Cottage Health seeks an Executive Assistant responsible for providing independent administrative support and develop workflow process and systems with minimal supervision and direction. Responsibilities include:
- Communication: Prepares routine correspondence (letters, memoranda, reports, minutes, etc.) and edits to assure grammatical accuracy and professional presentation.
- Sends out agendas prior to meeting, takes minutes, transcribes the information and distributes the minutes.
- Coordinates meetings, travel arrangements and other duties or projects as needed for members of the department and other duties or projects as needed.
- Performs administrative and executive support including answering telephones, processing all incoming and outgoing mail, managing calendar, coordinating meetings, arranging travel, filing, faxing and copying, etc.
- Coordinates gathering of input, documents, etc. from single sources for reports and presentations.
Serves as liaison for the department.
This is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees will be required to perform any job, with related instruction given by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
QualificationsAll job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
Preferred: AA Degree
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Required: Minimum 60 wpm keyboarding/typing speed Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook skills
YEARS OF RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Required: 5 + years related experience
Skills Required
- Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook skills
- Minimum typing speed of 60 words per minute
- At least 5 years of related work experience
- Associate degree
Cottage Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cottage Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Cottage Health.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for the area and often described as fair or among the best locally. Noted examples of meaningful raises over time reinforce the perception of market-aligned compensation.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as very good, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision alongside robust mental health resources. Wellness supports like an EAP, onsite fitness/yoga, and incentives enhance overall value.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Distinctive programs such as substantial down‑payment assistance, workforce‑affordable housing, wellness dollars, and onsite childcare broaden total rewards beyond core insurance. These offerings are positioned to help offset local cost pressures and support daily life.
Cottage Health Insights
What We Do
Mission Statement: To provide superior health care for and improve the health of our communities through a commitment to our core values of excellence, integrity, and compassion. Founded in 1888, the not-for-profit Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has been serving the community for more than 125 years. Cottage Health, formed in 1996 as the not-for-profit parent organization of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and its affiliated Cottage Children’s Medical Center, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital, is guided by a volunteer board of directors from the greater Santa Barbara community and provides the residents of the Central and South Coast with exemplary health care, continuous improvements in medical practice, and a commitment to our communities.
