POLITICO is looking for a motivated onsite Executive Assistant to support our Global Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and North America HR Team. This role is essential to the success of the HR team and requires a dedicated professional who is passionate about executive support and committed to maintaining a seamless workflow for the CHRO. The ideal candidate is proactive highly organized and can thrive in a fastpaced highimpact environment.
This is a unique opportunity for candidates who finds energy and fulfillment in an inperson office setting. We believe collaboration efficiency and relationshipbuilding happen best when we are together and this role is designed for someone who values direct engagement responsiveness and handson support.
What Youll Do:
- Calendar & Inbox Management: Strategically manage complex calendaring across multiple time zones prioritizing the CHROs intricate schedule ensuring meetings are seamlessly coordinated wellprepared and conflicts are proactively addressed. Oversee and filter inbox communications by organizing emails drafting responses flagging urgent matters for the CHRO and ensuring timely followups.
- Meeting Preparation & Coordination: Anticipate needs and provide thorough preparation for biweekly team leadership meetings monthly global allstaff meetings and highlevel discussions.
- Travel & Expense Management: Coordinate multipart international travel arrangements including flight bookings accommodations transportation and itineraries adhering to the CHROs preferences to ensure seamless logistics. Handle expense reporting and reconciliation guaranteeing timely and accurate expense submissions.
- HR Team & Administrative Support: Provide critical administrative and operational support to the HR leadership team by assisting with document creation presentation editing and data organization. Manage HR team operations project coordination and occasional event planning ensuring that deadlines and followups for the CHRO and leadership team are met.
- Consistent Confidential and Timely Communications: Work closely with the CHRO to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities following up appropriately. Serve as the primary contact of internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to the CHRO including those of a highly confidential or critical nature acting as a trusted liaison managing sensitive information with professionalism and discretion. Prioritize and determine appropriate course of action referral or response exercising judgement to reflect CHROs style and organization policy.
What Youll Need:
- 35 years of experience as an Executive Assistant or similar administrative role supporting leadership
- A strong motivation to work inoffice 5 days a week embracing realtime collaboration and problemsolving.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to multitask in a fastpaced environment.
- Proactive calendar inbox and time management skills with a keen sense of prioritization.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to draft correspondence and presentations.
- Experience handling confidential information with discretion and sound judgment.
- A flexible and positive attitude with a passion for executive support and the ability to anticipate needs before they arise.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
At POLITICO we value integrity collaboration and innovation. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside top executives and contribute to a dynamic HR team. If you are an organized motivated and detaildriven professional who thrives in an inoffice setting we encourage you to apply.
We are driven by our values.We are relentless contributors disruptors of the status quo collaborators talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.
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