Executive Assistant

JOB DESCRIPTION
This role is HYBRID, on-site 3 days a week at our Northbrook or Chicago, IL office.

• Provides a wide variety of complex administrative and staff support services.
• Relieves the organizational unit of administrative work and project details where appropriate, including preparing varied to complex reports, typing documents, filing, answering questions regarding the organizational unit procedures and processes, screening phone calls as appropriate, etc.
• Assists with high-level confidential projects, which may include creating supporting documentation such as graphs and charts.
• Assists in the preparation and control of a variety of office records, statistics and reports regarding operations, personnel, etc.
• Schedules, coordinates and maintains calendar and travel itineraries.
• Makes meeting and travel arrangements.
• Serves as administrative liaison within or outside the company regarding administrative issues related to the organizational unit assigned.
• Assists in the budgetary process for the organizational unit.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Higher Secondary Education plus generally five or more years of related administrative assistant experience or paraprofessional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks within the assigned area.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions based on information presented or researched.
• Detailed knowledge of the organizational area assigned.

What you'll experience working at UL:

• Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn't new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 129 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.
• People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you'll almost always hear, "the people." Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We're able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
• Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers' create. We're inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
• Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.
• Total Rewards: All employees at UL are eligible for bonus compensation. UL offers a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Additionally, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. We provide Healthcare Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts that UL contributes to twice per year! Depending on your role, you can work with your manager on flexible working arrangements. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer time off.

Learn More:
Working at UL is an exciting journey that twists and turns daily. We thrive in the twists and revel in the turns. This is our every day. This is our normal.
Curious? To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com.
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ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.