This position is responsible for providing executive support for Defenders’ Senior Vice President of Operations and Senior Vice President of Conservation Programs & General Counsel; in addition to providing day-to-day support to the Operations departments, including Integrated Marketing, Human Resources, Information Technology and Facilities. This position includes a wide variety of responsibilities including drafting/editing privileged correspondence, providing confidential support to the two senior vice presidents, and overseeing vendor invoicing and records retention. The position backs up and provides assistance to the Executive Assistant in the Office of the President during critical events (e.g. board meetings; vacations, etc.) and serves as backup to the Facilities team. This