Administrative Assistant

Primary Skills: Administrative Assistant
Location: San Jose, CA (Remote until COVID restrictions are lifted)
Duration: CTH (Contract to Hire or Full Time)

Requirement:
Calendar Management: Manages calendars by prioritizing schedules and meetings.

For example, may decide who gets on principal’s calendar, which meetings are attended, and who can attend in his place.

Meeting Planning and Organizations: Assists Director and senior leaders in planning and organizing meetings by taking responsibility for assembling the agenda, location, meeting technology (WebEx, TP) based upon participant needs, and all other meeting logistics.

May further prepare meeting briefing documents by taking and disseminating notes and formulating post meeting action item lists.

Correspondence/Approvals: Supports Director by acting as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized.

Answers general questions as necessary and refers (filters) routine matters to appropriate parties and follows up to ensure accurate disposition.

Travel: Responsible for making travel arrangements for the principal.

Carefully considers and decides the optimum travel arrangements and itinerary for calendared meetings while managing Client expenses.

Special Projects: Provides analytical support to assist Executive on special projects.

Researches issues, analyzes problems, compiles data, and prepares reports.

In addition to the general administrative duties of an Administrative Assistant, daily tasks are carried out at a higher level of complexity.

This includes researching issues, analyzing problems, determining approaches, compiling data and preparing reports.

Work is generally of a critical and confidential nature.

You will responsible for crafting successful outcomes for our customers by producing consistent end-to-end architectures, solutions, software technologies and tools.

The software and technologies we build covers products that span across all of Clients core routing and switching platforms, powering the world’s largest networks.

This position offers a great opportunity for you to make an impact in the networking industry, learn and for us to learn from you.

Come join us if you would like to be a part of a team that gets things done and has fun in the process!

Must Have:
6+ years’ experience in an administrative environment.

A minimum of two years of experience supporting a principal who was at the Director level and above.

Great attention to detail and the maturity to handle confidential information Advanced knowledge of Mac/Windows desktop computer applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Desired Skills
Past work experience in the high-tech industry is desired Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate with all levels of Executive/Senior staff and clients.

Collaborative style, with excellent teamwork.

Solves problems and makes decisions.

Demonstrates leadership.

Works in an organized and disciplined manner.

Advanced desktop calendar management program experience.

AA Degree preferred
To follow up with any questions, please contact Parshuram at 408-907-6956.

Akraya is an award-winning IT staffing firm and the staffing partner of choice for many leading companies across the US.

We offer comprehensive benefits including Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision), Cafeteria Plan (HSA, FSA, and dependent care), 401(k) (enrollment subject to eligibility), and Sick Pay (varies based on city and state laws).

If this position is not quite what you’re looking for, visit akraya.com and submit a copy of your resume.

We will get to work finding you a job that is a better fit at one of our many amazing clients.

Akrayais committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law.

Akraya is an equal opportunity employer; committed to a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.