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Executive Assistant
Support Skillsoft’s Executive Leadership Team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. This person will partner with and work cross-functionally with the ELT along with external stakeholders. This experienced individual will use discretion and diplomacy to support the functional leadership. This person must exhibit excellent time management, logistics planning, organization, and attention to detail to ensure flawless execution of multiple priorities. The ideal candidate will be highly self-motivated with exceptional communication skills, sound judgment, follow through and impeccable work ethic.
Department Specific Responsibilities/Projects:
- Coordinating and planning travel related to internal and offsite events for the ELT.
- Communicating and establishing collaborative working relationships with the ELT, Senior Leaders and external stakeholders.
- Maintain and distribute monthly/weekly/daily reports using Microsoft Excel.
- Coordinating various calls, meetings, and notes for the ELT.
- Stay on top of and help prioritize and streamline key processes requiring ELT attention and approval.
- Partner with the ELT to support the needs and priorities of the group.
- Work independently and within teams on special, nonrecurring, and ongoing projects.
- Act as a project manager for special projects associated with the department.
OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS:
- Provide administrative support as required including but not limited to, maintaining calendars, coordinating travel arrangements, preparing, and submitting expense reports.
- Schedule and coordinate complex meetings bringing together geographically dispersed teams via technology and travel, managing logistics, and documenting follow up activities.
- Function as "gatekeeper", creating win-win situations that maximize business efficiency and productivity.
- Utilize the full suite of Microsoft office products to prepare high quality correspondence, reports, and presentations.
- Act as a true partner and assistant, preserving the confidentiality of information related to the organization and teams.
- Develop understanding of the business priorities and goals for the functions; use knowledge and understanding in prioritizing meeting requests.
- Research, compile, summarize, and analyze information to make decisions, find answers, and respond to various substantive inquiries requiring technical/functional knowledge.
- Implement ongoing process improvements using technology and best practices to help the organization reach our goals
Skillsoft delivers online learning, training, and talent solutions to help organizations unleash their edge. Leveraging immersive, engaging content, Skillsoft enables organizations to unlock the potential in their best assets – their people – and build teams with the skills they need for success. Empowering 36 million learners and counting, Skillsoft democratizes learning through an intelligent learning experience and a customized, learner-centric approach to skills development with resources for Leadership Development, Business Skills, Technology & Development, Digital Transformation, and Compliance.
Skillsoft is partner to thousands of leading global organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company features three award-winning systems that support learning, performance and success: Skillsoft learning content, the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform, which offers measurable impact across the entire employee lifecycle. Learn more at www.skillsoft.com.
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Skillsoft is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer: It is the policy of Skillsoft (US) Corporation to provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability (mental or physical), protected veteran status, genetic information or any other class protected by law.
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Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is a global leader in corporate digital learning, focused on transforming today’s workforce for tomorrow’s economy. The Company provides enterprise learning solutions designed to prepare organizations for the future of work, overcome critical skill gaps, drive demonstrable behavior change, and unlock the potential in their people. Skillsoft offers a comprehensive suite of premium, original, and authorized partner content, including one of the broadest and deepest libraries of leadership & business skills, technology & developer, and compliance curricula. With access to a broad spectrum of learning options (including video, audio, books, bootcamps, live events, and practice labs), organizations can meaningfully increase learner engagement and retention. Skillsoft’s offerings are delivered through Percipio, its award-winning, AI-driven, immersive learning platform purpose built to make learning easier, more accessible, and more effective. Learn more at www.skillsoft.com.
Skillsoft provides a comprehensive selection of cloud-based corporate learning content, including courses, videos, books, and other resources on Leadership Development, Business Skills, Digital Transformation, Technology & Developer, and Compliance. Percipio’s intuitive design engages modern learners and its consumer-led experience assists in accelerating learning.
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We are all about “Making Work Matter” and strongly believe in the life changing impact of learning. Our team is passionately focused on helping people achieve their fullest potential through learning and development. We are always looking for game changers wanting to make an incredible impact within a purpose driven environment.
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