Executive Assistant, UHG Research - Minnetonka, MN or Washington D.C.

If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Challenge yourself, your peers and our industry by shaping what health care looks like and doing your life's best work.(sm)

The Executive Assistant will be a seasoned professional with exceptional written and verbal communication, planning and organizational skills to provide executive-level support. They will have served as a central liaison for all internal and external matters, requiring the ability to exercise good judgement in a variety of situations, handle confidential matters with discretion, work well under pressure at times, and maintain balance among multiple priorities. They will excel in a fast-paced environment with the ability to multi-task and maintain meticulous attention to detail.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Efficient and accurate management of an active calendar and travel schedule
• Logistics planning for on and offsite meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Preparing documents, presentations and other materials
• Maintaining and tracking files, ensuring a high degree of confidentiality
• Greeting internal and external visitors
• Screening a high volume of phone calls
• Assisting in resolving general policy and procedure issues
• Arranging travel and processing expense reports
• Contributing to miscellaneous projects, as needed
• May be asked to provide occasional support to other executives, as needed
• Ability to anticipate and proactively support the needs of executives and exercise judgment in prioritizing requests for their time
  Providing proactive approaches to problem-solving
• Serving as a resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience supporting senior executives in a complex, fast paced, ever-changing environment
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple tasks simultaneously with accuracy, excellent attention to detail and proactive follow through
• Demonstrated solid interpersonal skills, including a high degree of professionalism, sense of urgency, diplomacy and commitment to confidentiality
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT)
• Experience using Microsoft Outlook for complex email and calendar management
• Experience making detailed and complex travel arrangements for executives
• Experience successfully collaborating with other executive assistants in a team environment, especially to schedule meetings in a timely fashion for multiple individuals in a calendar-constrained environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with event planning and complex meeting coordination
• Experience working in a large, highly matrixed organization
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance

UnitedHealth Group requires all new hires and employees to report their COVID-19 vaccination status.

Careers at UnitedHealth Group. We have modest goals: Improve the lives of others. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations tend to attract a certain type of person. Crazy talented. Compassionate. Driven. To these select few, we offer the global reach, resources and can-do culture of a Fortune 5 company. We provide an environment where you're empowered to be your best. We encourage you to take risks. And we offer a world of rewards and benefits for performance. We believe the most important is the opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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