Network Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant 

Bronx, NY

Seton Education Partners seeks a mission-driven, adaptive individual to be the Executive Assistant for the Brilla Schools Network. This role demands a sophisticated understanding of working with high-functioning, busy executives, requiring adaptability, proactive planning, and the capability to manage complex schedules and priorities. The Assistant must exhibit an exceptional level of discretion and professionalism, safeguarding confidential information and maintaining trust. A critical requirement for this role is the signing of a confidentiality agreement to ensure the protection of sensitive information.

About Seton Education Partners

Co-founded in 2009 by KIPP pioneer Scott W. Hamilton and Teach for America alumna Stephanie Saroki de García, Seton Education Partners is a response to the dramatic decline of urban Catholic schools in America, which have served the economically disadvantaged so well for decades.

In 2013, amidst the shuttering of 60+ urban Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York, Seton launched Brilla College Prep Public Charter School in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. Brilla, which means “shine” in Spanish, has achieved academic results that parallel the nation’s most acclaimed high-poverty schools. Alongside Brilla, Seton launched El Camino, an optional, privately funded extended-day Catholic faith formation program. In only five years, 99 children have been baptized through their participation in El Camino.

Seton is working to take these remarkable achievements to scale by managing a network of schools and programs that ensure that thousands of underserved children whose Catholic schools close—and other local children—have access to an academically excellent, character-building, and, for those who choose it, faith-nurturing education. This network is a national model for how other cities facing the shuttering of Catholic schools can continue to serve children and families with limited educational options. For more information on Seton Education Partners, please visit www.SetonPartners.org.

About the Brilla Schools Network

Brilla Public Charter Schools is a network of K-8th grade schools that currently serves nearly 1,600 students from Mott Haven, University Heights and other neighborhoods in the Bronx. The network plans to grow from a current four elementary and one middle school to five elementary and five middle schools educating some 4,000 students in the Bronx and Paterson, NJ. Core to our mission is that our students become young men and women of good character and spirit and be prepared for excellence in high school, college, and beyond. Brilla combines a classical approach to education -- an emphasis on virtue formation, Truth, Beauty, and Goodness, and direct instruction of a content-rich curriculum that has stood the test of time -- with co-teaching practices and individualized online learning. We approach the formation of our students holistically and also set high academic expectations. Ours is a joyful community that honors the dignity of each student, family member and staff. 

About El Camino Network

El Camino, which means “The Way” in Spanish, is an optional, privately-funded Catholic after-school faith formation program that is closely partnered with Brilla charter schools. El Camino helps children, their families and their catechists to know, love and serve Christ and His Church; develop the habits, dispositions and beliefs that are indispensable to human flourishing and happiness; and live as disciples in this world and saints in the next. El Camino honors the teaching authority of the Catholic Church.

El Camino currently serves approximately 40% of Brilla’s students for 90 minutes a day, Monday through Thursday. Children receive homework help from experienced teachers, a nutritious snack, and 30 minutes each of catechism and physical fitness. Additionally, children and families have opportunities for shared and personal prayer and character formation. This video provides a snapshot of El Camino. El Camino will grow to serve children through 8th grade, growing a grade level at a time each year.

About the job of Executive Assistant 

The Executive Assistant is a pivotal role designed for a highly skilled individual capable of navigating the demands of a dynamic educational leadership environment. This position calls for an adept multitasker who excels in managing complex schedules, handling sensitive information with utmost confidentiality, and adapting to rapidly changing priorities. The ideal candidate will serve as the backbone of daily operations, ensuring seamless communication and efficient administrative support to high-level executives. The Executive Assistant commits to upholding the integrity and privacy crucial in this trusted position, significantly impacting our educational leaders' effectiveness.

Main Responsibilities

• Administrative Support: Manage calendars, schedule meetings, and organize travel arrangements, including both work and personal-related matters. Ensure efficient handling of correspondence and phone calls
• Communication: Serve as a liaison between the Chiefs, staff, and external stakeholders. Handle confidential communications with discretion. Draft, review, and send communications on behalf of company executives
• Document Management: Prepare reports, presentations, and briefing materials. Maintain records and documentation for easy access and retrieval
• Project Coordination: Assist in managing projects, ensuring timelines and objectives are met. Organize and prepare for meetings, including gathering documents and attending to logistics of meetings
• Event Planning: Coordinate logistics for events, school visits and meetings, including venue selection, catering, and technology setup
• Strategic Assistance: Provide support in strategic planning and implementation of school policies and initiatives

Qualifications and Desired Characteristics

Candidates for the position must possess the following personal characteristics:

• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to Seton’s mission and values
• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to Brilla’s mission, including its commitment to a classically inspired curriculum and character formation
• Personal responsibility with humility
• A relentless drive for excellence
• A strong belief that all children can achieve both moral and academic excellence
• An unwavering determination to be better today than you were yesterday

The ideal candidate will bring experience and skills in the following areas:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Proven experience in an executive support role
• Excellent organizational, communication, and time-management skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Office and other office management tools
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in the education sector is preferred

Diversity & Inclusivity

We are building an organization in which talented individuals from all walks of life and past work experiences can join our team and make significant contributions. We are particularly committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences or backgrounds of the students we will serve.

*At Brilla, education in the classical tradition is understood to mean the education of the whole person - mind, body and spirit - in the service of human flourishing. People flourish by living out the virtues. A time proven way of learning how to live out the virtues is to learn about, contemplate and discuss how these virtues have been expressed by fictional and nonfictional people throughout history represented in time-tested works. 

Secondarily, a classical education is pedagogically consistent with modern cognitive science. Many current pedagogies are not fully consistent with what we know today about brain development. In contrast, classical pedagogy  (referred to as the Trivium) perfectly corresponds to how the brain develops. It emphasizes patterns, routines, and facts that young brains crave (Grammar stage); It leverages the brain’s orientation to asking “why” in the middle years (Logic stage); And it focuses on communication and persuasion in the high school years (Rhetoric stage).

To Apply

Initial application materials include: a cover letter, contact information for three references, and a resume that includes information on your background and leadership experience.

Resumes without cover letters will not be reviewed.

Seton Education Partners provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.

The base pay range for this position is $65,000-$75,000 per year. Pay may vary within the stated range, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus for some roles may be provided as part of the compensation package subject to executive leadership approval, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.