Administrative Assistant​/Redmond, WA, onsite

Administrative Assistant 1

The main function of an administrative assistant is to provide high-level administrative support by partnering with the Lead Admin and admin team and performing general office duties.

Skills:

• Demonstrate drive and initiative to identify, solve, and follow-through on problems and to achieve results in a timely fashion with a high degree of accuracy and professionalism.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to execute efficiently and effectively.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and cross-collaboration skills.
• Ability to keep information organized and confidential.
• Previous experience with applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Typical Day in the Role:

Purpose of the Team:
The sponsor is part of a security team at Microsoft and requires general administrative support providing assistance cross-org for different projects/ to help provide team support.

Key projects:
This position will not provide calendaring or travel support. The role will primarily support the current administrative team with onboarding, events planning/setup for morale events and special projects.

Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm:
The role will consist of 10% meetings, 50% team support, new hire set up, requests, etc., 40% special projects.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition:

What makes this role interesting? – This security team at Microsoft is an area with a lot of investment and excitement in the office.

Unique Selling Points – There is a wide range of tasks to do per day so you will always be busy and doing something different.

Candidate Requirements:

Years of Experience

Required:

1+ years of administrative support in an office

Degrees or certifications required:
No degree is required to be eligible for this role. At minimum a high school diploma is required. Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds.

Disqualifiers:
Candidate must have administrative support experience, not looking for call center/support engineers. They need to be able to work onsite M-F, 9-5 (for the entire time).

Best vs. Average:
The best candidate is very good at communication, has previous Microsoft experience (though not required), has experience using OWA (not required but a plus), has event set up experience, has customer service experience, and is able to troubleshoot (resolve problems on their own. while help will be provided, this is ideal) and is a quick learner.

Performance Indicators:
Performance will be assessed based on feedback from the people they work with and how well they interact/get along with the team.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of

Experience:

• 1. Administrative support - 1-2+ years
• 2. Basic Excel experience - 1-2+ years
• 3. Outlook Experience - 1-2+ years

Hard Skills Assessments:

Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP

Hard Skills Assessment Process:
The assessment process will include 3 rounds.

Required Candidate Preparation: N/A