Administrative Assistant

Be inspired. Be valued. Belong. 

At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be.  We provide:

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
• Family-focused benefits
• Wellness incentives
• Ongoing mentorship, development, leadership more

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• With minimal supervision, answers unit/department telephones and greets visitors according to departmental procedure; screens calls and takes messages or refers caller to appropriate staff member.
• Greets visitors in a courteous manner, establishes needs and refers to appropriate staff.
• Sets up, organizes, and maintains various departmental files according to established procedures.
• Retrieves appropriate information upon request for internal and external use.
• Arranges and schedules appointments, meetings, and domestic and/or international travel for one or more senior level managers, prepares daily schedules, prioritizes requests for meetings, prepares itinerary and/or expense reports, and prepares managers for meetings.
• Schedules and coordinates meetings and/or special events, reserves facilities, arranges for equipment and materials, arranges for speakers, refreshments or meals, develops agendas, and arranges seating.
• Takes minutes as requested.
• Receives and reviews incoming correspondence, independently responds to routine matters, and composes and edits responses for supervisor's signature based on knowledge of policies and procedures and supervisor's views.
• Forwards non-routine mail to appropriate individuals for handling and response.
• Reviews outgoing mail for consistency and conformance to policies and procedures.
• Types correspondence, reports and/or manuscripts.
• May take dictation and transcribe from a machine.
• Prepares charts and graphs for reports and presentations; may meet with typesetters and publishers to publish communications materials.
• Operates standard office equipment including telephones, copiers, fax machines, and computers.
• Inventories, orders, and maintains office supplies and forms; completes purchase requisitions and receives supplies.
• Initiates, processes, and maintains records and invoices on unit/departmental purchases, reimbursements, receipts and other related material.
• Gathers, reviews, verifies and consolidates data for preparing and monitoring unit/department budget and budget variances.
• May forecast expenditures and make recommendations for purchase of major equipment.
• Researches, reviews, approves and submits requests for patient