Senior Administrative Assistant, Office President

Senior Administrative Assistant, Office of the President

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Pay range: $37,336.00 - $62,046.40 per year.

The Senior Administrative Assistant will perform complex diversity of secretarial and clerical duties under general supervision.

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or GED (Required).

Minimum

Work Experience:

3 years secretarial experience, preferably in a medical office or healthcare environment (Required).

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Typing speed of 55 words per minute.
• Expert knowledge of secretarial and office administrative procedures.
• Advanced software skills, internet research abilities, and strong communication skills.

• Manage access to administrator by screening calls and visitors.
• Serve as a liaison between administrator and subordinate units, relaying instructions and information.
• Follow commitments through to completion.
• Interact and communicate with judgment and discretion.
• Research, develop and draft letters, memos, or reports to communicate the manager’s decisions and agenda.
• Identify and resolve problems that do not require manager’s direct involvement.
• Address issues in accordance with priorities, policies, commitments, and program goals of the manager.

• Utilize office equipment and relevant technology to meet organizational needs.
• Research information to support conclusions and recommendations.
• Establish and maintain paper and electronic files and records for manager.
• Maintain manager’s calendar, schedules, and appointments without prior approval based on knowledge of manager’s responsibilities.
• Locate and assemble information for various reports, briefings, and conferences.
• Make travel arrangements.

• Provide support in monitoring and reconciling departmental or program budget, tracking travel and office expenditures.

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation.
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication.
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors, and co-workers.
• Attend carefully to important details, practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review to self-check behavior and performance.

• Demonstrate awareness of the program’s operational structure and manager’s scope of responsibilities.
• Working knowledge of policies, procedures, and processes required within the organization.
• Familiarity with rules, regulations, and laws affecting the organization.

• Partner in the mission and uphold core principles of the organization.
• Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural and ethnic differences.
• Demonstrate personal and professional integrity.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.

• Anticipate and respond to customer needs; follow up until needs are met.

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior.
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals.
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions.

• Contribute to a positive work environment.
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change.
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes.
• Make appropriate decisions using sound judgment.

• Use resources efficiently.
• Search for less costly ways of doing things.

Primary

Location:

District of Columbia - Washington

Work Location: CN Hospital (Main Campus)

Position Status: Regular (R)

Shift: Day

Work Schedule: Monday–Friday

Job Posting Date: December 22, 2025

Full-Time Salary Range: $37,336 – $62,046.40

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Administrative

Hospitals and Health Care