Executive Assistant for Veteran Organzation

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Executive Assistant to the Executive Director

Veterans Without Orders is looking for an experienced problem-solver to join our 100% all volunteer team as the Executive Assistant. This position is remote but must live in the Kansas City area and reports directly to the Executive Director. The service commitment preferred is no less than 2 years

The Executive Assistant (EA) will provide administrative support to the board and ED by conducting research, preparing reports, handling information requests and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, arranging conference calls and scheduling meetings.

To do this role properly the candidate should have a detailed understanding of the full Microsoft Office suite, be extremely fast at solving problems and have experience as an executive or administration assistant in the past.

Candidates must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, a professional and resourceful demeanor, the ability to work both independently and as a team player, and a desire to take initiative and manage numerous projects simultaneously.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an executive assistant or other relevant administrative support experience.
• In-depth understanding of entire MS Office suite.
• High school diploma required; associate’s degree preferred
• Ability to organize a daily workload by priorities.
• A self starter
• A proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making skills.
• Professional level verbal and written communications skills.

Primary Responsibilities

• Preparing memos, letters, and other documents.
• Handling basic bookkeeping tasks.
• Filing and retrieving corporate records, documents, and reports.
• Helping prepare for meetings.
• Accurately recording minutes from meetings.
• Using various software, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software.
• Reading and analyzing incoming memos, submissions, and distributing them as needed.
• Experience as a virtual assistant.
• Opening, sorting and distributing incoming emails, and other correspondence.
• Provide general administrative support.