Administrative Assistant

Lancer Hospitality seeks an experienced and skilled Administrative Assistant to provide administrative support to Lancer's management team in the Company's corporate office in Mendota Heights.

In the position of Administrative Assistant you will be responsible for:
* Staffing the front desk, screening incoming calls and welcoming clients, vendors and visitors
* Screening of email: read and analyze incoming correspondence and reports to determine their significance, exercise good judgment, interpret requests and disseminate information as needed
* Coordination of communication via email and voice mail of the company president
* Written correspondence and follow up with clients, associates and vendors
* Proofing of written communication, proposals and correspondence
* Coordination of scheduling and the facilitation of internal and external meetings
* Management of meeting agendas, ability to take concise, clear and actionable meeting minutes and disseminate as necessary
* Ability to take on special projects such as the coordination and compilation of annual business reports, research of new trends and concepts, gathering and compiling of data etc.
* Coordination of travel plans for senior management
* Administrative support for the Company's HR department on-boarding new employees
* Administrative support for the Company's marketing department
* General administrative duties as required

This is a full-time, hourly wage position with benefits.

As a requirement for consideration, and as a writing sample, please submit a cover letter indicating the specific strengths and experience that you bring to this position. Please also provide your salary history and current salary requirements.

Qualifications
2+ years of executive administrative experience
Experience providing administrative support to multiple individuals
Understanding of the business structure of a privately held corporation
Exceptional organizational and time management skills
Written communication skills (writing sample will be required as part of screening process)
Proof-reading skills and aptitude
Professional demeanor
Excellent verbal communication skills
Ability to work with confidential information and data

Lancer Hospitality is a Minnesota-based hospitality company with operations in Minnesota, Washington State, Oregon, Tennessee and Utah. You would work out of Lancer's office in Mendota Heights. We hold food service and catering contracts at some of the Twin Cities' most prominent attractions such as Science Museum of Minnesota, Minnesota Zoo, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, Minnesota State Fair and more. The company also operates a large educational food service division in which we hold 11 college dining contracts and service thousands of children in K-12 schools. In addition to the Company's large contract food service business Lancer also owns and operates Como Town Amusement Park. For more information about the company please visit our websites at lancerhospitality.com, comotown.com, lancerdining.com and lancercatering.com.