
Executive Assistant ( Project Management)
- South Bend, IN
- $33.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Energize the customer relationship: Our clients are our partners. We make their goals our own, working side by side to turn challenges into solutions.
- Success starts with me: Personal ownership fuels collective success. We each play our part and empower our teammates to do the same.
- Commit to learning: Every win is a springboard. Every hurdle is a lesson. We use each experience as an opportunity to grow.
- Dare to innovate: We challenge the status quo with creativity and innovation as our true north.
- Better together: We check our egos at the door. We work together, so we win together.
- Manage calendars and scheduling of meetings, both virtually and in person.
- Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements and itineraries, including flights, hotels, and rental cars.
- Preparation of expense reports and tracking of reimbursements.
- Prepare and coordinate meeting materials, presentations, and agendas.
- Plan, coordinate and facilitate internal and external meetings and track action items to completion.
- Work within spreadsheets, reports, and databases.
- Supports the SPARC Team in managing logistics for client and non-client related onsite and virtual meetings. This includes scheduling calls, meetings and onsite visits. For onsite visits, ensures all requirements for rooms, meals, materials and attendees are met.
- Serves as primary contact for SPARC Team for questions related to logistics, material needs or to aid in connection with client team; attends internal and external engagement planning calls.
- Supports client engagement material development using standard templates. Anticipates material needs and prepares initial drafts based on project roadmap and engagement planning meetings. Works with identified departments to assure brand standards and emerging capabilities are captured correctly. Finalizes presentations including proofreading, design and compliance with PG standards.
- Supports analytics using Excel and Press Ganey tools as required for engagements.
- Execute independently or manage strategic projects that require an enterprise view, communication, and close collaboration with key leaders.
- Organize, plan, or manage certain meetings, allowing the team to act engage in the discussion or to focus on additional priorities.
- Monitor and interpret significant industry and client experience trends, in collaboration with other key stakeholders.
- Maintain relationships with senior leaders and serve as an internal advisor on complex topics.
- Provide wide-ranging insight based on industry acumen or organizational insight to help arrive at solutions to major challenges.
- Lead drafting and compiling of team, client and org-wide communication. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to refine messaging and test delivery before shared by identify leader (or released).
- Support to industry councils and strategic client events as appropriate.
- 5+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, preferably supporting C-level executives
- Ability to work in person at our South Bend, IN office (hybrid – 3 days per week)
- Requires excellent written and verbal communication, organizational and interpersonal skills. In addition, an extensive knowledge of computer software applications, including all products in the Microsoft Office Suite, spreadsheets and database management is required.
- Must be able to use sound judgment and discretion and must demonstrate professionalism and initiative to drive organizational processes.
- Must be able to work independently with minimum supervision while being adaptable and versatile in a constantly evolving business.
- Must be able to initiate and complete projects independently, accurately and often under deadline pressure.
- Must be reliable and proactive and maintain attention to detail, follow-through, organizational and prioritization skills with excellent grammar and proofreading skills. Ability to work independently and with a broad range of people to support programs and projects.
- Experience in a similar role or a background in healthcare preferred but not required.