Job Details

The Executive Assistant to a Department Chair will coordinate and manage executive scheduling, prepare and organize business materials and plans, and support the preparation of meeting materials. The Executive Assistant assists in the day-to-day operations of the SVP’s office. Responsible for handling incoming calls, greeting and assisting guests and visitors to the Office of SVP. Assists in electronic and paper filing, inventory, calendar, scheduling, and recordkeeping, reports, presentations, and projects (clerical aspects), distribution of mail, and other duties as assigned.  Must be detail oriented.

Job Description

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Manages the SVP’s calendar, including making appointments and prioritizing the most sensitive matters with an understanding of urgent, critical and/or confidential matters.
• Manages individual or department schedule and coordinates meetings with an ability to support complex ongoing meeting processes including capturing minutes and distributing updates and information.
• Manages project plans, scheduling and program reporting requirements on behalf of the SVP.
• Coordinates support for meetings and training events, planning in advance and providing follow up and feedback to SVP and participants.
• Creates correspondence, memos, presentations and/or reports ensuring accuracy and timeliness with completion.
• Answers incoming calls, greets visitors and guests, directing them as appropriate.
• Screen incoming communications; take and deliver accurate messages; respond to requests by gathering and providing information and referring non-routine calls to the appropriate staff.
• Attends required meetings and prepares recording of meeting minutes when appropriate.
• Sustain professionalism and confidentiality with all materials, and exercise caution when interfacing with the other employees.
• Responsible for purchasing within the department budget.

• Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma Required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• A minimum of five years’ experience in an administrative role. Preferred in an Executive Office environment.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Location Address

833 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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