About Echoing Green
Echoing Green builds a movement of leaders innovating today to transform tomorrow. Through its Fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives, Echoing Green spots emerging leaders and invests deeply in their success to accelerate their impact. Over 35 years, Echoing Green’s global community of emerging leaders have launched , , , , , , , , and hundreds of others.
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Who You’ll Work With
At Echoing Green, we have a front row seat to the with the most innovative ideas driving social progress across the world. We are fired up about our Fellows; we are their advocates and their biggest champions.
Reporting to the , The Talent & Office Operations Manager will oversee the day-to-day management of our New York office and contribute to shaping the culture at Echoing Green. This is a hybrid role, requiring 4 days per week in our NYC office to ensure a seamless, welcoming, and dynamic workspace. This person will ensure the office is a welcoming, efficient, and well-maintained environment, acting as the primary point of contact for staff, visitors, and vendors, and contributing to onboarding and employee engagement .
What You’ll Do
As the Talent & Office Operations Manager, you will lead key work streams that include:
Office Management
- Serve as the go-to person for Echoing Green’s NY office, managing relationships with building management and vendors (custodial, security, maintenance, etc.)
- Ensure the office is stocked, organized, and equipped to meet the needs of staff. This includes managing supplies and overseeing space reservations.
- Oversee reception services, acting as the first point of contact for staff, visitors, and partners, ensuring a welcoming environment for all.
- Support office safety and compliance by managing fire drills, maintenance, and other building-related processes.
- Assist new hires with navigating the office, including workspace setup, technology training, and tours.
- Manage the flow of incoming/outgoing mail and deliveries, ensuring smooth handling
- Collaborate with other assistants to coordinate guest visits and special events in the office.
- Work closely with our IT partners to troubleshoot basic tech issues and ensure the office's technology infrastructure runs smoothly.
- Lead office-based activities and gatherings that foster connection and engagement among staff.
Talent Operations
- Coordinate interview scheduling, meetings, and logistics during the hiring process.
- Support the new hire onboarding process, ensuring everything is ready for an employee’s first day.
- Partner with the Talent team and hiring managers to organize new hire equipment and pre-boarding logistics.
- Work with the Finance team to ensure accurate entry of new hire information into our HR systems.
- Support talent-related administrative tasks and employee engagement initiatives as needed.
Salary: 85,000/year
Echoing Green offers a full benefits package designed to support employee wellness.
Echoing Green Benefits Package:
- Generous Time Off: Up to 27 days of paid time off per year
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Best-in-class health insurance, covering medical, dental, and vision needs
- Parental Leave: 16 weeks fully paid parental leave
- Well-Being Stipend: $100/month to support your personal wellness
- Wireless Stipend: $100/month for wireless expenses
- Professional Development: $1,350 per fiscal year to invest in your growth
- Retirement Savings: 403(b) plan with employer matching up to 7% of your annual salary (after your first year)
At Echoing Green, we celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ, gender non-conforming & non-binary, women, veteran, multilingual, and other underrepresented persons in senior leadership to apply, even if they may not meet every listed qualification. Diverse perspectives drive innovation, and we are dedicated to building a team that reflects the richness of the global community.
What We Do
For more than 30 years, Echoing Green has been on the front lines of solving the world’s biggest problems, raising up the transformational leaders willing to speak truth to power and challenge the status quo.
We find emerging leaders with the best ideas for social innovation as early as possible, and set them on a path to lifelong impact. We are the best at what we do, and have the trust, experience, and results to prove it. Our community of almost 1,000 social innovators includes past Fellows like first lady Michelle Obama, the founders of organizations like Teach for America and One Acre Fund, and major public figures like Van Jones. Built and refined over 30 years, our process discovers tomorrow’s leaders, today.
We find, fund, connect, and support a new generation of social impact leaders. The work we do has the power to change communities for the better around the world.
Echoing Green has been ahead of the curve for more than 30 years, supporting visionaries around the world who are transforming economies, and pursuing racial and gender equity, environmental sustainability, and more. Echoing Green’s unparalleled community of talent consists of nearly 800 innovators who have launched Teach For America, City Year, One Acre Fund, SKS Microfinance, Public Allies, and more. The organization provides seed-funding and leadership development to a new class of Fellows every year and welcomes them into its lifelong community of leaders.
Echoing Green accelerates talent that will change the world for the better.
