Executive Assistant to President

Grays Harbor College is accepting applications for the Executive Assistant to the President. The Executive Assistant to the President serves as a highly trusted strategic partner and administrative support to the President, ensuring the effective operation of the President's Office and advancing institutional priorities. This position manages complex and confidential matters, coordinates executive communications, oversees the President's schedule and key initiatives, and serves as a primary liaison among the President, Board of Trustees, senior leaders, faculty, staff, students, elected officials, donors, and community partners.

The Executive Assistant provides high-level support for governance, strategic planning, project management, and special events, while exercising exceptional judgment, discretion, diplomacy, and professionalism. As a visible representative of the President's Office, this role plays a critical part in fostering positive relationships, supporting institutional advancement efforts, and promoting the mission, vision, and strategic goals of the college.

Grays Harbor College has an excellent benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, primary and supplemental retirement programs and long-term disability insurance. Full-time employees will also receive 15.34 hours of vacation leave per month, 8 hours of sick leave per month and 3 personal leave days a year. Washington state also observes 11 paid holidays per year.

Grays Harbor College serves the communities of Grays Harbor and Pacific counties on the Pacific coast of Washington. Located in Aberdeen, Washington at the base of the beautiful Olympic Peninsula, the College is less than an hour away from scenic Pacific Ocean beaches and close to both the Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks. Grays Harbor provides the perfect landscape to enjoy the abundance of excellent outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, biking, fishing, clam digging, surfing, boating, and various kayak/canoe paddling opportunities.

Grays Harbor College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty, staff and students and values the rich diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. To ensure the college provides an inclusive educational and employment environment focused on strategies for success and equitable outcomes for all, the incumbent in this position should understand, and experience with, successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds, including people with disabilities;

people with various gender identities and sexual orientations; individuals from historically underrepresented communities; and other groups.

• Manages and oversee the daily operations of the President's Office, which includes managing the president's calendar, developing office procedures, and ensuring the delivery of high quality, customer-focused services that meet the needs of internal/external constituencies.
• Establishes and maintain effective communication and working relationships with faculty, staff, executive administrators, and students.
• Monitors and manages budgets for the President's Office.
• Screens, prioritizes, and responds to incoming calls, mail, e-mail and visitors to the President's Office.
• Provides supporting information and materials to the President for appointments and meetings.
• Composes letters, memorandums, reports, speeches and other various correspondence at the direction of the President.
• Ensures the flow of relevant, timely, and clear communication and information to and from the President's Office.
• Coordinates travel arrangements and expense reimbursement for the President.
• Takes minutes at President’s Cabinet, College…