Administrative Assistant, Value Stream & CSO

Job Posting End Date: October 19

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: 

• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability 

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

The Corporate Strategy Office (CSO) is looking for an administrative assistant who can support the Products Value Stream and other CSO leaders drive one of Unum's most exciting transformation efforts. The Administrative Assistant serves as a trusted enterprise partner helping drive the execution, coordination, and communication required to deliver strategic business outcomes. This role operates at the center of a fast-paced, high-energy environment, supporting leaders who are shaping the future of Unum through innovation, transformation, and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will bring strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and a proactive mindset to help leaders stay focused on the highest-value work. They will coordinate priorities, manage complex schedules, facilitate meetings and events, support communications, and ensure seamless execution across a wide range of initiatives and stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building, problem-solving, and working closely with senior leaders. The role offers unique visibility into strategic priorities, cross-functional initiatives, and transformational work that will influence the future direction of Unum.

• →High school diploma or Associates/Bachelor’s degree

• →2+ years of administrative assistant experience
• →Solid, proven PC skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook)
• →Strong written and verbal communication skills
• →Ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff, as well as outside customers and vendors
• →Proactive self-starter with strong customer service skills that exhibit the highest ethical standards at all times
• →Strong organizational skills, and highly accurate with attention to detail
• →High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations with diplomacy and tact
• →Analytical ability required to gather data in an organized and efficient manner

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$40,000.00-$75,600.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not.  All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

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Unum