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 & Requirements

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