Demo

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - SR. SECRETARY - Department Administration

Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/21/2026
Who We Are

Environmental and Safety Systems (CC57) is a dedicated team of professionals that provide support and guidance for SwRI operations as related to all environmental and safety matters. We actively engage with SwRI operations to ensure personnel safety and environmental protection. Primary responsibilities include regulatory compliance, recordkeeping, reporting, and coordination of regulatory inspections.

Role

Objectives of this Role:

  • Provide senior-level secretarial support for the staff of the Environmental and Safety Systems Department.
  • Represent Department on administrative matters; recommend, interpret, and/or implement department administrative policies and procedures.
  • Handle personnel and financial matters using independent judgement and discretion.
  • Direct administrative activities and processes followed by clerical and secretarial staff in the department.
  • Administer various programs required by the department.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

  • Answer phone and routes calls; deliver messages to staff; organize files; maintain databases and websites; generate reports and other materials in consistent formats, process invoices, requisitions and other SwRI forms.
  • Coordinate travel, meetings, appointments, schedules, training, and other department activities.
  • Handle diverse administrative functions including routine and non-routine tasks with minimal supervision.
  • Perform proof reading of department documents; ensures proper formatting; and maintains document control procedures.

Requirements:

  • Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) is a plus
  • 10 years: Requires excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills; must have excellent grammar, spelling and proofreading (English language).
  • 10 years: Experience in a senior administrative/secretarial role.
  • 10 years: High proficiency and extensive experience with Microsoft 365 applications (including Teams, Sharepoint, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
  • 10 years: Team player able to work under pressure; self starter and able to prioritize workload; excellent work ethic; able to exercise independent judgement in administrative matters; able to maintain confidentiality.
  • A valid/clear driver's license is required.

Requirements

Special Requirements:

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.

Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas

For benefits information at our San Antonio location, click here .

For benefits information at all other locations, click here .

Salary.com Estimation for ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - SR. SECRETARY - Department Administration in San Antonio, TX
$46,993 to $58,531
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets
Employees: Get a Salary Increase
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Southwest Research Institute

  • Southwest Research Institute Oklahoma, OK
  • Who We Are: The Strategic Aerospace Department within the Defense & Intelligence Solutions Division delivers cutting-edge engineering services to enhance t... more
  • 11 Days Ago

  • Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, TX
  • Who We Are: Join the Defense and Intelligence Solutions Division as a Software Engineering Section Manager, leading top software developers providing solut... more
  • 11 Days Ago

  • Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, TX
  • Who We Are: Our team, the Cloud Services team within the Information Technology Center, is responsible for EntraID (formerly Azure)/M365 cloud services and... more
  • 11 Days Ago

  • Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, TX
  • Who We Are The Marine Structures & Engineering Section provides engineering R&D services for commercial and government customers. We design, analyze, fabri... more
  • 11 Days Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - SR. SECRETARY - Department Administration jobs in the San Antonio, TX area that may be a better fit.

  • Administration Pearsall, TX
  • Qualifications: Education/Certification: Master’s degree Texas Administrator Certificate T-PESS & T-TESS Certified Appriaser Special Knowledge/Skills: Thor... more
  • 16 Days Ago

  • Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) San Antonio, TX
  • Company Description Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) is headquartered in Detroit and was founded in 1990. We are financially strong with more than $300 mi... more
  • 12 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!