Personal Assistant (Travel Required) to Principal at Private Foundation

A private foundation in Washington, D.C. is seeking an eager and enthusiastic personal assistant to provide high-end executive support to its founding Principal with a white-glove touch. As the Personal Assistant to this Principal, you will serve as a trusted partner, providing seamless support across personal, household, travel, health, and administrative matters.

This role requires exceptional flexibility, discretion, and emotional intelligence, with the ability to anticipate needs, adapt to changing priorities, and deliver personalized, white-glove service.

Operating as a key team member with the principal, colleagues, and vendors, you will be a crucial resource and point of contact, fostering strong relationships and ensuring seamless coordination across all aspects of daily life.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive personal, administrative, and logistical support to ensure the smooth management of daily personal and professional priorities.
• Coordinate schedules, meetings, appointments, travel, and communications, adapting plans and logistics as needs change.
• Support health and well-being by managing appointments and related logistics.
• Oversee household operations, including vendor and contractor management, expense tracking, invoicing, purchasing, household inventory, and overall maintenance of both personal and office space.
• Manage personal errands, shopping, gifts, mail, pet care, clothing care, and other day-to-day personal responsibilities.
• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, create detailed itineraries, and provide travel support as needed.
• Collaborate with colleagues to provide event support, assisting with space preparation, and day of logistics.
• Ensure an organized, efficient, and well-supported environment that enables the principal to focus on work, relationships, and overall well-being.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Employees enjoy competitive compensation and generous benefits which include health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and more.
• This opportunity is fully onsite in the Washington, D.C. office, which is accessible via public transportation. The office is pet-friendly, so comfortability around animals is essential!
• Flexibility to travel with the Principal is required.

What We’re Looking For

• Administrative experience. You have at least five (5) years of prior experience providing personal assistant support to a principal(s). Candidates who have a bachelor’s degree will stand out!
• Thorough and thoughtful. You have exceptional organizational and time management skills, often taking a proactive approach to work, anticipating needs with ease.
• Committed to quality. You thrive as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment, and are resourceful, independently working to address conflicts as they arise. You are dependable and flexible to be available after standard business hours if an urgent need arises.
• Systems skilled. You are proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite and can easily learn new software/technology as needed.
• Emotional intelligence. You are comfortable navigating high expectations, working with diverse stakeholders, and balancing firmness with tact.

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.

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.