at The Jackson Laboratory in Ellsworth, Maine, United States
Job Description
The Jackson Laboratory is seeking an Administrative Assistant to join our team in Ellsworth, Maine!
The Administrative Assistant performs administrative duties for an individual, group, or department; Performs general tasks and completes routine assignments. Receives assistance in the completion of more complex assignments. Works under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgment. May make contacts of a sensitive, complex, and confidential nature.
Responsibilities:
Answers and transfers phone calls
Manage schedules, arrange appointments and itineraries
Coordinate meetings, travel, conference calls, and complete expense reports
Create and edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations
Prepare reports, meeting minutes and correspondence
Qualifications:
High School Diploma
2+ years of experience
Communication skills
Organization skills
Interpersonal skills
Computer skills
Pay Range (Hourly Rate): $21.6 - $33.16
About JAX:
The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with more than 2,400 employees. Headquartered in Bar Harbor, Maine, it has a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in Augusta, Maine, a genomic medicine institute in Farmington, Connecticut, and facilities in Ellsworth, Maine, Sacramento, California, and Shanghai, China. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.
JAX employees work in a collaborative, value-driven, and team-based environment where the focus is on advancing science and improving patients' lives. Researchers apply genetics to increase the understanding of human disease and advance treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging, and heart disease. JAX was voted among the top 15 "Best Places to Work in Academia" in the United States in a poll conducted by The Scientist magazine!
EEO Statement:
The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
