OSPA Associate

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Position Summary: 

The Office of the Secretary and Party Affairs (OSPA) is responsible for planning and executing all official party business involving the membership of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). In addition to facilitating the Party’s presidential nominating process, OSPA oversees the institutional affairs of the Democratic Party, including the DNC general sessions, four standing committees, and maintaining the Party’s Charter and Bylaws. OSPA is also responsible for all the technical logistics required to execute events including, managing vendor relationships, building staffing plans, and conducting event space walkthroughs. The OSPA Associate provides operational and administrative support to the Office of the Secretary and Party Affairs. This role reports jointly to the Events and Party Affairs Directors.

Responsibilities: 

• Support the execution of daily workflows, scheduling, tracking deliverables, and troubleshoot operational hurdles.
• Prepare meeting agendas and ensure timely completion of departmental memos.
• Assist with venue and vendor sourcing through RFP research for DNC and Standing Committee meetings.
• Draft and send member mass communications via email and peer-to-peer texting.
• Monitor all incoming external communications, ensuring all inquiries are tracked and routed to the appropriate team members for response.
• Maintain and track meeting supply inventories, proactively creating restock lists to ensure all operational needs are met ahead of major events.
• Helping coordinate informative trainings to internal and external stakeholders
• Manage the weekly reporting cycle by drafting status updates, distributing them to the team, and maintaining the master departmental archive.
• Provide travel and logistics support as needed, including booking transportation and lodging.
• Other duties as assigned to support the department and the DNC's mission.

Qualifications:

• Strong writing and administrative skills
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities
• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills
• A work ethic that is detail-oriented and self-motivated
• Experience working within diverse coalitions and managing the needs of multiple internal stakeholders simultaneously.
• Ability to distill complex logistical plans into clear instructions for staff and volunteers.

Salary: The starting salary for the OSPA Associate position is $60,000.00, on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This is a full-time, exempt position, that may require work on weekends and some travel during some parts of the year. This position is in the bargaining unit represented by SEIU Local-500.

Due to federal campaign finance rules, only U.S. citizens or U.S. green card holders are eligible for this role. See 52 U.S.C. 30121; 11 C.F.R. 110.20(i).

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

Benefits:

• The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:
• Generous paid time off, including federal holidays and open leave
• Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee
• Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase
• Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan
• Pre-tax flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents