Administrative Assistant
Administrative / Office
Herndon VA Contract To Hire Oct 17, 2024
Employment Enterprises, Inc. is currently working with a large student career and technical organization. We are searching for an Administrative Assistant that will support the Chief of Staff and provides assistance to the with resource development, meetings, personnel, and office administration activities. Must be capable of both in-person and remote work. Some travel may be required. This is a direct hire position located in Herndon, Virginia. The targeted pay rate is $20.00-$23.56 per hour.

Administrative Assistant Responsibilities:
  • Provide support to Chief of Staff including, but not limited to: calendar maintenance, managing meeting requests from staff and partners, expense reimbursements, and other tasks as requested.
  • Field calls that come in for the Chief of Staff and the main organization line and direct calls appropriately.
  • Review/edit documents as requested.
  • Manage needs as requested by the Chief of Staff.
  • Manage Chief of Staff's conference schedules, materials for travel, and book travel accommodations.
  • Assist with administrative duties in preparation for national conferences, planning meetings, and training at national conferences.
  • Prepare and ship materials for conferences.
  • Take weekly department meeting notes and send to the team.
  • Generate informational mailings as approved by the Chief of Staff; and, other duties as assigned.
  • Answer phones for the organization, assist customers, and direct calls appropriately.
  • Develop and assist with production, packing, and distribution of reports, mailings, and workshop materials.
  • Assist with program award and scholarship processing and receiving returned documentation.
  • Assist with recruiting workshop and review committee participants, members, and volunteers. 
  • Assist in promoting opportunities in Fast Facts and social media.
  • Assist with the preparation of meeting materials for the National Executive Council (NEC).
  • Maintain Survey Monkey reports, update and compile data as needed.
  • Assist with administrative duties of the National Officer Candidate election process.
  • Processing of expenses for NEC, LTT, and others as requested.
  • And other tasks as needed.
Administrative Assistant Requirements:
  • Two plus (2+) years' experience in all facets of administrative support.
  • Tech-savvy with intermediate skills in MS Office applications, databases, and presentation software.
  • Demonstrated ability to master new applications quickly.
  • Consistently demonstrates positive customer service orientation.
  • Works collaboratively with other staff and teams.
  • Has the technical knowledge and skills to perform responsibilities effectively.
  • Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and manages conflict effectively.
  • Exhibits a consistently high leveof attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Highly organized, uses time efficiently, and consistently meets deadlines.
  • Able to sepriorities for routine work.
  • Demonstrates initiative in maintaining regular workload and assisting others as time permits.
  • Able to develop and implement basic process improvements for various routines and systems.
  • Demonstrates strong business writing skills and edits documents for errors, grammar, and content. Writes business correspondence and other documents clearly and professionally.
  • Able to integrate long-term assignments effectively along with routine, daily work
What we offer:
  • Client provides a comprehensive benefits package, which encompasses a wide range of offerings such as health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement contributions, as well as paid leave for sick days, annual leave, maternity/paternity leave, and holidays. Detailed information on these benefits will be provided to candidates during the application process.

“Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Employment Enterprises, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, assign, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, U.S. Veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.”

Employment Enterprises, Inc is the parent company of Temporary Solutions, Inc. Temporary Solutions is a workforce solutions company based out of 10550 Linden Lake Plaza, Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20109. You can reach our recruiters about this job and more at 703-361-2220 or email recruiters@eeihr.com.

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