Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!
The Executive Assistant is responsible for providing administrative support to our Executive Leaders. To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be exceedingly well organized, handle a range of sophisticated assignments requiring the use of experience, innovation and judgment, while working closely with the executive and their sources!
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Day in the Life:
The Executive Assistant VP will support our Government Affairs and Outreach team and plays a key role in providing administrative and office support. To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be exceedingly well organized, proactive, possess the ability to handle a range of sophisticated assignments requiring the use of experience, innovation and judgment. You’ll work closely with multiple executives and a team of professionals who are located both in the office and at remote locations. You’ll plan events and coordinate with leaders and members of Williams Political Action Committee – including annual visits with PAC executives.
Responsibilities/Expectations:
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Provides administrative and clerical support for one or more persons, including work of a confidential nature
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Responds to inquiries from our internal and external business partners
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Assists in the technical and functional services of the department by providing support on projects, invoice management, preparing documents for approval, preparing presentations, monitoring data, reporting
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Maintains cost center data and analysis
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Assists with preparation of budgets and forecasts
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Supervises work of personnel on assigned projects
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Mentors others
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Serves as front-facing role for the D.C. office; manages relationship with building facilities and serves as liaison between various departments and office locations
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Manages schedules and plans travel for senior executives
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Plans and coordinates events with internal and external partners; supports in-person meetings
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Develops briefing memos for lobbying activities and trade association event participation
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Provides support for federal and state lobbyists, including the development of materials, briefing books, schedules, and meeting trackers
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Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience:
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Required: High school diploma or GED; a minimum five (5) years’ experience supporting executive management
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Preferred: Bachelor’s degree
Other Requirements:
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Strong verbal and written communication skills
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Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
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Needs advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Application and PC skills, including Microsoft Teams
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Excellent time management skills, including the coordination of executive meetings, calendars and travel
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Demonstrates ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
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Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects for various executives and team spanning multiple locations
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Ability to manage various team members travel and events
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Preferred: Beginner to Intermediate knowledge of SharePoint
Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
- Competitive compensation
- Annual incentive program
- Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
- Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
- 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
- A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
- Wellness Program with annual rewards
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Robust employee learning and development
- High internal mobility (we promote from within)
- Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
- Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
- Domestic partner benefits
- Educational reimbursement
- Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
- Employee resource groups
- Employee assistance programs
- Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
- Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/.
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What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel.
We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future.
Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
