Executive Administrative Associate

Job Description Position Overview

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's Director's Office is seeking a highly skilled, results-driven, and detail-oriented Executive Administrative Associate to provide complex administrative and operational support to executive leadership with minimal supervision.

This highly visible role will serve as a key administrative partner to senior executive leaders within the Director's Office supporting a dynamic portfolio of operations, projects, infrastructure, and organizational priorities. The Executive Administrative Associate will independently manage complex executive calendars and high-volume scheduling; lead coordination for meetings, site visits, and events; and provide quality oversight to promote consistency, efficiency, and effective administrative practices across the office.

As a member of the Director's Office administrative team, the successful candidate will exercise sound judgment, maintain strict confidentiality, anticipate leadership needs, and build effective relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. This position requires exceptional organizational leadership, discretion, customer service, and the ability to operate as a trusted partner in advancing SLAC’s mission and values.

Reporting to the Executive Administrative Supervisor for the Office of the Laboratory Director, this position will support a dynamic portfolio of executive, operational, and organizational priorities.

• Provide high-level, proactive administrative and operational support to executive leadership in the Director’s Office.

• Independently manage multiple complex executive calendars, including high-volume scheduling, prioritization of competing requests, resolution of scheduling conflicts, and coordination across internal and external stakeholders.

• Lead planning and coordination for executive meetings, leadership forums, site visits, conferences, and special events, including agendas, attendee communications, logistics, materials, room arrangements, catering, transportation, vendor coordination, and follow-up actions.

• Anticipate the needs of executive leaders and proactively identify solutions to administrative and operational challenges.

• Prepare, edit, format, and distribute executive correspondence, presentations, briefings, meeting materials, reports, and other documents with a high degree of accuracy and professionalism.

• Coordinate travel arrangements; prepare itineraries and support travel-related logistics and expense reporting.

• Oversee and/or process complex financial and administrative transactions, including purchasing, reimbursements, invoices, expense reports, and budget tracking; research and resolve discrepancies as needed.

• Maintain accurate and organized electronic and physical records, files, and shared resources, ensuring appropriate confidentiality and accessibility.

• Provide quality oversight and support continuous improvement of administrative processes, tools, procedures, and communications across the Director’s Office.

• Partner closely with other administrative professionals and operational teams to ensure coordinated coverage, consistency of service, and effective execution of shared priorities.

• Build and maintain productive working relationships with laboratory leadership, staff, faculty, external visitors, partner institutions, vendors, and other stakeholders.

• Exercise independent judgment in handling sensitive and confidential information and in determining appropriate actions, priorities, and escalation pathways.

• Support special projects and perform other related duties as assigned.

The expected pay range for this position is $45.23
-54.00 per hour.

• High school diploma or equivalent and…