Executive Assistant

What You'll Do:

• Calendar Management
  • Manage and strategically prioritize the President's and Chief of Staff's calendars, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and effective use of executive time.
  • Coordinate all aspects of presidential scheduling and executive engagements, including meetings with trustees, donors, alumni, university leaders, elected officials, and external partners.
  • Anticipate needs, resolve scheduling and logistical challenges, and ensure all meetings are supported with appropriate materials, participants, and preparation to facilitate successful outcomes.
• President's Office Administration
  • Exercise discretion, sound judgment, and executive presence while serving as a key point of contact for trustees, university leaders, and external stakeholders.
  • Manage executive document preparation, routing, approvals, and follow-up to ensure efficient and timely decision-making.
  • Oversee daily office operations, maintain effective administrative systems and workflows, and proactively resolve operational issues.
  • Coordinate University House scheduling and logistics in support of presidential and institutional priorities.
• Travel Management & Expense Administration
  • Coordinate domestic and international travel, develop detailed itineraries and briefing materials, manage travel logistics, and proactively resolve issues to support successful presidential engagements.
  • Oversee the preparation, submission, and reconciliation of presidential expenses, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with university policies.
• Board & Office of the Secretary Support
  • Coordinate logistics for Board of Trustees meetings, committee meetings, retreats, trustee events, and presidential engagements.
  • Manage meeting and event operations, including scheduling, catering, technology, attendee coordination, and materials distribution.
  • Support trustee visits and institutional events, ensuring a seamless experience for participants and stakeholders.

What You'll Need:

• High school diploma, required.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferred.
• 5 or more years of experience supporting a senior executive, president, CEO, or equivalent leader.
• Demonstrated expertise in complex calendaring and executive travel management.
• Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office Suite, and virtual collaboration tools.
• Ability to manage highly confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

For consideration, please include a resume and cover letter.

The anticipated hiring range for this position is: $27.57 to $35.71/hr.

The salary range provided in this posting reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this position. Actual compensation offered or earned is dependent on experience, education and other factors including departmental budget.

Perks:

• Working for a stable and well-known University.
• Top choice medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Retirement plan matching contribution of 8%.
• Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
• Generous paid time off, sick time, holidays, floating holidays, and more!
• Full-Time Benefits

Vincentian Mission:
Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism, DePaul compassionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community. We seek to hire collaborative, open-minded, and dedicated professionals who are committed to advancing our university mission to making education accessible to all, with special attention to including underserved and underrepresented communities. Successful candidates thrive in an environment where ideas and perspectives representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences are welcome and supported.

Required Background Check:

Employment at DePaul University is contingent on passing a background check. Only final candidates who are extended an offer of employment will undergo a background check.

DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.

Organization

DePaul University and Our Mission

As an innovative Catholic, Vincentian university anchored in the global city of Chicago, DePaul supports the integral human development of its students. The university does so through its commitment to outstanding teaching, academic excellence, real-world experience, and community engagement. DePaul prepares its graduates to be successful in their chosen fields and agents of transformation throughout their lives.

Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism, DePaul passionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community. Through education, creative endeavors, and research, the university addresses the great questions of our day, promoting peaceful, just, and equitable solutions to social and environmental challenges. Since its founding in 1898, DePaul University has remained dedicated to making education accessible to all, with special attention to including underserved and underrepresented communities.

Comprised of ten colleges and schools, offering 130+ undergraduate majors and 170+ graduate programs, DePaul’s faculty challenges its students to analyze and solve real-world problems with rigor and innovation.

As an urban faith-based institution with a diverse student body, DePaul is committed to growing and maintaining a faculty dedicated to advancing the Vincentian mission through research, teaching, and service. DePaul upholds a fair and equitable recruitment, interview, and hiring process where supporting diverse populations and academic excellence are compatible goals. Our vibrant and diverse faculty is supported through academic and professional development resources. Successful candidates thrive and are at home in an environment where diverse cultures and identities, ideas, backgrounds, and experiences are welcomed and supported.