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About The Position

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in an administrative environment
• A minimum of one year of experience supporting a principal who was at the Sr Manager level or above
• Sophisticated knowledge of Mac/Windows desktop computer applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience in calendar management, planning meetings and coordinating travel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to connect with all levels of Executive/Senior staff and clients

Nice To Haves

• Past work experience in the high-tech industry is desired
• Prior Cisco experience preferred
• Associates degree

Responsibilities

• Provide support for calendaring, travel, expense reporting, and oversight of special projects, as needed
• Handle, with a great degree of independence, incoming asks for time, meetings, resources and other needs from the Director
• Determine when to refer matters to others, and to whom they should be referred to
• Follow up to ensure accurate disposition of referred matters
• Attend monthly staff meetings and quarterly all team meetings
• Handle Director’s calendar by prioritizing schedules and meetings
• Decide who gets on the principal’s calendar, which meetings are attended, and who can attend in their place
• Assist Director in planning and coordinating meetings
• Be responsible for the assembling of the agenda, location, meeting technology (WebEx, TP) based upon participant needs, and all other meeting logistics
• Prepare meeting briefing documents by taking and disseminating notes and formulating post meeting action item lists
• Support Director by acting as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized
• Answer general questions as needed and refer routine matters to appropriate parties, following up to ensure accurate completion
• Make travel arrangements for the Director
• Carefully consider and decide the optimum travel arrangements and itinerary for calendared meetings while handling Cisco expenses
• Provide analytical support to assist Director on special projects
• Research issues, analyze problems, compile data, and prepare reports
• Deal professionally with sensitive and confidential matters and materials

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• Paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Annual bonuses for non-sales roles
• Performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary for sales plans, which is split between quota and non-quota components