Application Guide
How to Apply for REMOTE PART TIME EXECUTIVE & DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
at One Fair Wage
🏢 About One Fair Wage
One Fair Wage is unique as a national organization specifically focused on eliminating subminimum wages through a multi-pronged approach combining worker mobilization, employer engagement, and narrative-shifting research. Working here offers the opportunity to directly impact wage justice for low-wage workers, particularly in the restaurant industry, while being part of a remote team dedicated to racial, social, and economic justice.
About This Role
As a Remote Part-Time Executive & Development Assistant, you'll support organizational leadership and development efforts through administrative tasks, research assistance, and writing projects. This role is impactful because you'll help advance campaigns to raise wages nationwide while gaining exposure to nonprofit operations and advocacy strategies in a flexible, remote environment.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve coordinating executive calendars across time zones, drafting correspondence or research summaries on wage policies, assisting with development database management, and participating in virtual team meetings focused on campaign strategy. You'll balance administrative support with substantive work that advances the organization's mission to raise wages for low-wage workers.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who One Fair Wage Is Looking For
- A current graduate student or recent graduate with an undergraduate degree who can demonstrate excellent writing skills through academic or professional samples
- Someone with restaurant industry experience who understands the specific wage challenges in that sector, combined with knowledge of community/labor organizing principles
- An organized, detail-oriented individual living in US time zones who can manage multiple tasks remotely while showing clear commitment to racial and economic justice
- A computer-savvy learner who can quickly adapt to new systems and tools needed for remote nonprofit work
📝 Tips for Applying to One Fair Wage
Explicitly mention your availability for US time zone work hours despite being based in Germany, addressing potential scheduling concerns upfront
Include specific examples of how you've demonstrated commitment to racial/social/economic justice, not just stating it as a value
Highlight any restaurant industry experience prominently, even if it was brief or informal, as this is noted as 'a major plus'
Showcase your organizational skills with concrete examples of managing multiple projects or administrative systems remotely
Tailor your writing samples to demonstrate both professional communication skills and understanding of wage justice issues
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Your specific understanding of One Fair Wage's campaign to end subminimum wages and how your skills align with their multi-strategy approach", 'Concrete examples of your organizational abilities and computer skills in remote work settings', "How your background (academic, professional, or personal) demonstrates commitment to the organization's racial, social, and economic justice mission", 'Any restaurant industry experience or knowledge of labor organizing that makes you particularly suited to support their work']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → One Fair Wage's current state-level campaigns and recent legislative victories regarding minimum wage increases
- → The organization's specific research publications on tipped workers and subminimum wages
- → Their employer engagement programs and partnerships with restaurants paying fair wages
- → Recent media coverage of One Fair Wage's work and key organizational leadership
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying without addressing how you'll manage US time zone requirements while based in Germany
- Generic statements about social justice without specific examples relevant to wage issues or the restaurant industry
- Focusing only on administrative skills without connecting them to the organization's mission and advocacy work
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!