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Administrative Assistant

Member / Volunteer Full Time / Part Time Supported / Volunteer Remote

Help language development work move forward by supporting leadership with scheduling, communications, travel coordination, and office management.

Announcement

We are seeking full-time and volunteer professional Administrative Assistants to provide support to a leadership team member by handling a variety of tasks in order to ensure that all interactions between the organization and others are positive and productive.

About SIL Global

SIL Global is a faith-based nonprofit organization committed to serving translation teams worldwide. If you believe, as we do, that all languages are of value, form an integral part of people's identity, and have the potential to serve them in a rapidly changing world, then you can be part of a software team serving translation teams worldwide.

The Role

An Administrative Assistant assists leadership by handling office tasks, assisting with budgets, coordinating scheduling, managing travel arrangements, and providing polite and professional communications via phone, mail, e-mail, messaging, and video conferencing.

Major Responsibilities

  • Screening messages, prioritizing, and routing to the appropriate party.
  • Providing real-time scheduling support by booking appointments and preventing conflicts.
  • Making travel arrangements, such as booking flights, cars, and making hotel and restaurant reservations.
  • Generate reports, transcribe minutes from meetings, create presentations, and conduct research.
  • Maintain polite and professional communication.
  • Anticipate the needs of others in order to ensure their seamless and positive experience.
  • Participate as an integral and enthusiastic part of the team, exhibiting ownership, follow-through, initiative, awareness, and effective communication with peers and management.

Minor Responsibilities

  • Support in-person meetings.
  • Participate in regular status, planning, partnership, and strategic meetings.
  • Be available to travel biennially to the Language Technology Conference.
  • Participate in professional conferences and meetings.

Knowledge & Skills

  • A servant heart attitude.
  • Good interpersonal skills of communication.
  • Good organizational skills.
  • Good office management skills.
  • The ability to make decisions in a timely manner.
  • The ability to work both with a team and independently, and to multitask effectively.

Education

Administrative Assistants should have experience in a related role, but we care more for a servant's heart and organizational skills.

Training & Orientation

Will complete the relevant portions of IT Orientation.

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