Administrative Assistant in Redmond, WA

4 days a week onsite; Redmond WA
Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week, No OT

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

1. Minimum 3+ years prior MS experience proficient with MS internal tools preferred
2. Minimum 3 years proficiency with MS software, including MS Office and Outlook
3. Minimum 3 years of experience with Calendaring

Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required: 4 years of experience
• Degrees or certifications required: BA/BS degree is desirable, but not required
• Disqualifiers: Candidates without relevant work experience as administrative assistants and less than 12 months remaining on access clock will not be eligible for the role.
• Best vs. Average: The ideal candidate would have experience with MS internal tools, onboarding tasks, planning team events, managing budgets, strong communication and organizational skills.

Typical Day in the Role

• Purpose of the Team: The purpose of this team is responsible for surface products.
• Key projects: The main function of this role is working with a few teams in Quality and provide scheduling assistance to a GM, in a fast-paced environment. Candidate will need to have great attention to details, strong planning, organizational and time management skills, the ability to work independently, and a strong ability to work within a matrix of responsibility.
• Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of calendar management, travel management, onboarding, travel management, event planning.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition

• What makes this role interesting? – The W+D Devices Team makes some of the most beautiful pieces of hardware in the world! Surface Pro, Surface Laptop, Surface Studio, just to name a few! We are redefining the way people see the world and how they get things done. Our business is growing quickly and creating fans all around the world! 

A typical day might look like…

• Proactively managing calendars, making decisions on behalf of the calendar’s owner to prioritize calendar requests based on shifting business priorities to ensure accurate scheduling and appropriate allocation of time
• Partnering with a team of business administrators to support an engineering organization around T&E budgets, employee onboarding, and team events
• Maintaining information with confidentiality
• Manage domestic and international travel plans and agendas
• Onboarding vendor staff
• Onboarding new hires, manage office space
• Preparing and processing expense reports
• Ensuring a timely flow of information and process approvals as appropriate
• Effectively communicating and building relationships with the business support community and business leadership
• Influencing and embracing cross-functional/cultural teams
• Should be able to solve complex problems when they occur
• Ensuring compliance with Client and team policies and procedures
• Being able to think fast, pivot as needed. Flexibility is a must!

We would really like to have you if you have…

• A great attitude and positive approach to people and tasks
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation

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