Hiring for immediate start.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Insight Economics is a leading economic consulting firm that provides expert analysis in legal and business settings. Our consulting team works on complex and interesting projects with top-tier law firms and industry-leading clients, from growing businesses to Fortune 500 companies to leading universities across a variety of industries. Our work includes analysis of economic valuation and damages in matters involving intellectual property, damages, competition, antitrust, and much more. Our clients demand consistently excellent, in-depth and timely analysis, expressed in a clear and persuasive way. They depend on us to distill complex issues and communicate our results effectively in courtrooms and boardrooms across the country. Insight's work is deeply rooted in a commitment to expertise and excellence by all team members at every level. Our team is our greatest resource, and we benefit collectively through skill development, growth opportunities, and mentorship.
Operationally, Insight Economics has been built with effective scaling in mind. Insight utilizes vendors that are capable of scaling with our growth in Experts and Consultants, with the goal that the operations team can be more thoughtful about creating an optimal environment for economic consulting. Insight seeks an Operations Assistant to join the team to help manage a range of operations processes for future growth of the company.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We promote professional growth for each team member, recognizing each individual's unique abilities, circumstances, and career-path preferences. The Operations Assistant will have the opportunity to work directly with the leadership team on a variety of operational endeavors to support Insight's consulting practice. Areas where the Operations Associate will contribute include:
Successful candidates are those that take pride in their work, are proactive and independent thinkers, and have an overall good-natured personality.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain Salesforce database by ensuring accurate entries of projects and contacts which are used for business development, conflict checks, and upkeep of expert materials.
- Set up and assign projects and team members for project billing in TimeSolv.
- Develop, review, and summarize key findings from reports related to marketing, culture, and human resources (both orally and in writing).
- Assist in drafting internal and external communications for employee surveys, company-wide emails, press releases, publications, social media and other communications.
- Update and organize SharePoint with new folders and files related to operations, projects, and employee resources.
- Manage and analyze company vendors for usefulness, reliability, and accessibility.
- Coordinate and execute various remote and in-person team gatherings.
- Handle recruiting logistics such as registering and preparing for career fairs, posting and reviewing job applications, assisting with interview logistics, and supporting onboarding.
- Aid external IT service provider with new device setups, user troubleshooting, data backups, password management, and implementation of IT related projects.
- Various administrative tasks required by the Operations team to support the consulting team.
QUALIFICATIONS
An Operations Assistant should be well-rounded with outstanding operational skills and a desire to learn. We are especially interested in individuals that can work efficiently with team members in different locations - and therefore have strong communication skills and have the ability and a desire to utilize technology to create an efficient working environment. Other requirements include:
- 2-3 years of experience in a similar administrative role
- Degree preferably in Business, Operations, Management, or a related field.
- Minimum Major and Overall 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
- Experienced in Microsoft Office software and SharePoint online.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to move multiple projects along simultaneously.
- Capable of working under tight deadlines.
- Proficiency using WordPress is a plus.
- Prior experience with Salesforce is a plus.
- Located in North Carolina with hybrid of in-office and remote work (currently 3 days in-office, 2 days flexible working location).
- Position is available immediately.