Sr Administrative Secretary- Full time- Michigan State University Agreement

Note: A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be included as the first page of your resume.

• We are seeking a highly organized, experienced, and proactive Senior Administrative Assistant to join our dynamic, high-functioning partnership team.
• The Senior Administrative Assistant will be based at the Henry Ford Health Detroit campus and will support the Henry Ford + MSU chief administrative officer, chief financial officer, and senior advisors as well as occasionally the Henry Ford + MSU president, when at the Detroit campus.
• The ideal candidate has exceptional organizational, time management, and interpersonal communication skills.
• As a senior administrative assistant, you anticipate needs, proactively solve problems, multitasks effectively, and are service oriented. 
• As a key professional member of the team, you will foster connections between MSU and Henry Ford and contribute to the overall growth and success of the partnership. 
• We are looking for a self-motivated, forward-looking assistant with a passion for our mission to transform health and who is energized by cultivating trusting relationships and a strong team culture based on mutual respect and belonging.
• This position is an on-site opportunity with the potential for limited remote work.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Requires a High School Diploma or a G.E.D. equivalent.
• One year certificate from college or technical school with at least three (3) years of experience within an office setting; or five (5) or more years of related secretarial experience within an office setting required.
• Previous experience scheduling appointments/maintaining calendars required.
• Progressively more responsible related work experience necessary in order to gain in-depth understanding or organizational policies, procedures and operations, in order to assume a variety of high-level administrative details including arranging meetings and conferences without prior clearance, answering semi-complex correspondence, assembling highly confidential and sensitive information, answering questions of influential callers, and so forth.
• Interpersonal skills necessary in order to effectively communicate with external and internal callers and visitors, often dealing with sensitive/highly confidential matters.
• Analytical skills necessary in order to handle semi-complex administrative details such as preparing special non-recurring reports by combining confidential data from several sources, and scheduling and handling administrative/secretarial needs of supervisor.