Location: Silver Spring, MD

TransitionGuides, Inc. (www.transitionguides.com) seeks a dynamic, energetic, and highly professional search associate to provide superior executive search support on our engagements with nonprofits. 

A national consulting firm, TransitionGuides focuses its work exclusively on nonprofit organizations. Headquartered in Silver Spring, MD (with associates in Atlanta, Denver, Greensboro NYC-area, San Francisco and Seattle), TransitionGuides’ team of 16 professionals lead executive search and transition engagements as well as sustainability and succession planning projects. TransitionGuides helps nonprofits recruit and hire excellent leaders, increase thier capacity to deliver thier missions, and ensure sustainability.

Reporting to the EVP of search & operations, the search associate will partner with the project lead consultant to help us find exceptional leaders for great causes. To see a complete position profile including all duties, please CLICK HERE.

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of outstanding people/customer service skills, professionalism, energy, attention to critical details, and a passion for the importance of nonprofit organizations in our communities and our world.  Ideal candidates will possess the following skills and attributes: excellent communications skills: writing, speaking and listening; be comfortable interacting with individuals at top levels of nonprofit, government, and private industry; be detail oriented and an excellent time manager; able to advance multiple searches simultaneously; be a  team player – able to partner with project leads, interact with other associates, and guide researchers/interns; be an organized “do-er” who is able to prioritize and efficiently leverage the scarce resource of time. A Bachelor’s degree is required. The ideal candidate will also be IT competent – experienced with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), virtual communications technologies (Skype, WebEx), and database/crm systems. Someone with knowledge of nonprofits is preferred.

The Search Associate will be based at TransitionGuides’ office in Silver Spring, MD.  The role may involve occasional travel to client sites within the Baltimore-Washington, DC region. TransitionGuides offers a competitive benefits package and salary commensurate with experience.  TransitionGuides values the diversity of the nonprofit community we serve and seeks to continually engage a diverse team.

Application Process: Email cover letter, resume and salary requirements to assoc@transitionguides.com.  For other inquiries contact Don Tebbe at TransitionGuides, (240) 813-4681. Resume reviews begin immediately.