About this role
Overview
Kimley-Horn is looking for an Communications Administrative Assistant to join our team in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC)! This is not a remote position.
Responsibilities
- Provide administration support for team members: meeting scheduling, expense reporting, shipping, filing, ordering catering, and other similiar activitites
- Manage the online Kimley-Horn store: selecting items, maintaining inventory reports, revolving issues, and other similar activities
- Maintain online photography database (OpenAsset): uploading, labeling, and organizing
- Support special projects and initatives: sourcing and procuring gifts, maintaining and editing spreadsheets, meeting project deadlines, maintaining confidentially
- Sustain relationships with third-party partners and vendors: printers, suppliers, etc
Qualifications
- Self-sufficient with ability to work independently
- Flexible with changing deadlines and priorities
- Capable of managing and balancing multiple tasks/priorities with a sense of urgency
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills across vendors, partners, peers, and leaders
- Positive, collaborative, and client-oriented attitude
- Ability to learn new tasks and/or software programs quickly
- Ability to effectively partner with team members and other administrative staff
- Ability to respond quickly and efficiently to requests for assistance
- Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), including advanced Outlook calendar management and Word mail merges
- Ability to create detailed spreadsheets in Excel with formulas, manage data entry, and organize files in SharePoint
Why Kimley-Horn?
At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 18 years!
Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn
- Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
- Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
- Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
- Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.
Other facts
About Kimley-Horn
Kimley-Horn is one of the nation’s premier planning and design consulting firms. With 9,000+ staff members in more than 140 offices across the U.S., we offer full services in a wide range of disciplines.
Clients know us for the creativity of our solutions and the sense of urgency we bring to each and every project. We take a clients’-eye view of our work, planning and designing to accomplish the client’s goals in the most effective manner.
A quality workplace is equally important to us, and the unique benefits we bring to our staff have been recognized by Fortune magazine (“100 Best Companies to Work For” and "100 Best Workplaces for Millennials") and Civil Engineering News (#1 “Best Civil Engineering Companies to Work For”).
What you'll do
- The Administrative Assistant will provide administrative support for team members, manage the online store, and maintain the photography database. They will also support special projects, sustain relationships with vendors, and handle various administrative tasks.
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