Surgical Oncology Senior Administrative Assistant

Job Description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals 2025-2026” rankings. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career.

We take pride in hiring the best, most hard-working employees. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically varied community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.

What will you be doing in this role?

The Surgical Oncology Senior Administrative Assistant performs a broad range of clerical, administrative and general office activities in order to support the facilitation of administrative workflow within the department and/or unit. Supports an individual or multiple staff members by arranging their schedules, appointments and itineraries.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Schedules appointments and meetings. Makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, or travel for an individual, group or department.
• Researches and responds to inquiries and calls, may escalate to other levels of the organization as appropriate.
• Formats, types, and edits correspondence, documents, memos, reports, meeting minutes and/or presentation materials.
• Compiles financial and operational data from multiple sources to assist management in preparing and monitoring budget and workforce planning and/or other department reports. May prepare summary of information or data.
• Distributes and disseminates information within the department and/or unit.
• Orders supplies and arranges for equipment maintenance.
• Submits, monitors and tracks invoices, reimbursements, and supply management. May assist with preparation and submission of expense reports.
• Establishes and maintains an internal filing system.
• Responds timely, effectively and appropriately to deliverables.
• Identifies and responds appropriately to both internal and external customer needs utilizing available resources.
• May act as or support the Staff Development Advisory Network (SDAN), Safety Representative and/or Kronos editor within the department or unit.

Qualifications

Educational & Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED required. Bachelors degree preferred.
• Two (2) years of office and administrative experience required.
• Proficiency and experience with Microsoft Office Suite required.
• Experience managing multiple high-volume calendars preferred.
• Administrative/office experience in academic environment or medical center preferred.

Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai

Our compensation philosophy

Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy.