Energize your career with one of Healthcare’s fastest growing companies.  

You dream of a great career with a great company – where you can make an impact and help people.  We dream of giving you the opportunity to do just this.  And with the incredible growth of our business, it’s a dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the world’s leading Healthcare companies, UnitedHealth Group is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our service centers, improve our service levels and help people lead healthier lives.  We live for the opportunity to make a difference and right now, we are living it up.

This opportunity is with one of our most exciting business areas: Optum – a growing part of our family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 6 leader.

Optum helps nearly 60 million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating them about their symptoms, conditions and treatments; helping them to navigate the system, finance their healthcare needs and stay on track with their health goals. No other business touches so many lives in such a positive way. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accurate and timely submission of Request Center Forms to include, but not limited to: New hire, Transfer, Telecommuting Status change, Voice Services, Terminations, Change Requests, Moves
  
• Responsible for provisioning only approved hardware and software for users and basic setup of the computer and/or desk phone in the appropriate office space
  
• Ensure the prompt return of all excess, broken hardware through the established Asset Return, including assisting in the recovery and return of all UHG hardware from terminated staff
• Schedule, coordinate, and / or set up resources and technology (e.g., conference rooms; food; WebEx; Telepresence) needed for meetings/events
• Maintain calendars and make travel arrangements for senior leaders
• Compiles and / or integrate information needed to complete reports and documents
• Plans, prioritizes, organizes and completes work to meet established objectives 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma / GED (or higher)
• 2+ years of administrative support, project management, account management or client management experience
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Excel (ability to create spreadsheets, sort and filter data) and Microsoft PowerPoint (ability to create slides, upload graphs, and present data
• Experience evaluating and determining appropriate course of action to meet business needs 
• Experience working with project stakeholders / business leadership team
• Primary residence must be located in Northern California, and able to commute to the East Bay to work onsite in the office up to 5 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Optum service delivery model and operations.

Soft skills:

• Demonstrated self-starter with strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including well-developed interpersonal skills
• Flexible, agile and adaptable to change

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health - related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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