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Associate – Executive Support & Health Communications

Associate – Executive Support & Health Communications

CompanyFGS Global
LocationWashington, DC, USA
Salary$65000 – $65000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelEntry Level/New Grad, Junior

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field, plus 1-2 years of relevant internship or corporate experience
  • Strong time management and organizational skills and the ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects at once with little direction
  • Experience booking travel and related accommodations, planning itineraries, and thinking creatively to maximize time and efficiency
  • Strong writing and research skills
  • Solid knowledge of MS Office Suite with aptitude to learn new software and systems
  • Ability to exercise intense discretion and confidentiality in a professional manner
  • Ability to adapt to new conditions, assignments and deadlines and apply appropriate judgment; enjoys a challenge

Responsibilities

  • Managing all aspects of schedule
  • Preparing and submitting expense reports
  • Coordinating and booking travel
  • Filtering internal and external requests
  • Providing personal assistant support
  • Coordinating for internal and external meetings and events, including venue/room bookings, catering, tech support, agendas, note-taking, and coordination of materials
  • Proactively identifying and addressing any immediate concerns or obstacles to ensure workflow moves smoothly
  • Managing sensitive matters with a high level of confidentiality and discretion
  • Responding to requests outside of regular business hours as needed
  • Basic writing and research tasks (including emails, meeting agendas, messaging documents, press materials, client documents, owned media content, etc.)
  • Preparing briefing documents, talking points, etc.
  • Assisting in prep for meetings/pitches
  • Monitoring and/or compiling daily press clips for multiple clients
  • Building and maintaining press lists
  • Pitching wide variety of media contacts

Preferred Qualifications

  • Interest in health industry
  • Experience in providing operations/administrative support in comparable settings, and/or in supporting executives or other equivalent leaders/principals
  • Experience in communications field, particularly media, preferred
  • Flexible team player willing to do what it takes to get the job done; strong propensity to think multiple steps ahead and anticipate needs, challenges, and questions.