Administrative Assistant - Farm Bureau Financial Services

Administrative Assistant IV

Are you a go-getter with high initiative and a positive attitude? Are you detail-focused with strong organizational skills? Are you able to work with limited direction? Do you have prior assistant experience? If so, this Administrative Assistant opportunity could be a great fit for you!

Who We Are: With Farm Bureau Financial Services, our client/members can feel confident knowing their families, homes, cars, and other property are protected. We value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership, and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We're proud of our more than 80-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our client/members and creating an atmosphere where our employees thrive.

What You Will Do: As an Administrative Assistant for the Business Unit VP, you will provide the following support:

• Respond to and resolve customer service requests according to FBL Financial Group, Inc., policies in a prompt, efficient, and courteous manner for external customers, departmental staff, and other FBL personnel.
• Prepare/coordinate departmental communications, travel arrangements, accommodations, and expense reports.
• Monitor budget, goals, objectives, and action plans.
• Create and develop meeting presentations. Including agendas, taking minutes, and assisting in the follow-up of action items.
• Provide administrative support for implementing and tracking team initiatives and projects.
• Plan and assist in department meetings and development sessions throughout the year.
• Organize and prepare the Business Unit VP for upcoming meetings including relevant materials, advance review of logistics, and calendar management.
• Assist and/or provide back-up to the P/C Administrative Assistants or Executive Assistant as requested. Is this accurate?
• Perform other job-related duties or special projects as assigned.

What It Takes to Join Our Team:

• Associate degree (Office Administration or secretarial) or equivalent required, plus two years of office experience or supporting leaders preferred.
• Personal Computer (spreadsheets and word processing software), Windows environment (Lotus, (not used anymore) Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) required.
• Must have strong organizational, communications, and meeting planning/facilitation skills.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
• Keyboard skills of at least 50 NWPM.
• Strong customer service and public relations skills are necessary.
• Ability to work independently, but also in a team environment in collaboration with the other department Administrative Assistants.
• Ability to prioritize and manage work for multiple leaders and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

What We Offer You: When you're on our team, you get more than a gre