Administrative Assistant
Job Description
Reports to
President
Status
Full-time, non-exempt
Location
Arizona-based; occasional travel
Position Summary
The Administrative Assistant provides organizational, clerical, and coordination support across the corporation, a heavy civil and general construction contractor.
This is a high-trust, detail-driven role that keeps the organizations’ calendars, documents, communications, and logistics running smoothly. The right person is organized, discreet, proactive, and comfortable shifting between a construction operations context and a nonprofit program context within the same day.
Core Responsibilities (Both Organizations)
- Manage calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate travel and lodging for leadership and staff.
- Draft, proofread, and format correspondence, memos, agendas, and meeting minutes.
- Maintain organized digital and physical filing systems with consistent naming and version control.
- Process expense reports, intake invoices, and support bookkeeping by routing documents to the appropriate entity.
- Track action items from meetings and follow up to ensure deadlines are met.
- Serve as a professional first point of contact for calls, emails, visitors, and client coordination.
- Assist with project documentation: logging RFIs, submittals, and correspondence, and helping maintain project files.
- Coordinate with subcontractors, vendors, and clients (including tribal DOTs and federal contacts) to schedule meetings and gather paperwork.
- Support intake of certified payroll, accounts payable, and compliance documents for project records.
- Help assemble bid packages, meeting presentations, and progress report materials.
- Maintain equipment, insurance, licensing, and certification records and track renewal dates.
- Provide logistics support for trainings and annual events.
- Maintain membership, sponsor, and contact records, and support outreach and follow-up.
- Assist with the coompany newsletter, podcast, and communications administration (scheduling, formatting, distribution).
- Support grant and training program administration, including assembling submission packages and tracking deadlines.
- Help coordinate workshops and training sessions, including participant communications and materials.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent; associate’s degree or relevant coursework preferred.
- 2+ years of administrative, office coordination, or executive support experience.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and comfort learning new software.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Proven ability to prioritize, multitask, and manage competing deadlines across multiple stakeholders.
- High level of discretion and professionalism handling confidential business, financial, and personnel information.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with construction administration, government/federal contracting, or nonprofit operations.
- Experience with federal grants
- Understanding of or experience working with tribal communities and a commitment to respectful engagement.
- Bookkeeping or basic accounting familiarity (e.g., QuickBooks).
Key Competencies
- Organization and follow-through
- Adaptability across two distinct work contexts
- Initiative and sound judgment with limited supervision
- Clear, professional communication
- Reliability and confidentiality