Executive Asst
Philadelphia, PA
Full time
Do you have the organizational skills and attention to detail needed to thrive in a fast-paced environment and contribute to our success?
Are you ready to make a significant impact by supporting a dynamic team?
About our Team:
Elsevier Health applies innovation, facilitates insights, and helps drive more informed decision-making for our customers across global health. We support health providers by providing accessible, trusted evidence-based information; preparing more nursing and medical students with effective tools and resources; delivering insights that help clinicians improve patient outcomes; and supporting a more personalized and localized healthcare experience. All for the benefit of every patient.
Elsevier Nursing & Health Education (NHE), a business unit within Elsevier Health, is a global leader in Nursing and Health Education. NHE serves healthcare educators and students by providing information, digital tools, predictive analytics, and enterprise solutions to improve learning outcomes and practice readiness for future health professionals.
About the Role:
As an Executive Assistant, reporting directly to the President of Elsevier Nursing & Health Education, you will play a crucial role in supporting the business by managing daily office deliverables, coordinating schedules and travel itineraries, handling communications, and organizing meetings and events. Your organizational skills and attention to detail will ensure smooth operational workflows, enabling productivity and effectiveness for leaders across Elsevier Health. . This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to the overall efficiency and success of our organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Executive Support:
- Manage complex calendar scheduling, travel arrangements, and expense reporting with a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality.
- Serve as the primary liaison between the President and internal/external stakeholders, ensuring timely and effective communication.
- Anticipate the President’s needs and proactively address administrative and logistical challenges.
- Departmental Operations:
- Coordinate and prepare materials for key leadership meetings, town halls, off-sites, and workshops – including drafting agendas, capturing action items, and tracking follow-ups.
- Establish and maintain a cadence across strategic meetings (e.g., tech management reviews, collaboration sessions), ensuring alignment across teams.
- Own onboarding logistics for new leaders and key team members, streamlining their integration and engagement.
- Project & Event Coordination:
- Plan and execute internal events, such as leadership retreats, team-building activities, and customer symposia..
- Partner with cross-functional leads to ensure timely execution of shared deliverables and communications.
- Communications & Culture:
- Draft, format, and help deliver internal communications on behalf of the President to ensure clarity and cultural consistency.
- Be a culture carrier for the department – helping coordinate recognition moments, milestones, and morale-boosting activities.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Have proven experience supporting a senior executive in a fast-paced environment.
- Show proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint, and calendar management tools (e.g., Outlook).
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Have the ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- Have experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects or initiatives.
- Display exceptional organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Experience planning and executing high-impact events.
- Possess high emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and a collaborative mindset.
Work in a way that works for you:
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working for you:
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
- In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in
- Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
About the business:
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
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