Consolidated Edison Company of New York Hiring for Executive Assistant L-SVP General Counsel at New York, NY  Full Time

Mission Statement

• Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to follow health, safety, and environmental policies, EEO, Standards of Business Conduct, and all other applicable company policy and procedures. We all share a responsibility to advance the company’s mission by excelling at our three corporate priorities – safety of our people and the public, operational excellence in all that we do, and ensuring the best possible customer experience.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide office management/administrative support for the General Counsel and direct reports.
• Maintain and schedule daily calendar for General Counsel and direct reports. Coordinate briefing materials and presentations to ensure availability in a timely manner. Follow-up with responsible meeting hosts to make sure material is ready and sent out in advance of the meeting.
• Plan details of itinerary and make reservations within broad time frames in connection with meetings and seminars. Handle travel and expense entries into HR system.
• Review and streamline office processes for optimum efficiency, including maintaining files, including electronic files, and records.
• Gather facts, analyze findings, and recommend solutions as appropriate and requested.
• Schedules and maintains appointments/meetings including reoccurring Law Department meetings, and regular meetings with the CEI officers and others as needed. Must be able to re-schedule and re-arrange meetings to accommodate multiple participant schedules.
• Respond to and track complaints and sensitive correspondence from stakeholders including elected officials, community boards and customers and meet deadlines required in Sensitive Communication procedure.
• Establishes and maintains follow up action files and systems as required on complaint activities, meetings, conferences, responses and all other relevant matters.
• Maintains records and reports that require follow-up at regular intervals.
• Support storm mobilization team in various ways.
• Provide training in administrative practices and procedures as required. Coordinate and manage various human resource issues, including payroll inquiries, corporate org chart revisions, etc.
• Handle ordering of supplies, track orders, etc. Assist in facilitating IT support on any systems or hardware related issues.
• Manage administrative activities related to progress tracking/trending, such as organizational compliance with various completion of specific tasks that need to be tracked.
• Assist with special projects, duties or responsibilities as necessary. Responding to requests and all other duties as assigned.
• Assist in coordinating special events and volunteer activities as required.
• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3 years work experience. or
• Associate’s Degree and 4 years of work experience in administrative support activities. or
• High School Diploma/GED and 5 years of work experience in administrative support activities.

Preferred Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3 years work experience.

Relevant Work Experience

• Strong work ethic and high level of customer service. Required
• High Ethics with strong decision making/judgement skills. Required
• Ability to incorporate creative approaches to various projects by taking initiative and working independently. Required
• Must operate well in a team environment as well as perform job duties with little supervision. Required
• Proven ability to professionally handle sensitive information and maintain complete confidentiality. Required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Social Media web platforms. Coordinate PowerPoint presentations to merge multiple presentations to achieve professional formatting in compliance with corporate standards using high quality graphics and media. Required
• Ability to facilitate a Microsoft Teams LIVE events, and host meetings in the Microsoft Teams environment. Required
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Required
• Must have excellent time management and prioritization skills. Required
• Internet savvy, with regards to scheduling business trips, hotel booking, and external business meetings. Required
• Aptitude to learn new technology and must be comfortable adapting to new equipment. Required
• Ability to anticipate or recognize problems and refer them immediately to the right person for resolution. To speak to sensitive customers with professionalism and empathy and direct their issues to the correct organization. Required
• Must establish and maintain working relationships withal internal and external customers. Required
• Must be energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas. Required
• Must be comfortable in both a leadership and team-player role; able to manage team members, lead assistant meetings, assist with project management, and provide direction to meet deadlines and objectives. Required
• Must have technical ability to work with One-Drive, Shared Folder’s, Microsoft Teams document management. Required
• Must be able to actively involved in SEA assignments and drills to provide benefit, during storm events. Required
• Demonstrated work experience as an Executive Assistant preferred. Preferred
• Proficiency in Oracle. Preferred

Licenses & Certifications

• Driver’s License Required

Other Physical Demands

• Must be able to respond to Company emergencies by performing a System Emergency Assignment to restore service to our customers.

Technical Difficulty Statement

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Equal Opportunity Employer

• Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of the individual’s actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, domestic violence victim status, or any other actual or perceived status protected by law.