Executive Assistant

The City of Overland Park has a full-time Executive Assistant position available in the City Manager's Office.

Provides administrative, technical, and logistical support to the Mayor, Governing Body, and City Manager's senior staff. Preparation and distribution of agendas for Council Committees. Assists with Mayor’s appointments to boards and committees. Oversees special event planning and special projects. Keeps abreast of city events and issues. Must have strong technical and analytical skills. Supports City Manager's Office.

• Provides administrative support to the Mayor, Governing Body, and City Manager's senior staff. Includes production of letters, memos, presentations and reports; composes correspondence and distributes final documents. Schedules appointments as necessary, processes invoices, and prepares check requests and purchase orders, manages purchasing card records with assistance from other staff.
• Maintains Mayor's calendar of appointments. Receives appointment requests, determines Mayor's availability, confirms with all parties involved. Arranges for stand-in when necessary and coordinates with the requester. Provides reminders, written copy of remarks, and materials needed for appointments or appearances.
• Receives inquiries, requests, complaints, comments, concerns, messages, and requests for appointments from citizens, officials of other government jurisdictions, business community, and news media. Directs callers to appropriate staff person or provides requested information. Relays messages, makes appointments, or schedules meetings. Prepares proclamations and arranges presentation upon request, schedules personal appearances for the Governing Body, and other ceremonial duties in coordination with other staff.
• Coordinates travel arrangements for Mayor, Governing Body, City Manager and City Manager’s Office staff for attendance at various out-of-town conferences. Makes and confirms reservations, secures travel advances, and prepares itineraries and trip packets for each traveler. Assists in preparation of expense statements upon traveler’s return. Coordinates arrangements for City Manager's Office staff to attend meetings/luncheons/dinners of Chamber, Convention & Visitors Bureau, Mid-America Regional Council and similar organizations.
• Coordinates preparation and distribution of agendas for Finance, Administration and Economic Development Committee, the Overland Park Development Corporation and Committee of the Whole meetings. Reviews agenda and makes changes and corrections and assures compliance with open meetings laws.
• Maintains awareness of requirements of Kansas Open Meetings Law in scheduling or being notified of meetings to be attended by members of Governing Body. Prepares call and notice of meeting as required; reminds others of this responsibility as needed.
• Works with Department staff coordinators on new appointments/reappointments by Mayor to various city boards and commissions and maintains detailed records. Prepares documentation for new appointments, ensures accuracy of reappointment documentation from staff coordinators, responsible for placement of memos on City Council agendas, and mails letters to appointees advising of appointment.
• Arranges details of Mayoral events such as the Volunteer Reception and the Mayor’s tree-lighting ceremony, in conjunction with other staff. Schedules events with appropriate venues and makes menu selections; oversees updates from staff coordinators to boards, commissions, and committees to prepare mailing lists; prepares invitations and completes invitation mailing; tracks invitation responses; completes arrangements on day of event.
• Coordinates seating chart and reservations; submits event invoices to departments, and preparation of thank-you messages from the Mayor for annual State of the City address.
• Assists Mayor with the selection and purchase Mayor’s ceremonial correspondence, such as an annual holiday card, oversees mailing with other staff. Must be able to draft and prepare Mayoral correspondence such as thank you notes, congratulatory notes, etc.
• Provides staff assistance to City…