been hosting a webinar series on creating an equitable future for your nonprofit or foundation. The murder of George Floyd has made even more visible the injustices in our community and now is a critical time for our organizations to do our part in creating a more equitable future. This is the replay of the final session on moving from your current reality to your ideal future.

Creating an Equitable Future Webinar Replay- Understanding Your Current Reality

I’ve been hosting a webinar series on creating an equitable future for your nonprofit or foundation. The murder of George Floyd has made even more visible the injustices in our community and now is a critical time for our organizations to do our part in creating a more equitable future. This is the replay of the 3rd session on understanding your current reality.

Sign up for the rest of the series here.