EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary:
The Executive Secretary assists management by performing confidential, clerical, and administrative duties, thereby relieving management of minor, often routine business details otherwise important to the operation of the facility. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Executive Secretary organizes office operations and procedures for the efficient flow of work within the administrative office as well as the integration of interdepartmental workflow and sequence.
• May take and transcribe dictation, in addition to performing oftentimes advanced clerical and administrative duties. Establishes uniform correspondence procedures and style practices. Composes and types general correspondence based on knowledge of management views and/or verbal instructions for management approval.
• The Executive Secretary makes appointments, gives information, and/or directs callers and opens mail, exercising judgment concerning priority. Reads outgoing correspondence for policy or viewpoint conflicts. Summarizes content of incoming materials.
• May exercise lead work responsibility over clerical personnel.
• The Executive Secretary may perform human resources type duties to include disseminating corporate and facility policies and procedures in addition to clerical duties related to employee performance, status changes, benefits enrollment, and similar ancillary duties. May operate under the direction of the facility Human Resources staff.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relations with a wide spectrum of employees, officials, and the public.
• The Executive Secretary arranges travel schedules and reservations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in a responsible administrative secretarial position or related field. Appropriate accreditation and/or certification in related field may supplement work experience requirement.
• Proficient with general PC application software products (Microsoft Office suite).
• Ability to exercise initiative, judgment, and knowledge in the performance of complex, confidential, and sometimes difficult duties.

You'll spend most of your time in a comfortable office setting. You'll also have to:

• Frequently bend, stoop, and reach above shoulder level,
• Occasionally lift or carry up to 10 lbs., push or pull up to 40 lbs., and walk,

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