Administrative Assistant

•      Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

•      Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

•      Excellent interpersonal skills; strong written and verbal communication skills; demonstrate consistent, professional communication

•      Ability to handle highly sensitive, confidential and non-routine information

•      Ability to maintain high standards, adapt to unexpected events, work well under pressure, prioritize and multi-task in a deadline driven environment

•      Strong knowledge of general business, corporate and government cultures

•      Self-starter with excellent anticipation and follow up skills

•      Demonstrates dependability and sense of urgency about results and execution.

•      Demonstrates high degree of integrity, professionalism, diplomacy and discretion.

•      Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels

•      Comfortable working in a sometimes hectic, high pressure environment

•      Must have excellent judgment; independent thinker and resourceful

·        Team player with a positive attitude

Skills:

•      Provides administrative support in a complex team environment which includes 5 to 8 VP attorneys and legal business professionals

•      Provides back-up coverage for the department’s for other groups

•      Coordinates internal/ external meetings and conference calls

•      Handles a high volume of phones calls and interacts with high level business leaders in a professional and effective manner

•      Maintains complex and extremely detailed calendars and prioritizes meeting requests and related logistics.

•      Maintains understanding of firm policies and handles certain issues independently

•      Responsible for other administrative duties (copying, filing, faxing, archiving)

•      Coordinates and works on other assigned ad-hoc projects

•      Provides back up phone coverage for other members of the department

Education:

HS Diploma