Intern

General Description: 

As an Intern with ACCO, you will be responsible for clerical and related administrative duties.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative and program support, including data entry, scheduling, coordinating, and attending meetings, preparing written correspondence/reports, and other administrative tasks as assigned.
• Participate in training and assignments such as business communication, presentation, and professional skills development.
• Find and retrieve information from files in response to requests from authorized users.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Position Requirements:

• Strong aptitude for learning new systems and programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal communication/relationship skills
• Proficiency with MS Windows, including MS Word and MS Excel 
• Demonstrated customer service excellence, including professional, courteous phone skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Preferred, but not required:

• High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

ACCO Competencies: 

• Proactivity / Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one’s level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows the wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to organizations’ short- and long-term business strategy.  On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Motivation / Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals.  Initiates action with collective goals takes responsibility and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity / Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feed, back; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve a problem in support of personal, group, department, or organizational objectives.

Physical requirements: 

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• The employee may regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Distance vision.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to walk and sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (for purposes of filling photocopier/printers).
• Occasionally required to reach above shoulder height to access storage cabinets and mail cubicles.
• Regular and Routine attendance: 

Hours:

Monday through Thursday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Friday 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, with occasional overtime as required.

Competitive Wages:

$15.85 to $20.43 per hour. Applicants please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation. 

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