Administrative Assistant - Education K-12 - New Orleans, LA &

Description ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. In FORTUNE magazine's 2006 list of "America's Most Admired Companies," ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry, consistently ranking since 1998 as one of the top three most admired companies in its industry as evaluated by peers and industry analysts. ARAMARK was also ranked first in its industry in the 2005 FORTUNE 500 survey. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 240,000 employees serving clients in 19 countries.
 
ARAMARK Education provides a complete range of food, facility, uniform and other support services to more than 650 K-12 school districts in the U.S.  It offers public and private education institutions a family of dining and facility services including:  on-site and off-site breakfast and lunch meal programs, after-school snacks, catering, nutrition education, retail design and operations, maintenance, custodial, grounds, energy management, construction management, and building commissioning.
As an Administrative Assistant with ARAMARK Education you will perform a wide variety of complex administrative and secretarial duties and report to the District Manager. You will maintain the daily group calendar, contact list for the unit, and client information. Other general administrative duties include telephone coverage, ordering of office supplies, arranging conference calls and meetings, coordinating mailings to the field, clients and prospects, filing and distributing mail.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent coupled
• minimum of three (3) years related experience
• Associates of College degree preferred
• Additional course work in computer systems and software preferred
• PC skills should include proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Strong written and oral communication skills and a demonstrated customer services orientation are essential
• Must be a self-starter, well organized, and detail oriented
• Must have ability to exercise independent judgement and show initiative.