Senior Office Administrator

Dewberry is seeking a motivated Senior Office Administrator for its Fairfax, VA office, who is energetic, organized, and detail oriented. The successful candidate will balance a variety of administrative functions with managing the main phone line and supervising a direct report.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Answer incoming telephone calls and transfer calls to appropriate personnel. 
• Serve as front-office representative to the Human Resources department and provide administrative support and information as needed.
• Compile, arrange, and type reports, memos, meeting minutes, etc.
• Perform filing, copying, and collating.
• Sort and distribute mail, order supplies, and perform other office coordination duties as required.
• Maintain and update records.
• Compose/prepare and edit letters and memoranda that may include confidential information.

• High school diploma is required.
• 10+ years of administrative experience in a professional setting.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to become proficient in company-based computer software programs and processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills surrounding customer relations and supporting others.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• This position requires flexibility in order to respond to various tasks and changing demands.
• The successful candidate will possess a positive attitude, strong work ethic, a desire to learn and grow within the firm, strong sense of professionalism, as well as the ability to take initiative. 
• Supervisory experience is preferred but not required.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So, if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.