Administrative Assistant - Career Education Corporation
The Administrative Assistant will provide a wide variety of administrative support to the VP of Admissions. To be successful in this position, the Administrative Assistant will need the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, have strong written and verbal communication skills, be highly organized, and have a strong ability to manage multiple priorities at a given time.
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Provide administrative support to the VP of Admissions
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Organize and coordinate meetings, including but not limited to travel arrangements, catering, transportation, accommodations, meeting participants.
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Performs general clerical duties to include but not limited to: photocopying, faxing, mail distribution and filing
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Creates and modifies various documents using Microsoft Office
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Maintains Outlook calendar(s) in current and accurate status
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Creates / prepares meeting materials (e.g., PowerPoint deck; agendas) and ensure distribution to appropriate individuals in a timely manner
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Schedules, coordinates, and/or set up resources and technology needed for meetings / events
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Coordinates travel arrangements as needed
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Prepares and submits expenses reports as needed
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Records minutes at various meetings and archives them accordingly
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Collects data and synthesizes presentations from various sources and departments for meetings
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Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
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Performs all other related duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, Competencies
- Demonstrate the ability to handle multiple projects/processes simultaneously in order to successfully meet guidelines and deadlines
- High level degree of integrity, professionalism, confidentiality and ability to multi-task a must
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills are essential
- Knowledge of operation of equipment such as PC, computer software, calculators, etc.
- Excellent understanding and application of proper punctuation, spelling and grammar
- Ability to compose correspondence, research and prepare documents
- Must be able to clearly communicate internally as well as externally
- Excellent proofreading skills
Education and Experience: Minimum
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High School Diploma or its equivalent
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3 or more years of experience supporting executive level leaders
Education and Experience: Preferred
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Bachelor’s Degree from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (or international equivalent)