Personal Lines Executive Assistant

Westfield
Job Description
  • Job Identification: 10895
  • Posting Date: 02/03/2025, 04:07 PM
  • Locations: One Park Circle, Westfield Center, OH, 44251-5001, US(Hybrid)
  • Job Schedule: Full time

About Us

Founded in 1848, Westfield is a global leader in property and casualty insurance, delivering superior risk insights and innovative solutions to customers through a diverse portfolio of insurance products. Westfield underwrites commercial, personal, surety, and specialty lines of coverage through a network of leading independent agents and brokers in the United States and specialty products through Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 1200. As a mutual insurance company with more than 3,000 employees, Westfield has revenues in excess of $4 billion and more than $10 billion in assets. 

Job Description

#LI-DNI

The Personal Lines Executive Assistant, working under minimal supervision, provides high level administrative support by applying a thorough understanding of departmental operations. The role differentiates contributions by proactively handling the day-to-day needs of the Personal Lines Leadership Team. This role is responsible for day-to-day activities that support department priorities and uses critical thinking to determine the approach or action to take in non-routine situations.

Responsibilities

  • Provides administrative support for the Personal Lines Leadership Team  by coordinating administrative details and performing clerical functions, including scheduling meetings, following up on requests from leaders, coordinating travel and logistics, and clarifying and communicating leadership messages, expectations and priorities. 
  • Maintains professionalism and strict confidentiality with all materials, exercises discretion when interfacing with business partners, and maintains confidentiality of employee, client, and/or company records and issues.
  • Assists with the preparation and distribution of presentations, documents, reports, and other materials in support of department priorities. 
  • Takes meeting notes and prepares correspondence as needed.
  • Assist department leaders with key projects, initiatives, and priorities as needed.
  • Manages multiple leader's calendars in a constantly changing work environment, managing conflicting appointments and aiding in meeting prioritization.
  • Manages business expense reports and ensures expenses are submitted and approved on a timely basis.  
  • Arranges and participates in leadership team meetings both on and off site through the preparation, materials and meeting logistics, including facilitation of meeting technology such as Microsoft Teams, to ensure inclusion of both in person and remote meeting attendees.
  • Maintains clear and precise communication with leaders, prioritizes communication, provides information, and facilitates or makes timely decisions, focuses on details to ensure that information is clearly communicated and that tasks are accurately completed. 
  • Manages multiple projects and priorities and initiates follow-up to ensure timely achievement of commitments.
  • Educates/trains self on the use of various software and resources to optimize efficiency and outcomes of projects. 
  • Performs the gatekeeper and gateway role, provides a bridge for smooth communication between the leadership team and staff, and directs correspondence from external customers, agents, vendors, contractors, resolving or appropriately escalates routine and complex inquiries from these groups. 

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience in Executive Support or a related field. 
  • High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) and/or commensurate experience.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)

 

Location

Hybrid defined as three or more days per week in the office.

 

Behavioral Competencies

  • Collaborates
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Customer Focus
  • Decision Quality
  • Nimble Learning

Required Skills

Budgeting, Computer Literacy, Confidentiality, Documentation, Executive Support, Office Administration, Planning & Scheduling, Reporting, Stakeholder Management, Typewriting, Workflow Management
 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

United States: All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

United Kingdom: Westfield is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.