DEKA R&D has an immediate opening for an Administrative Assistant with excellent verbal and written communication skills and a strong proficiency with Microsoft Office. Must have a high level of understanding and respect for confidentiality. The position is a contract role reporting to the Project Manager with the potential to hire long term.
How you will make an impact:
- Administrative help in all facets of the organization
- Calendar management, scheduling and coordinating travel arrangements for multiple employees
- Creating and editing MS PowerPoint presentations
- Expense reporting and other administrative tasks as needed
- Copying, scanning and filing documents
- Assisting in the preparation of shipments via 3rd party delivery service
- Managing and ordering office supplies as needed
- Organizing and planning team events
Skills needed to be successful:
- 1+ years experience as an Administrative Assistant or similar role
- Excellent computer skills
- Mastery of Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Experience with travel arrangements and calendar management
- High level of written and oral communication skills
- Able to work in a complex environment
- Problem solving capabilities with an ability to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Ability to work in a deadline driven environment
- Ability to multi-task
- Exceptional attention to detail
About DEKA:
One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research & Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.
Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.
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What We Do
DEKA is one of the leading research and development companies in the country and is the birthplace of some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time. For over thirty years, DEKA Research & Development Corp. has made Manchester, New Hampshire home. Located about an hour from Boston, the beach, and the mountains, we are situated in the beautiful and historic Amoskeag Millyard buildings located in downtown Manchester.
DEKA continues to be a place where no idea seems too big and where creativity and crazy cool gizmos reign supreme. The engineers, technicians, machinists, designers and all of the other folks who make up DEKA are some of the most creative and innovative professionals you could ever hope to meet. It's a place where one crazy idea can end up being the next greatest invention. At DEKA we embrace the spirit of innovation and constantly aim to turn the impossible into a reality.
DEKA is filled with people who are driven to be among the best and brightest in their field of work. It’s a concentrated bunch of really smart thinkers, doers and problems solvers, who are driven to using innovative design solutions and state-of-the-art technology to improve lives. We all see endless possibilities in the power of technology to do good. Employees have the opportunity to work on diverse projects that have a positive, enduring impact on millions of people worldwide. We are growing! We're always seeking passionate individuals to join our growing team of evolved thinkers.
