Administrative Assistant – Customer Technology Solutions (Atlanta, GA)

Southern Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Medical and dental coverage

Defined Pension/Cash Balance Benefit

Performance-sharing plan

401(k) plan with a generous company

Bonus opportunities

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Southern Company Services – Electric Customer Technology Solutions is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support the Georgia Power Corporate Headquarters team in Atlanta. The role provides travel coordination, scheduling, expense reporting, and collaboration-site management for leaders across the department.

Responsibilities include meeting logistics, time-entry assistance, onboarding support, and maintaining confidentiality while fostering an inclusive, efficient office environment in a

Qualifications

• Experience with travel arrangements and expense reporting.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 tools and SharePoint/Teams.
• Experience supporting Executives and Leaders.

Responsibilities

• Support up to 5 leaders with travel and expenses.
• Manage collaboration sites (Teams/SharePoint) for the department.
• Coordinate logistics, agendas, meetings, and catering.
• Oversee conference rooms and scheduling for meetings and planning sessions.
• Assist with time entry, interview logistics, onboarding, and confidentiality.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Travel coordination

Expense reporting

Executive support

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Administrative Assistant – Customer Technology Solutions

Southern Company Services – Electric Customer Technology Solutions

This position will be located at Georgia Power Corporate Headquarters in Atlanta, GA

Position Summary

The Administrative Assistant position supports the Electric Customer Technology Solutions organization. Reporting to the Director of Customer Technology Solutions, this role assists the Customer Technology Solutions team and provides local support in Georgia across the PD and Customer Technology department. Additionally, this position is part of the broader Electric Customer Technology Solutions Admin team, ensuring consistency and coverage for leadership support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Supporting up to 5 CSM Technology Solutions leaders with travel arrangements and expense reporting as required.
• Managing the Customer Technology Solutions leadership collaboration sites, including Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
• Coordinating logistics, agendas, scheduling, catering, and internal/external meeting support for department, leadership, and offsite meetings.
• Overseeing conference rooms and their scheduling, anticipating and resolving scheduling conflicts, and ensuring smooth coordination of department and quarterly Program Increment planning meetings.
• Assisting with time entry tasks, including sending reminders, clarifying processes, and reviewing entries to ensure manager approvals are complete.
• Providing support for the hiring process for leaders, including interview scheduling and logistics, candidate packet preparation, onboarding support, I-9 verification, and related confidential administrative coordination.
• Promoting a diverse and inclusive environment that encourages positivity and collaboration within the department and with partners.
• Coordinating office facilities, managing procurement of supplies, and maintaining responsibility for SOCO equipment inventory, tracking, and related administrative records.
• Building strong internal relationships with administrative peers and supportive teams such as Fooda, Security, Facilities, and other business partners; providing backup support for other Electric Technology Solutions Admin team members as necessary.
• Handling mail distribution for the floor.

Education

High school diploma or GED required

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Experience

• Experience with business expense processing, timekeeping, and travel arrangements required
• Experience with Microsoft Suite required
• Experience planning/coordinating large group meetings and/or corporate events
• Prior experience supporting Executive (e.g. CEO, CFO, CHRO, etc.) and/or Senior (e.g. Directors, Vice Presidents) Leadership

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Exhibit “Our Values” – Safety First, Intentional Inclusion, Act with Integrity, Superior Performance
• Positive Attitude – Maintain a steady positive attitude during times of change offering support and encouragement to team members to do the same.
• Proactive – Must be on the look-out for preventing problems and challenges and be able to independently operate within broad guidelines. Recommend solutions for process improvement and bring innovative ideas to the team.
• Teamwork- Must be able to work with the team, including peer administrative representatives, the leadership team and business unit personnel across the company
• Detail oriented - Demonstrate attention to detail in efforts to produce a quality work product including expense reporting
• Efficient - Must be skilled in delivering work products with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness
• Demonstrate organization and time management skills.
• Technology – Demonstrate proficient computer skills in Microsoft SharePoint content management and access control, Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with the technical ability to troubleshoot basic conference room technology, workstations, and related equipment needs.
• Demonstrate the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrate passion and energy for planning and coordinating team events that create connections for the team while working in a hybrid environment.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Excellent benefits packages which includes:
• Medical and dental coverage
• Defined Pension/Cash Balance Benefit Plan
• Performance-sharing plan
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match
• Bonus opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement

About Southern Company

Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .

Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.