Assistant To The President

Description

Directs the administrative support operations of the President's Office and provides administrative assistance to the President. Assumes major administrative support responsibility and initiative to prepare materials for meetings; attends meetings, drafts correspondence and monitors and follows through on unresolved issues. Responds to a wide variety of questions and issues, and takes initiative to refer questions and requests to the most appropriate institution or outside official. Coordinates a wide variety of projects and follows through with high-level officials within and outside the organization. Manages office staff, delegates assignments and supervises all work assuring the highest quality standards. Education and Experience: Bachelor degree or equivalent experience and 5 to 7 years executive secretarial and administrative background. Ability to deal with diverse groups of individuals and situations with a high degree of tact and diplomacy. Employees in this classification typically analyze, compare and evaluate various courses of action and have the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance, free from immediate direction, within the scope of their responsibilities. Primary activities and decision making authority are predominantly performed independently affecting business operations to a substantial degree. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.