School Specialty is an education company that provides innovative and proprietary products, programs, and services to help educators engage and inspire students of all ages and abilities. Through leading brands, School Specialty designs, develops, and provides PreK-12 educators with the latest and very best curriculum, supplemental learning resources, and classroom basics. Working in collaboration with educators, School Specialty reaches beyond the scope of textbooks to help teachers, guidance counselors, and school administrators ensure that every student reaches his or her full potential. Executive Administrative Assistant As an important member of School Specialty, you will provide advanced administrative and secretarial support to the Group President and Group Executive Management Team. Responsibilities of this role include: general administrative duties including coordination of meetings/events, travel, filing, and maintains office procedures and incidental office duties. You will function as a liaison between the corporate departments and divisional brand teams including information tracking, compiling, clarification resolution, summarization and dissemination of information. You will also provide knowledge and direction in development of presentations, spreadsheet, word document and project plans. Requirements: must have 3+ years of Executive Secretarial experience. Polished executive assistant with professional maturity and previous corporate environment experience required. Ability to effectively interact with senior level management and maintain a high level of confidentiality is required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and good writing and grammatical skills (i.e., for generating and editing memos) needed. Must be extremely detail-oriented and possess strong communication and organizational skills, innate sense of humor is a plus. Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and involvement is critical. Candidates must be flexible enough to work overtime if needed. Candidates must also be willing to travel between primary office in Cambridge MA and Science office in Nashua NH. Qualified candidates should apply by emailing your resume/salary history attached as a WORD document to careers.science@schoolspecialtiy.com and type your name (last name, first name) AND Job Code: EXADM in the subject line of the e-mail. Please, no phone calls. School Specialty, Inc. is a Drug Free Workplace. All applicants are subject to a drug screen as a condition of employment. School Specialty Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer www.schoolspecialty.com |