Executive Assistant - Department of Neurosurgery

UNC Health; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 29,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health seeks a highly skilled Executive Assistant to provide high‑level administrative support to the Department Chair and Associate Chair of Administration in the UNC Department of Neurosurgery. This role also supports additional faculty and clinical providers, managing demanding schedules with confidence, discretion, and professionalism.

You will handle calendar and travel logistics, screen communications, prepare high‑level documents, coordinate meetings, and oversee event planning.

Qualifications

• Two years of progressive administrative or office management experience.
• Ability to communicate with confidence at leadership level.
• Discretion in handling confidential information and sensitive data.
• Proficiency with office software, calendar systems, and presentation design.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensive calendar & travel management for the Department Chair, Associate Chair, and faculty.
• Screen calls, mail, emails; route inquiries and draft responses as needed.
• Prepare high-level documents and correspondence on behalf of leadership.
• Organize confidential files and ensure materials are current and accessible.
• Prepare meeting materials, agendas, and minutes for executive meetings.
• Coordinate meetings, distribute materials, and manage recordings/minutes.
• Lead department event planning; support evening/weekend events as required.
• Mentor and guide administrative staff and coordinate space allocations.

Skills

Calendar management

Travel coordination

Executive support

Screening communications

Document drafting

Information management

Meeting coordination

Minutes preparation

Event planning

Presentation design

Office software

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Office software

Presentation tools

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

The UNC Department of Neurosurgery is seeking a highly skilled, proactive, and polished Executive Assistant to provide comprehensive, high-level administrative support to executive leadership. This key position provides direct support to the Department Chair and Associate Chair of Administration, while also broadening administrative oversight to encompass additional faculty and clinical providers within the department, as necessary. The Executive Assistant, serving as a key leadership conduit, must manage demanding time commitments and intricate schedules with high confidence, discretion, and professionalism.

Work Schedule

Hybrid
Hours: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (with flexibility for additional days in the office based on business needs)

Responsibilities

Executive & Clinical Leadership Support

• Comprehensive Calendar & Travel Management: Manages complex calendar commitments, coordinates strategic meeting schedules, and arranges intricate conference and travel logistics for the Department Chair, Associate Chair, and designated faculty.
• Correspondence & Screening: Screens incoming telephone calls, visitors, mail, and emails for executive leadership. Independently responds to routine correspondence and appropriately routes complex inquiries, communicating directly with patients, faculty, and external stakeholders as needed.
• Document Preparation: Write drafts of letters of support, faculty nominations, complex memoranda, and other high-level documents on behalf of the Chair and Vice Chairs.
• Information Management: Organizes and maintains confidential electronic and paper files, ensuring materials are current, secure, and readily accessible.

Meeting & Committee Coordination

• Agenda & Materials Preparation: Researches, compiles, and prepares materials from multiple sources into unified presentations, briefs, or reports for executive meetings.
• Logistics & Documentation: Ensures agendas and supporting documentation are distributed to attendees well in advance of meetings. Prepares, finalizes, and distributes meeting recordings and official minutes.

Departmental Operations & Event Leadership

• Event Orchestration: Leads the full lifecycle of event development, organization, and coordination for the department. This includes the annual department Holiday Party, faculty retreats, executive dinners, and general department meetings. Note: While the majority of this role occurs during normal business hours, attendance and coordination of select evening and weekend events are required.
• Administrative Team Guidance: Provides crucial backup support, mentorship, and operational guidance to the administrative support team.
• Operational Support: Serves as the department's parking and event coordinator and manages data compilation to assist the Chair and Associate Chair with office space allocations for incoming faculty and staff.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

• High School diploma or GED

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Two (2) years of progressive experience in a clerical, administrative or office management role.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Professionalism & Confidence: Proven ability to communicate and demonstrate confidence at an exceptionally high level regarding all departmental, clinical, and institutional matters.
• Discretion: Demonstrated success in maintaining strict confidentiality and handling sensitive personnel, faculty, and clinical information.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced skills in office support software, presentation design, and digital calendar management systems.
• Adaptability: Ability to balance competing priorities from multiple high-level executives (Chair, Associate Chair, and other clinical faculty) in a fast-paced academic medical environment.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians
Organization Unit: SOM Surg-Neuro
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $20.74 - $29.52 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Hybrid
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
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