Employment Opportunities

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) seeks skilled and energetic professionals for several full-time positions (see below for full descriptions of each position). NASI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a full-time staff of 14. As a membership organization, NASI is comprised of approximately 900 of the nation’s leaders and experts in the interdisciplinary field of social insurance. Our office is located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

NASI’s mission is to promote understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security and a vibrant economy. Social insurance encompasses broad-based systems that help workers and their families pool risks to avoid loss of income, due to retirement, death, disability, or unemployment, and to ensure access to health care.

NASI values and encourages professional growth and development. Staff members receive ongoing training to help build capacity and improve performance. Other professional development opportunities are based on your areas of interest.

The National Academy of Social Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Current Openings: Applications are no longer being accepted.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security. Its office is in Washington DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood with easy access to Metro’s Red Line and many bus routes.

Position:  Administrative Assistant
Type:  Office Work
Team:  Operations
Status: Part-Time, 20 hours per week, M-F
Supervisor:  Director of Communications/EVP
Wage: $11.00 per hour

The National Academy of Social Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, economic status, or disability.

Summary: The Administration Assistant is an integral part of NASI’s Operations Team.  The Administration Assistant has key responsibilities that help keeps NASI’s small office functioning smoothly.  S/he is supervised by the Director of Communications, with training and assignments on other special projects from other NASI staff and vendors.  The Administrative Assistant sits at the reception desk of NASI and, as such, is the first welcoming face in the office suite.

Qualifications: The position requires a strong attention to detail, excellent problem solving and organizational skills, good communication skills (oral and written), good typing skills, ability to lift up to 20 lbs, familiarity with Microsoft Office, spreadsheets and databases, and the ability to manage several tasks simultaneously.  We will train on all NASI processes, databases, and software.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Front desk: Keeping the reception area tidy -- and all publications displays current -- for guests, vendors and meetings.
2. Keeping the conference room area tidy and set up AV as needed for meetings using that feature of the conference room.
3. Answering the telephone, coordinating with other staff scheduled for lunchtime backup, and setting and retrieving telephone messages in the system’s general mailbox;
4. Making extension updates on the telephones and other system reconfiguration, as needed;
5. Troubleshooting the printer and copier systems as issues arise and work with the designated contractors for these systems;
6. Replacing toner, paper, and staples in printers and copier
7. Keeping an inventory of supplies and ordering supplies before depleted;
8. Maintaining the NASI storage map used in inventory of supplies, publications and archives;
9. Watering the plants in the common areas at least weekly.
10. Sorting incoming mail for an office of 11 staff and handling and tracking postage for outgoing mail;
11. Updating office forms and internal lists, as needed;
12. Communicating NASI’s needs to the management personnel in the building; and
13. Working on other special projects as assigned.

Interested parties should send resume, cover letter, and 3 references to nasi@nasi.org with Administrative Assistant in the subject line.