Executive Assistant

Each Otter Tail Power employee impacts our customers and communities in how we deliver reliable, low-cost, environmentally responsible electricity. In this role, you’ll organize executives’ calendars and communications and help coordinate critical and impactful business decisions in a team environment.

You thrive in this role if you enjoy:

• Impact on Organizational Goals: Proactively supporting and driving the organizations and the executive(s) objectives, goals, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Strategic Importance: Tasks that involve strategic planning, critical thinking, and complex problem-solving are crucial for the organization's long-term success.
• Executive Support: Managing schedules, drafting communications, and organizing meetings for executive team members are essential for ensuring smooth operations at the executive level.
• Operational Efficiency: Conducting research, analyzing data, and preparing reports are important for maintaining operational efficiency and informed decision-making.
• Information Management: Acting as the information hub and maintaining records and documentation processes are vital for effective information management.
• Continuous Improvement: Improving and implementing new systems and processes and having a continuous improvement mindset are important for organizational growth and adaptation.
• Collaboration and Communication: Excellent communication skills, collaboration with fellow professionals, and a positive attitude are key to fostering a productive work environment.
• Support for Various Teams: The desire to support a wide variety of people, projects, and teams indicates flexibility and adaptability.
• Deadline Orientation: A drive for deadlines ensures timely completion of tasks and projects.

Qualifications:

We’re interested in forward thinkers who actively seek opportunities and propose solutions to continuously improve the Executive Office operations. If you have an associate degree or prior experience in executive-level support—and can demonstrate expertise in managing processes, procedures, documentation, and inter-departmental collaboration—we want to hear from you. Our industry is rapidly changing, so come prepared with:

• A positive, can-do attitude.
• A continuous improvement mindset.
• The desire to support a wide variety of people, projects, and teams.
• Excellent communication, including writing, editing, collaboration, interpersonal effectiveness, and attention to detail.
• A drive for deadlines.

Offering:

We believe employment is a partnership and we expect excellence from our talented employees. To support our employees and help drive their career experience and goals.

• Competitive wage & benefit package.
• • The expected base compensation for this role is $45,000 - $76,000 annually. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Incentive plans
  • Employee Stock Ownership options
  • Retirement Savings Fund with employer match
  • Health, disability and life insurance plan options
• Training – our employees are provided training and development opportunities each year, including education reimbursement! This includes safety – one of our values and key to our success – technical, compliance and developmental training.
• Career development is critical to our long-term success. Otter Tail Power employees have opportunities to participate in various leadership development programs, gain access to an a la carte online leadership course catalog, receive mentorship from current leaders and more!
• Mental health support from the experts at SupportLinc as well as competitive vacation and sick leave to ensure employees are at their best when they’re working.

Do you share in our values of integrity, safety, community, resourcefulness, customer service, and people? If so, we accept applications through February 17, 2025 at www.otpco.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)