Executive Assistant Senior

Highmark Health; Coal Valley (PA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network seeks an experienced Administrative Assistant to provide comprehensive secretarial support to senior executives. Responsibilities include managing calendars, coordinating meetings and travel, preparing documents and presentations, and handling high-level communication with internal and external contacts.

The role requires strong MS Office skills, 5–7 years of relevant experience, and meticulous organizational abilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school graduate or equivalent, plus job-related training.
• 5-7 years prior job-related experience.
• Demonstrated Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint & Office Grammar/Spelling experience/skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and decision making skills.
• Preferred Associate’s Degree.

Responsibilities

• Manages calendars to include arranging meetings, appointments and travel arrangements for Executives.
• Creates, types, and edits correspondence, prepares documents and presentations for meetings.
• Reads and prioritizes incoming mail and routes or responds as needed.
• Provides research and administrative support to special projects with data and reports.
• Establishes and maintains a filing system and assists with department budget tracking.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Office Grammar/Spelling

Judgment/Decision Making

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate’s Degree (preferred)

Job description

Company : Allegheny Health Network

Job Description :

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Provides administrative and secretarial support to Senior Executives; performs a wide range of administrative duties; handles multiple assignments simultaneously, and develops tracking system. Facilitates overall working relationships with management throughout the Health Network as well as external contacts.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages calendars to include arranging meeting, appointments and travel arrangements. Prioritize and use judgment in managing schedule conflicts and changing demands on Executive’s time. Coordinate and schedule meetings and appointments for Executive to ensure effective use of management resources. (50%)
• Creates, types, and edits correspondence, prepares documents, compiles material for presentations, prepares presentations and communication packages. Complete necessary meeting materials in time for scheduled meeting. In this capacity, regularly engages in variety of contacts inside and outside organization, interacting with high level management and physicians. (20%)
• Reads and prioritizes all incoming mail, assigns work, routes, responds, and initiates informational requests. (10%)
• Initiates and responds to informational requests including policies, procedures and regulations, report preparation, and correct source for answers. Provide research and administrative support to special projects, preparing data, reports, analysis and follow‑up on projects in a timely manner. Compose correspondence, memos, and reports as instructed (including various patient and employee service excellence correspondence). Take dictation and/or transcribe from handwritten material or tape recorder. Type, format and proofread a variety of materials including correspondence, memos, reports, charts, statistics, minutes of meetings, etc. (10%)
• Establishes and maintains a filing system including correspondence, board reports, confidential files, and accounting records for department expenses. (5%)
• Assist with preparation, tracking, and management of the department's budget. Coordinate and track work flow, schedules, projects, and committee decisions through the department or hospital to ensure that paperwork is complete/accurate/appropriate, and follow‑up services are provided in a timely manner. Prepare various paperwork (contract coordination form, personnel requisitions, purchase requisitions, authority for payment vouchers), and ensure that payment/reimbursement is made and follow‑up when necessary. (5%)
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum High school graduate or equivalent, plus additional job related training.
• 5 - 7 years prior job‑related experience.
• Demonstrated Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint & Office Grammar/Spelling experience/skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and decision making skills.
• Preferred Associate’s Degree.

Disclaimer

The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

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This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies. As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

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Highmark Health is a national, blended health organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Highmark Health’s 35,000 employees serve millions of customers nationwide through the nonprofit organization’s affiliated businesses, which include Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental, HM Health Solutions and HM Home & Community Services. Highmark Health’s businesses proudly serve a broad spectrum of health‑related needs including health insurance, health care delivery, population health management, dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, and innovative, technology solutions.