Morningstar Learning Center (MLC) Overview: MLC is a nonprofit early education provider in Big Sky, Montana. Our mission is to develop and connect young families and children in Big Sky by providing reliable childcare, quality early learning, and supportive resources from planning through parenthood. We are a full-time, year-round, state-licensed childcare center serving ages 6 months through 6 years. MLC invests in the personal and professional growth of staff and prioritizes providing a safe and enriching learning environment for our students.

Position Overview: The Administrative Assistant is responsible for supporting MLC’s Executive Director with financial administration, fundraising and donor engagement and operations management. We are looking for someone who loves the details, makes a sport of organization, and will be an eager and cooperative administrative team player. The person in this role will directly support the Executive Director with MLC housing, fundraising, and other administrative tasks. This is a year-round, part-time, hourly position with an expected 20-hour workweek from Monday through Friday, with occasional evening and weekend responsibilities for events. Position is a combination of both onsite and remote responsibilities.

Competencies and Expectations: The right candidate will be able to communicate effectively and professionally, be a team player working independently but also balancing team and individual responsibilities, be dependable and demonstrate flexibility and adaptability, skilled in organizing, prioritizing, tracking and managing multiple tasks in varying levels of complexity, lead with kindness and empathy, take initiative, exercise strong judgment and be a proactive problem solver!

Education and Experience: We prefer to have someone with non-profit management experience and some level of higher education with 3-5 years of administrative experience.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Housing available
• Salary Range $25.00-27.80
• MLC part-time employee benefits include an annual $300 wellness stipend, SIMPLE IRA with up to 3% employer match, paid holidays and time off, and paid professional development opportunities