Executive Assistant II

Annual Salary Range: $62,660.20 - $97,123.31
First Review of Applications: May 10, 2024
Expected Start Date: June 2024

Role
The Executive Assistant will perform a range of highly skilled and specialized administrative tasks for the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Deputy Executive Officer, other Executive Team members, Board Members, and coordinate regularly with employees, local/state/federal agencies and officials, member agencies, community leaders, and members of the public regarding SANDAG services, programs, policies, and priorities.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced administrative professional with exceptional expertise in providing complex, and personalized support to senior-level executives. The Executive Assistant will play a pivotal role in being a gatekeeper of communication, prioritization, and flow of information to facilitate executive focus on strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate will demonstrate keen judgment, proactive initiative and assertive influence over executive staff’s schedules and priorities in order to maintain a seamless workflow. This candidate must be comfortable with a fast-paced, very dynamic, and multi-faceted environment. We foresee substantial professional growth opportunities arising from the diverse range of duties and responsibilities outlined below, augmented by mentoring and collaborative engagement with the Executive Team.

Typical Qualifications

• The minimum education, training, and experience qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent supplemented by specialized administrative training or college level business courses and five plus years of increasingly responsible experience providing administrative support to Chief Executive Officers or multiple Senior Executives.
• Demonstrated experience providing complex administrative support services for multiple high-level senior executive staff; previous experience with elected officials, municipal government, city/county departments, and operations is preferred.
• Experience scheduling and coordinating a high volume of appointments/meetings with numerous attendees, and maintaining a calendar of activities, meetings, and events for senior executives; demonstrated ability to understand appointment priorities and negotiate requests for time.
• Excellent customer service skills including strong verbal and written communication skills for responding to in-person, telephone, and email inquiries.

Benefits
SANDAG offers comprehensive benefits, to include health, dental, and vision insurance as well as employee assistance, wellness, and work/life balance programs. Additionally, SANDAG offers the following:

• Hybrid work options
• 9/80 flexible work schedule
• Pay-for-performance merit increases
• Retirement - Defined Benefit Plan with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
• Retirement - 457 Defined Contribution Plan with Voya
• Excellent health insurance options for employees and their eligible dependents
• Free dental and vision insurance for employees and their eligible dependents
• Education Assistance of up to $5,250 a year for regular employees
• Free transit pass for use throughout the San Diego region, bus, Rapid Express, Trolley, and COASTER
• Paid time off including 12 paid holidays, 2 floating holiday days, generous paid time off (PTO) per year, depending on length of service

Call (619) 699-1900 or visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sandag? for information. First review May 10, 2024. EOE.