Senior Executive Assistant

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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Real Estate • Social Impact • Hospitality
The Role
Provide high-level personalized administrative support to the Chairwoman, including complex calendar and travel management, correspondence, project oversight, supervising an assistant, event logistics, preparing reports/presentations, handling confidential information, and providing concierge and family-office related services.
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POSITION SUMMARY:
The Executive Assistant to the Chairwoman is the personal assistant to the principal, providing personalized administrative support in a well-organized and timely manner.
ESSENTIAL POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor’s degree (minimum) – business related field preferred
  • 7+ years experience in specific executive administrative support capacity
  • Extremely detail oriented and organized
  • Exceptional organizational abilities, proactive problem-solving, adaptability, and strong verbal/written communication.
  • Advanced to Expert level abilities with Microsoft Office products
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • A minimum of 3 years’ experience with project oversight and/or supervisory/personnel management
  • Business acumen, i.e. experience owning or running a business
ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Calendar, Meeting, and Professional Management: 
  • Managing complex schedules, coordinating across time zones, and arranging meetings.
  • Manage and maintain subscriptions, organization memberships, and licenses
Management
  • Ability to manage and collaborate with another executive assistant
  • Comfortable with someone reporting directly to this role
Communication:
  • Professionally handling emails, screening phone calls, and serving as the primary gatekeeper for the executive.
  • Process mail and respond to routine correspondence
  • Able to take comprehensive messages when not available
  • Liaison between Chairwoman, organization and family, household staff, etc.
  • Compose thank you notes to all guests
  • Compose letters for distribution and gifts
  • Mailing books to various friends, family, and colleagues
  • Coordinate staff birthday gifts
  • Coordinate personal donations, correspond with organization, and maintain calendar for annual donations
  • Maintain all contracts
Travel & Logistics: 
  • Coordinate all  travel arrangements and special events with an eye to comfort/convenience as well as cost
  • Organizing comprehensive travel itineraries and managing expense reports.
  • Candidate must be open to travel with the executive if needed
  • Provide concierge services to the Chairwoman
Strategic and Technical Support:
  • Preparing reports, presentations, conducting research, and overseeing special projects.
  • Advanced to Expert level abilities with Microsoft Office products to include MS Word, Excel,
  • Access, Outlook, PowerPoint: intermediate to advanced abilities with Intuit products
Confidentiality: 
  • Managing sensitive company, personal, and personnel information with discretion
  • Maintain  private files
  • Scanning documents as necessary
OTHER DUTIES INCLUDE:
  • Flexible
  • Process special orders 
  • Provide organization the Chairwoman's office
  • Perform additional duties as assigned by the Chairwoman
  • Understands reporting structure of the individual and organization
  • Previous family office executive experience is a plus
  • Perform additional duties as assigned by the Chairwoman
Benefits (Full-time Employees): 
  • Paid time off
  • 401K
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Business-related field (preferred)
  • 7+ years executive administrative support experience
  • Minimum 3 years project oversight and/or supervisory/personnel management
  • Advanced to Expert level Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint)
  • Intermediate to advanced abilities with Intuit products
  • Exceptional organizational, verbal and written communication, and proactive problem-solving skills
  • Extremely detail oriented and organized
  • Ability to manage and collaborate with another executive assistant and supervise direct reports
  • Willingness and ability to travel with the executive and coordinate complex travel
  • Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive personal and personnel information with discretion
  • Business acumen, e.g., experience owning or running a business
  • Previous family office executive experience
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