Executive Assistant/ Senior Administrative/ Senior Admin

22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
$26.70/hr. on w2 without benef
United States, Rhode Island, Providence
Apr 24, 2025
Job Title: Executive Assistant/ Senior Administrative/ Senior Admin Pay rate: $26.70/hr. on w2 without benefits. Location: Providence, RI, 02903 Duration: 6+ Months (With possibility of extension) Role & Responsibilities: To serve as a private secretary to a director or assistant director of a state department or agency; to relieve such official of important administrative details; to handle correspondence and other routine matters; and to do related work as required. To serve as a private secretary to a director or assistant director of a state department or agency. To relieve such official of important administrative details such as: arranging his conferences and meetings with other state officials as well as representatives of other public, private, professional organizations; answering all types of verbal and written inquiries of an administrative nature which do not involve complex interpretations of departmental or agency policies and procedures; and reviewing correspondence, memoranda, statements, forms and records for content and compliance, with administrative policies and procedures, signing all such documents as authorized on his behalf. To be responsible for routine office matters such as: composing, independently, all kinds of correspondence not requiring administrative judgement and interpretation of the policies and rules and regulations of the department or agency and signing such correspondence; obtaining information or material needed by the department or agency head in answering correspondence, conducting telephone conversations, preparing speeches or in formulating new methods or procedures; initiating and receiving personal and telephone contacts with the responsibility of making appointments, answering requests for administrative information, interviewing callers and referring them through the proper channels and conferring with other employees in the department or agency to solve problems relating to coordination of work and other matters in order to relieve the administrative official of as much detail as possible; and maintaining confidential departmental or agency files. To perform complex word processing and data entry functions utilizing sophisticated word processing software programs including but not limited to, Excel, Access, and other advanced word processing programs and data entry methods and procedures. To generate reports, documents, letters and other materials using appropriate software applications. To organize data and formulate methods for data presentation based upon needs and requirements. As required, to supervise and review the work of a small clerical staff or act in an advisory or consulting capacity to this staff. To perform other routine clerical tasks incidental to the work of the office. To do related work as required. Required Skills: A thorough knowledge of office methods, practices, procedures and terms; a thorough knowledge of business English; a working knowledge of commercial arithmetic; the ability to perform complex data entry/word processing functions with reasonable speed and accuracy ; the ability to generate reports, documents, letters and other materials using appropriate software applications The ability organize data and formulate methods for data presentation; to the ability to handle, independently, routine but important administrative details including the composition of important letters and memoranda The ability to exercise a high degree of initiative and judgement The ability to understand and follow complex written or oral instructions The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other state departments or agencies, public and private organizations and departmental or agency personnel; and related capacities and abilities. Required Experience: Experience working in an administrative or office setting. Experience performing complex data entry or word processing functions Experience and familiarity using common office software Experience developing and maintaining working relationships with other state departments or agencies, public and private organizations and departments Experience organizing and presenting data. Experience handling, independently, routine but important administrative details including the composition of important letters and memoranda