Administrative Assistant, Specialist

Blue Shield of California is part of the Ascendiun Family of Companies, focused on innovative healthcare solutions. The Administrative Assistant will support the Senior Director of Healthcare Quality and Affordability Solutions and other senior leaders, managing administrative tasks, calendars, and event planning. Responsibilities Expertly manage administrative matters, in the absence of, or on behalf of the directors Serve as an administrative liaison between directors, managers, and direct reports and others within and outside the organization Manage day-to-day organization of senior leaders’ calendars, appointments, meetings, and related schedule Leverage AI tooling and build out agents and systems to do your job most efficiently using tools like Microsoft copilot and others Collaborate in the Admin community and find ways to share best practices for leveraging AI to accomplish administrative tasks Event Planning for the organization and critical F2F events - independently plan appropriate facilities, food, and IT support for meetings and events at approved office facilities Onboarding Support; facilitate equipment, badging, ergonomic requests, access management, seating, phones, and teleworking issues Travel planning: partner with leader to plan travel and coordinate flights, hotels, etc Meeting management, developing notes and summaries of meetings, meeting scheduling, calendaring Managing distribution lists, org charts, and miscellaneous requests Expense reporting/Concur: Submitting expense reports, approving expense reports, auditing to ensure compliance, managing invoice approvals, getting approvals for travel requests Skills Requires an Associates' degree or equivalent experience Prior relevant experience; Blue Shield of California Administrative Assistant experience preferred A combination of relevant business management experience and education may be acceptable Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Copilot are required Flexibility, resilience, ability to solve problems, and work independently Ability to manage multiple projects at once Intermediate knowledge of Lucid Charts preferred Planview, SharePoint, Service Marketplace, Concur, UltiPro Company Overview Blue Shield of California is a health insurance service provider. It was founded in 1939, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is