Administrative Assistant

  • Full-time

Company Description

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

Job Description

At Block, our mission on the Executive Operations team is to amplify the impact of executives and their teams. We are looking for an innovative, reliable individual with a passion for supporting teams. Our Administrative Assistants specialise in administrative excellence in calendaring, booking travel, expense management, and being able to adeptly manage those tasks for multiple leaders.

You will join the Executive Operations Team, supporting teams focused on multiple business units. We are looking for an individual who is thorough, detail-oriented, thrives in a fast paced environment, enjoys working with a variety of people daily, and executes with a high level of integrity in this energetic and human-centric environment.

You Will:

  • Provide administrative support for 5+ executives.
  • Manage the executives’ calendars, travel bookings, expenses, and other additional administrative tasks.
  • Provide administrative support to our Afterpay Sales, Counsel, F&S, Industry Relations and Payment Partnerships team(s). Responsibilities include maintaining complex calendars, requiring coordination with executives, partners, and other members of the Executive Operations Team.
  • Maximise your executives' time by managing their calendars and providing quarterly analysis of how time was spent. Will work with the team’s EA lead to make suggestions on how to optimize time. 
  • Work within our centralised Executive Operations team to provide coverage for other execs as needed, take on team-based projects, and provide inputs and suggestions to enhance the team as a whole.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience as an Administrative Assistant, Executive Assistant, or similar role; preferably with both small and large-scale technology companies
  • The ability to prioritize effectively and manage competing priorities and schedules 
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with Google Suite, including Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Slides

Additional Information

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any legally protected class.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

We’ve noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where individuals are sending fake job offer emails. Contact from any of our recruiters or employees will always come from an email address ending with @block.xyz, @squareup.com, @tidal.com, or @afterpay.com, @clearpay.co.uk.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

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