Job Title: Executive Assistant and Project Officer
Job Summary
This role is crucial to the successful operation of our organization, serving as a key liaison point, coordinating priority projects, and ensuring timely and efficient delivery of executive support functions.
The Executive Assistant and Projects Officer will be responsible for:
* Coordinating and managing high-priority projects
* Providing exceptional executive support, including scheduling, correspondence, and documentation management
* Conducting research, preparing reports, and presenting relevant data
* Managing internal and external communications on behalf of senior leaders
* BUILDING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY
About You
To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:
* Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
* High-level written and verbal communication skills
* A proactive and solutions-focused approach to work, with a commitment to continuous improvement
* SOUND JUDGMENT AND ABILITY TO HANDLE CONFIDENTIAL AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION APPROPRIATELY
* Experience coordinating and implementing multiple projects simultaneously
* Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes
* FLEXIBILITY AND ABILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND PRIORITIES
About Our Organization
We are home to some of the most remarkable people from across the world: visionaries, influential leaders, researchers, and advocates creating impact and change nationally, regionally, and globally.
Our community is motivated to seek wicked problems. We connect divergent thinkers to explore and pose solutions that cross traditional interdisciplinary and global boundaries.
We have evolved from our foundational strength in systems thinking, reaching beyond traditional fields. This systems approach embraces our core strengths and is shaped around four focus areas: Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechatronics. Join us in our fundamental quest of discovery and passionate pursuit of knowledge that goes beyond our lived world.