Contract type
Part-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience
Mid-level · 3+ years

Job description

The Executive Assistant supports and reports to the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and provides administrative support to the Compliance Office at AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. Duties include managing the CCO's calendar, coordinating meetings and materials, tracking deadlines, and handling confidential records and office administration.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
Work mode
Hybrid
Pay
USD 40,000 – 45,000 / year

What you'll do

  • Schedule and manage the Chief Compliance Officer's extensive calendar of internal and external meetings; coordinate meeting requests, correspondence, executive communications, participants, logistics, agendas, briefing materials, and scheduling conflicts; prepare and distribute meeting materials; and record meeting minutes or summaries as assigned.
  • Provide general administrative and executive support to the CCO and the Compliance Office; organize and prioritize requests; prepare routine correspondence; proofread and format documents, presentations, and communications; coordinate review, signature, and approval routing; and maintain contact and distribution lists.
  • Maintain administrative trackers for policy reviews, training activities, reporting deadlines, audit and regulatory requests, assigned corrective actions, and other Compliance Office commitments; monitor due dates and status; request updates from assigned owners; and elevate unresolved deadlines, dependencies, or barriers.
  • Provide administrative support for committees, work-groups, and other governance activities supported or led by the CCO; coordinate meetings, agendas, materials, attendance tracking, minutes, decision records, and action-item follow-up; and maintain governance documentation, records, and committee or work-group archives in accordance with applicable records-retention requirements.
  • Maintain confidential Compliance Office records and administrative workflow documentation.
  • Process in-state and out-of-state travel requests for the Compliance Office, including submitting travel justifications for approval, processing travel claims once travel is complete, and submitting for Director approval and financial reimbursement.
  • Process and coordinate approved travel, registration, invoice, supply, and equipment requests.
  • Support Compliance Office information, communication, executive reporting, and administrative continuity needs; assemble routine status updates, dashboards, briefing materials, and executive reports; review materials for completeness, consistency, formatting, and timely submission; highlight overdue items, unresolved dependencies, and decisions requiring attention; and maintain approved communicat

What we're looking for

  • Three years of progressively responsible administrative experience, including experience using Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 products.
  • Knowledge of executive-level office administration, calendar management, meeting coordination, and workflow tracking.
  • Knowledge of business writing, correspondence preparation, proofreading, document formatting, and version control.
  • Knowledge of data retention, records management, confidentiality, information security, and appropriate access practices.
  • Knowledge of committee and meeting administration, including agendas, minutes, decision records, action items, accountable owners, deadlines, and follow-up.
  • Knowledge of maintenance and organization of electronic filing systems, shared workspaces, records, and administrative tracking tools.
  • Knowledge of basic terminology related to compliance, governance, risk management, audits, investigations, policies, corrective actions, and regulatory oversight.
  • Knowledge of purchasing, travel, invoice, equipment, on-boarding, and administrative service-request processes.
  • Knowledge of accessibility considerations for meetings, documents, presentations, and communications.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Forms, and Power Automate.
  • Knowledge of ServiceNow or comparable workflow and work-tracking systems.
  • Skilled in managing complex calendars and coordinating internal and external meetings.
  • Skilled in prioritizing work responsibilities and managing competing deadlines.
  • Skilled in professional oral and written communication.
  • Skilled in organizing electronic records and maintaining accurate administrative documentation.
  • Skilled in tracking commitments, owners, due dates, dependencies, and completion evidence.
  • Skilled in following up diplomatically and persistently with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Skilled in preparing clear agendas, meeting minutes, action-item records, routine correspondence, and administrative summaries.
  • Skilled in document editing, proofreading, formatting, and quality control.
  • Skilled in using Microsoft 365 and other agency systems to manage information and administrative workflows.
  • Skilled in providing responsive, professional service to executive leadership, agency personnel, auditors, consultants, vendors, and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to anticipate executive support needs and identify missing information, conflicts, dependencies, and follow-up requirements.
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment in handling complex or sensitive situations.
  • Ability to work with confidential, sensitive, privileged, personnel-related, investigative, audit, risk, and executive information while maintaining confidentiality.
  • Ability to work independently within established guidelines and seek direction when authority or responsibility is unclear.

Nice to have

  • Experience providing administrative support to upper management level staff.
  • Experience providing administrative support in a government, healthcare, Medicaid, regulatory, audit, legal, compliance, risk-management, or similarly sensitive environment.
  • Experience managing complex executive calendars and preparing agendas, minutes, decision records, and action-item tracking.
  • Experience with SharePoint, Teams, ServiceNow, or similar document-management and workflow systems.

Your team

Office of the Director (OOD) - Compliance Office

The Executive Assistant supports and reports to the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and provides administrative support to the Compliance Office.

Benefits

Paid Vacation and Sick time off (13 and 12 days per year respectively) - start earning it your 1st day (prorated for part-time employees)

  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child
  • Other Leaves - Bereavement, civic duty, and military
  • A top-ranked retirement program with lifetime pension benefits
  • A robust and affordable insurance plan, including medical, dental, life, and disability insurance
  • Participation eligibility in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (must meet qualifications)
  • RideShare and Public Transit Subsidy
  • A variety of learning and career development opportunities
  • Option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule

How to get hired

  1. 1Successfully pass fingerprint background check, prior employment verifications and reference checks
  2. 2Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify)

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About Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

Arizona's Medicaid agency

AHCCCS is Arizona's Medicaid agency and a nationally acclaimed model among Medicaid programs, a recipient of multiple awards for excellence in workplace effectiveness and flexibility. AHCCCS employees are passionate about their work, committed to high performance, and dedicated to serving the citizens of Arizona. Among government agencies, AHCCCS is recognized for high employee engagement and satisfaction, supportive leadership, and flexible work environments, including remote work opportunities.

Mission

To deliver comprehensive, cost-effective health care to Arizonans in need.

Key facts

  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Government / Medicaid
  • Arizona's Medicaid agency
  • Nationally acclaimed model among Medicaid programs
  • Recipient of multiple awards for excellence in workplace effectiveness and flexibility
  • All AHCCCS Employees must reside within the state of Arizona

What they value

  • Accountability
  • Community
  • Innovation
  • Leadership
  • Passion
  • Quality
  • Respect
  • Courage