Strategic Partners –Administrative Assistant

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Strategic Partners –Administrative Assistant

Employer:                              

Blackstone

Business Unit:

Strategic Partners

Business Unit Description:     

Strategic Partners is a global leader in illiquid fund investing, including secondaries, co-investments and primary advisory. The Strategic Partners business was founded in 2000 and has significant experience in providing limited partners a range of liquidity solutions across illiquid asset classes on a fair, timely and confidential basis. Strategic Partners is one of the most prolific secondary market participants in the world and is recognized as an innovative investor, with broad transaction capabilities that reinforce its established reputation as a nimble and responsive investor. Through its private equity, infrastructure and real estate platforms Strategic Partners has executed 2,100+ transactions that represent interests in around 5,600 underlying fund interests managed by over 1,700 different financial sponsors.

Job Title:

Administrative Assistant

Job Description:        

The Administrative Assistant will provide support to Blackstone’s Strategic Partners senior leadership. The responsibilities include:

• Managing calendar(s) including scheduling internal and external appointments, confirming meetings, coordinating with other assistants
• Answering calls and acting as a gatekeeper, redirecting inquiries to other professionals when appropriate, as well as client liaison
• Acting as back-support for other senior professionals
• Coordinating travel arrangements including flights, visas/passports, cars, hotels, and other reservations
• Completion of detailed corporate expenses including tracking receipts and reimbursements
• Booking conference rooms for internal and external meetings, meeting and greeting guests, registering guests in visitor system
• Coordinating on-going group meetings, managing team meeting agendas
• Maintaining and organizing files
• Monitoring inventory supplies
• Role may require some work after regular business hours to do time sensitive tasks
• Owning the agenda, scheduling and various logistics around investment committee meetings
• Coordinate and drive various culture initiatives
• Ad hoc projects

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

The successful candidate should have:

• 3+ years of assistant experience, including experience with senior leadership
• Ability to utilize discretion and independent judgment
• Team oriented individual who thrives in a dynamic environment
• Strong communication skills; high EQ
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks and deadlines
• Perform duties with the highest level of confidentiality and integrity
• Experience with coordinating travel arrangements
• Independent worker with strong follow-through skills
• Ability to build relationships with key players and management
• Creative thinker
• Extensive familiarity with Microsoft suite
• Familiarity with Concur is preferred                  

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and addit