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Senior Executive Management Assistant 13

State of Michigan

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Jul 2026

💰 $81,020/yr($57,840/yr – $81,020/yr)

About the role

Posting number: 3291-26MC-OHE11

Department: Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLeap)

Job classification: Senior Executive Management Assistant 13

Posting type: Open

Categories: Education, Higher Education

Summary

At the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, we are laser-focused on improving opportunities and outcomes for Michiganders from preschool to postsecondary. From connecting more families with quality child care and prek programs to making it more affordable to earn a skill certificate or college degree, we are helping more people make it in Michigan.

MiLEAP was created by Governor Whitmer in July 2023 and is the newest department in the State of Michigan. Visit Michigan.gov/MiLEAP to learn more about our work and consider applying to join a team working to make Michigan a better place to grow up, learn, live, work, and play.

This position provides high-level, confidential executive and operational support to the Deputy Director and designated senior leadership within the office. The position coordinates executive schedules, recurring leadership meetings, agendas, briefing materials, project-status reporting, decisions, assignments, and follow-up activities. The position is responsible for helping maintain an effective flow of information among leadership, staff, and related management forums and for ensuring that issues are routed to the appropriate meeting or decision-maker.

The position reports to the Deputy Director and receives day-to-day work direction from the Director of Student Success and Strategic Initiatives according to established office priorities. The employee exercises considerable independent judgment in prioritizing requests, organizing executive workflows, coordinating meeting preparation, identifying missing or incomplete information, monitoring assignments and deadlines, and determining when issues require escalation. The position also provides calendar management, correspondence and document preparation, meeting and event coordination, records management, and other administrative support necessary for the effective operation of the office.

Position Description

Examples of duties

This position generally requires the education acquired through completion of high school, and four years of administrative and executive support experience. Specific information on the education and experience required for the position in the job specification of the Senior Executive Management Assistant class.