Administrative Assistant

Secure Shredding and Recycling (SSR) is committed to protecting its clients’ confidential information through providing NAID-certified services such as shredding, record destruction, and e-Waste recycling. Due to the growing demand for our services, we are looking to add a new role of Administrative Assistant to our team.

The Administrative Assistant will be based in our Birmingham office and will be asked to perform a variety of administrative tasks. Mainly, he/she will be responsible for handling:

1. All of the billing activities of the company’s e-Waste services; and

2. Execute the company’s collection efforts across all markets and services.

The ideal candidate must embody the company’s core values:

• Positive and professional attitude
• Customer-focused
• Always do the right thing
• Teamwork

Role and Responsibilities

• Undergo training on all relevant company software programs.
• Accurately and in a timely fashion generate and send customer invoices for all e-Waste services.
• Execute on a regular basis, collection efforts as outlined by the Chief Admin Officer.
• Accurately and comprehensively document all billing and collection efforts.
• Audit customer accounts as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required skills and qualifications

• Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently so as to communicate effectively with customers, vendors and team members.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Some Administrative Assistant experience preferred.
• Possess these core competencies: positive and professional attitude, customer-focused, always do the right thing, commitment to teamwork.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when interacting with customers over the phone.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Outstanding attention-to-detail.
• Exceptional organization skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as multi-task when necessary.
• Proficiency in MS Office programs (Outlook and MS Excel, in particular).

Physical demands/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The employee is usually required to sit for extended periods of time; use hands and fingers to type on a computer.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Birmingham, AL 35209: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person