Executive Assistant to the Presiden

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Do you want to be a pioneer in energy efficiency? Business Week named Opower one of the Top 50 Tech start-ups to know about. The Arlington, VA, based company continues to expand their team! We are hiring an Executive Assistant to work with the President.

About the Job

As an Executive Assistant at Opower, you will support and assist the President of a rapidly growing software company. You will coordinate and manage rapidly changing schedules, handle complicated travel arrangements, and manage a high volume of inbound and outbound communications. You will be expected to perform complex administrative tasks, often multi-tasking. You must demonstrate a strong work ethic, strong communication skills, high energy,obsessive organizational skills, and an excellent sense of humor.

Responsibilities

• Scheduling meetings, interviews, and speaking arrangements; making complex travel arrangements.
• Maintaining information, meeting minutes, doing data entry, and logging expenses
• Managing, building, and maintaining contact databases
• Handling research projects, organizing, and filing for the President
• Preparing correspondence and documents for printing and mailing
• Reaching out to people on behalf of the President
• Maintaining awareness of the President's duties, so as to be able to effectively schedule the President's appointments

About You

• You have 1-5 years of experience supporting senior-level executives in a fast paced environment
• You are proactive, exceptionally organized, and very high horsepower
• You communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• You exhibit strong process-oriented skills, attention to detail, and follow-through, striving to find the most efficient way to do things without sacrificing a high quality of work and/or results
• You have the ability to exercise judgment and maintain confidentiality
• You have strong technical skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• You exhibit professionalism, poise, enthusiasm, courtesy, and strong interpersonal skills
• You have a Bachelor's degree
• You are resourceful, self, motivated, and a pleasure to be around