Executive Assistant To The President

Job Opportunity – Executive Assistant to the President with The Modern College of Design in Kettering, OH

Are you creative, outgoing, and detail-oriented?Are you a highly organized administrative professional with strong interpersonal skills? Are you prepared to dive in and lend a helping hand to students and faculty at the college? If so, we want to speak with you about or position!

The Modern is seeking an Executive Assistant to the President to provide high-level administrative support by handling information requests and performing clerical functions such as managing correspondence, receiving visitors, scheduling meetings, and performing office and bookkeeping tasks. This position is a trusted resource and requires a very high level of confidentiality and organizational skills. Working under the supervision of The Modern's President, the Executive Assistant will be responsible for the following:

• Assist the President in professionally managing the operations of The Modern.
• Establish positive relationships with students, faculty, staff, and partners.
• Ensure all activities are carried out within the rules and guidelines of The Modern.
• Perform high-level administrative support.
• Manage the President’s email accounts and calendars.
• Create reports, agendas, presentations, meeting minutes, and other documents.
• Serve as a trusted resource for employees.
• Coordinate human resource services and employee benefits.
• Oversee updates to the Employee Handbook and other corporate documents as needed.
• Lead the recruitment of high-quality employees.
• Lead Employee Engagement Committee and provide consistent employee engagement.
• Coordinate payroll to ensure accuracy and timeliness. Oversee outsourced payroll provider and submit payroll reports to the provider.
• Serve as the primary contact for vendors.
• Negotiate contracts in good faith and secure the President’s approval.
• Report accurate monthly use and sales taxes to third-party accounting service provider.
• Enter merchandise receipts in QuickBooks Online and provide receipts to the Marketing Director.
• Create deposits and assist with account reconciliations.
• Develop budget reports and assist with annual audits.

Requirements for this position include:

• Strong customer service, communications, and organizational skills; required.
• Three years administrative experience; preferred.
• Bachelor of Business Administration; preferred.
• High integrity and ethics.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Knowledge of bookkeeping, data and records management, and vendor management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).

For over three decades The Modern has been passionately pursuing excellence in design. Named as one of the top design schools in the country for over a decade, our faculty and staff have served students with unwavering commitment and energy. Our students have poured themselves into their work – committed to their careers. Recognized for its strong career placement rate, The Modern offers both an Associate Degree Program and a Bachelor Degree Completion Program.

Are you ready to join a creative team and to change students’ lives? Apply online at https://grnh.se/c3226a213us or email job@strategichrinc.com. Be part of our future!

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