Leadership Assistant

DPR Construction; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction enables select leaders to focus on strategic priorities by managing complex schedules, communications, and confidential information. Anticipates needs and proactively addresses standard and varied challenges, ensuring seamless daily operations and minimizing disruptions.

Strengthens organizational effectiveness by fostering strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, representing leadership with professionalism and discretion.

Qualifications

• 4 - 6 years of experience in business administration or executive support.
• CAP certification preferred.
• High School Diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates routine and non-routine calendars, meetings and events for select leaders, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and timely communication.
• Manages confidential correspondence, documents, and information with the highest level of discretion and professionalism.
• Prepares, reviews, and edits executive-level presentations, reports, and communications to support decision-making and strategic initiatives.
• Liaises with senior leaders, board members, clients, and external partners to facilitate effective communication and follow-up on critical action items.
• Tracks travel arrangements and expense reporting for executives, ensuring accuracy and compliance with organizational policies.
• Implements and refines moderately complex administrative processes, identifying opportunities for greater efficiency and consistency across executive support functions.
• Supports onboarding and mentoring of administrative team members, sharing expertise within the team.

Skills

Calendar management

Executive support

Relationship building

Discretion

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Summary:

Enables select leaders to focus on strategic priorities by managing complex schedules, communications, and confidential information. Anticipates needs and proactively addresses standard and varied challenges, ensuring seamless daily operations and minimizing disruptions. Strengthens organizational effectiveness by fostering strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, representing leadership with professionalism and discretion. Drives process improvements and implements leading practices to optimize executive support and enhance team productivity. Contributes to a culture of excellence and collaboration by modeling adaptability, accountability, and a commitment to high-quality service.

Key Responsibilities:

Coordinates routine and non-routine calendars, meetings and events for select leaders, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and timely communication. Manages confidential correspondence, documents, and information with the highest level of discretion and professionalism. Prepares, reviews, and edits executive-level presentations, reports, and communications to support decision-making and strategic initiatives. Liaises with senior leaders, board members, clients, and external partners to facilitate effective communication and follow-up on critical action items. Tracks travel arrangements and expense reporting for executives, ensuring accuracy and compliance with organizational policies. Implements and refines moderately complex administrative processes, identifying opportunities for greater efficiency and consistency across executive support functions. Supports onboarding and mentoring of administrative team members, sharing expertise within the team.

Education Qualifications:

High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience required.

Work Experience:

4 - 6 years of experience in business administration, executive support, or a related field required.

Certifications and Licenses:

Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) certification preferred.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek. Explore our open opportunities at www.dpr.com/careers. The DPR family of companies is closing the gap between design and construction with an integrated collection of products and services to build smarter, move faster and achieve strong results.

Our approximately 11,000 employees share a commitment to growth, innovation and building great things—great teams, great careers and great projects that change the world.

DPR is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at DPR are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical or mental disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, medical history or genetic information, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. DPR will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Read more in our EEOE Policy.

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