Purdue Global Executive Assistant (Remote)

**\#body.unify div.unify\-button\-container .unify\-apply\-now:** focus, \#body.unify div.unify\-button\-container .unify\-apply\-\#body.unify div.unify\-button\-container .unify\-apply\-now: focus, \#body.unify div.unify\-button\-container .unify\-apply\- **Req Id:** 43220 **Job Title:** Purdue Global Executive Assistant (Remote) **City:** Remote/Virtual **Our Opportunity:** The Executive Assistant will provide support to Purdue University Global. Building on Purdue University's mission to provide greater access to affordable, high\-quality education, Purdue University Global is a public, nonprofit institution offering a world\-class education online. This posting is for two Executive Assistants with identical core responsibilities, each supporting executives in different areas: business operations and academics. Applicants may be considered for either role. If you have a strong interest in or specialized experience in one of these areas, please address that in your cover letter. **Job Summary:** The Executive Assistant provides direct, day\-to\-day administrative support to the executive team and other senior leaders with Purdue Global, including managing calendars, travel, correspondence, and office operations. Reporting to the Chief of Staff (CoS), the Executive Assistant also assists the CoS in supporting the broader Purdue Global leadership team, helping coordinate meetings, materials, and special projects on the team's behalf. This role serves as a liaison between executive leadership and internal and external stakeholders, including staff, vendors, and external partners. The Executive Assistant facilitates communication, drafts and edits documents, plans meetings and events, and coordinates special projects, with the goal of maximizing the effectiveness of business or academic leadership's operational processes and communications. This role reports to the Chief of Staff, is primarily virtual, and requires minimal travel (occasional visits to West Lafayette, Indiana, as needed). **What to expect in this role:** **Communication \& Stakeholder Liaison:** Serve as a liaison between executive leadership and internal and external stakeholders, including university leadership, faculty, staff, students, and external partners; represent the university professionally in these interactions. Exercise discretion and independent judgment to collect and analyze information requests on behalf of assigned executives and identify trends to create operational efficiencies. Conserve the executive’s time by reading, researching, and routing correspondence. Draft and edit correspondence, reports, presentations, and other specialized communications for assigned executives with a high degree of accuracy and professionalism. Handle incoming and outgoing calls and emails on behalf of assigned executives, responding to inquiries and issues from internal and external sources.