Executive Assistant to CEO

Northern Virginia/Hybrid
$85,000 – $100,000

If you’re an Executive Assistant who takes pride in keeping senior leaders organized, focused, and prepared for what’s next, this opportunity offers the chance to make high-value contributions behind the scenes. Join a values-driven nonprofit where you’ll serve as a close collaborator to the CEO, managing competing priorities, coordinating complex logistics, and ensuring executive operations run with precision. This is more than a traditional support role, it’s an opportunity to become an integral support member of the leadership team, helping drive organizational initiatives while working in a collaborative environment that values professionalism, growth, and service. If you enjoy anticipating needs, solving problems before they arise, and serving as a trusted point of contact for executive leadership, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

Oversee the CEO’s ever-changing calendar, balancing strategic priorities, meetings, travel, and organizational commitments with exceptional attention to detail.
Coordinate meetings, senior strategic planning sessions, board activities, and special events by preparing agendas, briefing materials, presentations, and follow-up documentation.
Serve as a trusted liaison between the CEO and internal and external stakeholders, managing communications with professionalism, diplomacy, and sound judgment.
Arrange domestic and international travel while coordinating meeting logistics, visits, and other executive engagements from start to finish.
Monitor key initiatives, deliverables, and executive priorities, proactively following up to ensure projects and commitments remain on track.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

Join a mission-focused organization with ties to the real estate industry dedicated to creating lasting, positive impact within the communities it serves.
Enjoy a collaborative culture that values employee voice and development.
Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a hybrid work schedule.

What We’re Looking For:

Accomplished. You bring five or more years of experience supporting C-suite executives or senior leadership in a fast-paced, professional environment. Professionals with real estate industry and board experience will stand out!
Intuitive. You stay several steps ahead, recognizing priorities, identifying potential challenges, and resolving issues before they become obstacles.
Discreet. You exercise exceptional judgment when handling confidential information and represent executive leadership with professionalism and integrity.
Coordinated. You excel at managing multiple priorities, coordinating complex schedules, and keeping projects moving without missing the details.
Strategic communicator. You know when to listen, when to speak up, and how to manage upward with professionalism to ensure the CEO remains informed, prepared, and focused on what matters most.

The salary listed reflects the anticipated compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, qualifications, location, business considerations, and internal equity. Final offer amounts are determined at the employer’s discretion.

To apply, please send a resume to resume@hawthornelane.com.

Essential to Hawthorne Lane’s success is our ability to attract talent from a range of backgrounds. Our network reflects the diverse community around us, and we believe in a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed. Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.