GOVERNMENTCIO Communications Analyst/Administrative Salary in the United States

Overview

GovernmentCIO is looking for a Senior Adminstrative Assistant to join our team. The role is to help support the CIO of the Department of Veteran Affairs. 

Responsibilities

Applicant will perform his/her duties within an Information Technology organization for the senior executive leadership within the Office of the CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directly support the Office of the CIO and senior leadership with the core team. Provide high level support requiring broad and comprehensive experience interacting with senior leadership, including skill and knowledge of corporate and federal communications, and VA organization policies. Applicant shall:

• Monitor the personal and the primary organizational email inbox and acknowledge and/or address all emails and inquiries received within 60 minutes of receipt.
• Create, update and maintain stakeholder contact rosters of a key senior executives, and internal and external stakeholders.
• Complete a daily executive status report for the Office of CIO senior executives detailing the locations and availability.
• Perform centralized call management for the office.
• Manage senior executive office access.
• Facilitate urgent contact (calls, meetings, video teleconferences) at the direction of the office senior executives.
• Complete forms and registrations as directed by the office senior executives.
• Support special assignments as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Applicant should have at least 5 years of experience in communications, planning and leadership support, preferably within the Federal work space.
• Experience in a Fortune 10 company preferred.
• Candidate must possess strong communication (oral/written) skills, and strong organization skills.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office and One Note, Acrobat Professional, MS SharePoint and Visio.
• Ability to write clear and concise correspondence.
• Ability to collect, evaluate and interpret complex information, communications and data.
• Ability to think out of the box while communicating or dealing with a variety of situations.
• Clear understanding of the activities, roles, and responsibilities involved in Federal consulting engagements.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• VA Experience
• Experience supporting senior leadership of a large IT organization/Fortune 10 companies
• Proactive
• Detail oriented
• Ability to track efforts to completion
• Coachable
• Organized
• Team player
• Confident
• Ability to handle a high paced environment