Executive Assistant III

The Permanente Federation LLC (the Federation) is the national leadership and consulting organization for the eight Permanente Medical Groups (PMGs), which, together with the Kaiser Foundation Health Plans (KFHP) and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFH), comprise Kaiser Permanente. The PMGs employ almost 23,000 physicians, approximately 90,000 nurses, other clinicians and staff, and provide care to over 12.2 million Kaiser Permanente members. The Federation works on behalf of the PMGs to optimize care delivery and advance Permanente Medicine – medicine that is patient centered, evidence based, technology enabled, culturally responsive, team delivered, and physician led. The Federation, based in Oakland, California, is dedicated to serving and leading Permanente Medicine, the Permanente Medical Groups, and Kaiser Permanente in support of our patients and members.

The people-of The Permanente Federation support each other in-creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive culture. We-strive to be empathetic in our interactions with each other-and-learn-from-our-mistakes. We are committed to strengthening-our impact by-representing-the diverse population of patients and physicians we serve while-upholding a culture of fairness and acceptance.

SUMMARY:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for beginning to coordinate department workflow; providing standard and nonstandard administrative support to senior leadership; coordinating intricate executive calendars and travel arrangements; notifying executive of issues that require immediate attention; anticipating the executive's upcoming needs; drafting and distributing details of highly confidential with discretion and cautionary judgement upon request; making basic commitments on the executive's behalf when interfacing with internal and external contacts; and independently resolving simple conflicts with the executive's best interests in mind.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Executes the work flow of the department independently by: assisting in the novel resolution of standard and nonstandard requests from department managers on an ad-hoc basis; independently anticipating and offering assistance for business needs (e.g., manager email requests) that require support; operating standard office equipment (e.g., email, fax, xerox); beginning to maintain databases and websites, with review from senior colleagues/managers; maintaining inventory control, stocking, and providing solutions for department office inventory, equipment, and employee work environment resources (e.g., space assignment, computer) in alignment with budgetary policies and escalating inventory issues; receiving, screening, and referring nonstandard and standard incoming and outgoing emails, calls, and visits to the appropriate staff member; investigate time card issues and provide recommendations to management; learning about new staffing onboarding activities and assisting in execution. 
• Contributes to event coordination by: beginning to develop relationships with leaders' assistants and an understanding of organizational hierarchy to leverage when coordinating, calendaring, and facilitating meetings for directors and their direct teams with front line employees, independently; may be independently planning for meeting facilitation through PowerPoint presentation coordination, taking parking lot notes, ensuring equipment works, and ordering food when appropriate; finding and booking meeting standard and nonstandard rooms appropriate for the audience and meeting objectives, with general oversight. 
• Contributes to event execution by: assisting senior colleagues to gather materials, plan, and arrange medium-scale events; organizing standard and nonstandard travel arrangements large, complex events for department head and/or multiple managers; assisting in execution of medium group meetings, conferences; providing on-site coordination for nonstandard and standard issues; independently plans coordination and execution of audiovisual equipment, conference rooms, and catering for events, with review by team or manager; and distributing the agenda, taking meeting minutes, summarizing and finalizing meeting summaries, and coordinating guest presentations in department meetings. 
• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. 
• Creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. 
• Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome. 
• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. 
• Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
• Independently plans and executes information dissemination by: drafting standard and nonstandard presentations, handouts, reports/spreadsheets, graphics, status reports, resource management reports, and other deliverables with regular review from senior colleagues; writing detailed correspondence (e.g., letters, reports, confidential documents) to staff, managers, and external members/providers, with review from team or manager; labeling, sorting, and maintaining the integrity of department files, independently; and utilizing a variety of software and databases to retrieve required information to write detailed reports.