We are currently seeking Administrative Assistant candidates to work on-site in Detroit, MI.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies and priorities
• Performs varied, complex and confidential secretarial and clerical duties under limited supervision, requiring a thorough knowledge of policies, procedures and precedents
• Reviews, logs, and determines the priority of and routes correspondence
• Composes routine correspondence and independently prepares correspondence not requiring supervisor's personal attention
• Screens calls, inquiries, and refers visitors to supervisor, when necessary
• Responds to complaints and requests for information in relation to the intent, coverage and content of instructions
• Supervises, initiates and maintains a variety of files and records of information
• Recommends organizational or procedural changes affecting administrative or clerical activities
• Performs special projects as directed by the supervisor, including ordering supplies, updating insurance policy, supervising building activity and coordinating work orders and requests
• Takes and transcribes dictation from rough draft, shorthand notes or tapes recordings
• Maintains office equipment and coordinates service with outside vendors
• Prepares charts, graphs and reports, and makes recommendations on presentations as required by the supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions, and to read, write and perform mathematical calculations at the level required for successful job performance
• Ability to independently plan, organize, schedule, coordinate and make decisions and judgments relating to assigned projects and other responsibilities
• Ability to establish working relationships and interact effectively with a wide range of people
• Ability to prepare clear, concise, thorough, meaningful and grammatically correct written reports, letters, memoranda and other written documents
• Ability to type accurately from clear copy at a speed of 60 words per minute (wpm), operate modern office equipment -- including work processors, memory typewriters, photocopiers and facsimile machines -- and to compile and maintain complex and extensive records and files.