Administrative Assistant

How You Will Make an Impact

• Manage calendars, scheduling, meeting logistics, and correspondence for leadership.
• Cook up travel arrangements, expense reports, and event planning.
• Prepare, organize, and distribute meeting materials, agendas, and follow-up notes.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal teams and external partners, ensuring professional and timely communication.
• Maintain organized filing systems, records, and documentation.
• Anticipate the needs of leadership and proactively handle details so nothing falls through the cracks.
• Track project plans, deadlines, and action items across multiple workstreams.
• Support communications and follow-up between internal teams and external partners.
• Ensure commitments are tracked and completed on schedule.

Skills You Will Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor's degree in business, communications, or a related field preferred.
• 0–3 years of experience in administrative support, office management, executive assistance, or a related role.
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Impeccable judgment and discretion when handling confidential information.
• High initiative, reliability, and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex, fast-moving environment.
• Comfort supporting a technical, engineering-driven organization.

About DEKA

One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research & Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age. Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.