Senior Administrative Assistant

HireTalent; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

HireTalent is seeking a Senior Administrative Assistant to support leaders and teams in a fast-paced environment in Beaverton, Oregon. You will manage complex calendars, coordinate travel, plan meetings and handle expense reporting with budget awareness.

The role requires a 3+ year track record in administration, strong communication, and meticulous organization. You’ll collaborate across stakeholders, adapt your style to support executives, and protect confidential information while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of administrative work experience required.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with senior level executives.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment with times of high ambiguity.
• Proven ability to organize, prioritize and handle highly confidential information with high attention to detail.
• Previous experience working with and tracking budgets is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel) and virtual meeting tools (Zoom / MS Teams). Experience with Keynote a plus, not required.
• Experience with AI tools like Chat GPT or Microsoft Copilot a plus, not required.
• Ability to occasionally work outside of core business hours.

Responsibilities

• Complex Calendar Management: Scheduling appointments, meetings, and conferences for the leaders you support, managing conflicts and coordinating with other teammates leaders as required
• Booking Travel Arrangements: Booking flights, accommodations, and transportation for leaders you support, including managing itineraries and necessary documentation.
• Planning Meetings and Events: Securing event space as necessary and handling budgeting, catering, agenda planning, scheduling, reminders, and working with external parties as needed.
• Preparing Expense Reports, tracking budgets and purchase orders: Preparing expense reports, tracking budgets, and processing invoices or purchase orders for vendors as required.
• Document Preparation & Organization: Producing, editing and reformatting documents and email correspondence. This could include updating organizational charts, creating PowerPoint or Keynote presentations, and/or team session agendas/work session run of shows.
• Communications – Writing/drafting communications and coordinating approvals; manage distribution lists as needed.
• Coordinate Team Space Planning, Workspace Moves: Partner with stakeholders to organize moves.
• Budget Tracking: may assist leader with tracking of expenses
• Special Projects: Assisting with project planning, tracking progress, and deadlines
• Team & Culture Building: Work with the leader to build team connections and events
• Support team plans, projects, activations or other deliverables
• Serve as the main point of contact for administrative questions
• Provide coverage for other leaders as needed

Skills

Excellent follow up skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

Powerpoint

Keynote

Job description

Minimum required years of experience: 3+

Education requirements: No, Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.

Must have skills:

• Excellent follow up skills

Nice to have skills:

• Powerpoint, Keynote

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Administrative employees help teams around the world keep up with the company’s rapid pace.

They act as liaisons embedded in business functions and geographies. Their talents — problem solving, organization, time management and more — help fuel the success of their leaders and their teams. Our clients community of administrative assistants embody professionalism, resilience, agility, emotional intelligence and exemplify the best of client’s culture modeling client's core values to leaders, teammates, and guests.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Senior Administrative Assistant who has a proven ability to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment. You have a high learning agility, strong organization skills and high attention to detail. Having strong communication and time management skills, you are able to prioritize across multiple tasks, set expectations across a variety of stakeholders and take initiative to follow-through on requests through completion. You can work independently or as part of a team and know how to adapt your style to most efficiently and effectively support the leaders and businesses you are lined up against.

WHAT YOU BRING TO CLIENT:

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• Minimum of 3 years of administrative work experience required
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with a variety of personalities including senior level executives
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, results-oriented, team environment with times of high ambiguity
• Proven ability to organize, prioritize and appropriately handle highly confidential and sensitive information
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to follow-through on requests until completion with a high attention to detail
• Previous experience working with and tracking budgets is strongly preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel) and virtual meeting tools (Zoom / MS Teams). Experience with Keynote a plus, not required.
• Experience with AI tools like Chat GPT or Microsoft Copilot a plus, not required.
• Ability to occasionally work outside of core business hours

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Complex Calendar Management: Scheduling appointments, meetings, and conferences for the leaders you support, managing conflicts and coordinating with other teammates leaders as required
• Booking Travel Arrangements: Booking flights, accommodations, and transportation for leaders you support, including managing itineraries and necessary documentation.
• Planning Meetings and Events: Securing event space as necessary and handling any budgeting, catering, agenda planning, scheduling, reminders, and working with external parties as needed.
• Preparing Expense Reports, tracking budgets and purchase orders: Preparing expense reports, tracking budgets, and processing invoices or purchase orders for vendors as required.
• Document Preparation & Organization: Producing, editing and reformatting documents and email correspondence. This could include but will not be limited to updating organizational charts, creating high quality graphic and text PowerPoint or Keynote presentations, and/or team session agendas/work session run of shows.
• Communications – Under the leader’s direction, write, contribute and/or edit draft communications, involve appropriate stakeholders and gain final approval. May manage distribution lists and send communications on the leader’s behalf.
• Coordinate Team Space Planning, Workspace and/or Equipment Moves: Partner with the appropriate stakeholders to organize individual or departmental moves
• Budget Tracking: may assist leader with tracking of expenses
• Special Projects: Assisting with project planning, tracking progress, and ensuring deadlines are met as needed by the team and/or leader you support
• Team & Culture Building: You will have the opportunity to work with the leader you support to help the team build connections to each other, their leader, the environment and client through a variety of ways – staff meetings, team building activities, offsites and the physical workspace they come to day-in and day-out.
• Support team plans, projects, activations or other deliverables as needed
• Serve as the main point of contact for administrative questions from the team
• Provide coverage for other leaders where temporary administrative needs exist