Executive Assistant

About the Position

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is America’s development finance institution. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the development world today. DFC invests across sections including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and technology, while providing financing for small businesses and entrepreneurs to create jobs in emerging markets. To support DFC’s mission, the agency requires a full time Executive Assistant contractor to provide critical administrative support to Senior Leadership within the agency.

Responsibilities

• Organizing and prioritizing the high incoming flow of work for the Senior Leader and/or their office
• Responding to and scheduling requests for meetings, invitations, and requests to participate at special event, booking official appointments and meetings
• Greeting and escorting guests at DFC Headquarters
• Maintaining a control and follow-up system for incoming workload and correspondence to ensure timely responses
• Drafting and proofreading correspondence, reports, and other documents for the Senior Leader/Senior Leader’s office
• Managing incoming and outgoing communications, including email, phone calls, and mail
• Assisting with travel coordination and voucher processing for the office
• Maintaining records and databases, including tracking projects and deadlines
• Coordinating with other departments and stakeholders on administrative projects, data calls, and workplace analysis for the Senior Leader/Senior Leaders office
• Process internal ethics clearances for speakers’ participation at events or widely attended gatherings

Qualifications

• A Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor’s of Science.
• 5 years’ experience providing administrative support in a federal environment.
• Detail orientated, flexible, and sound professional skills, with the ability to take responsibility for multiple tasks/projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and grammatical skills.
• Candidate must be able to perform with minimal supervision in a high pace environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.
• Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Portuguese.

Work Environment Requirements

• Work will take place at DFC Headquarters at 1100 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20527. This contract does not allow for work to take place outside of DFC Headquarters. There will be no “telework” or “remote work.”
• The Executive Assistant must work 8 hours each day, with an additional 45-minute lunch break. Must work during DFC core business hours of 9:00 am to 3:45 pm each day but may flex their start time and end times outside of the core hours within a 7:00 am to 5:45 pm window.
• The Executive Assistant is not required to work during Federal Holidays or any other point in which the DFC Headquarters building is closed (ex: presidential-directed holiday, administrative leave directed by the CEO resulting in building closure, weather related emergencies resulting in building closure, etc.).
• No travel is anticipated as part of this contract.

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