Overview:

Responsibilities:

• Provide both routine & non-routine administrative support, handling high volume of competing administrative task requests (via multiple clients) that require professional discernment on appropriate urgency/prioritization to complete. Examples include basic administrative support for Emeritus faculty, research for identifying candidates on faculty committees, and tracking deadlines for faculty awards and prizes.
• Provide extensive calendar support requiring prioritization of multiple calendars with effective communication across various stakeholders throughout the organization. Support extends to faculty-specific events including the annual Faculty Retreat in coordination with the President and Director’s Office.
• Coordinate, schedule, and manage travel, meetings, seminars series, speaking engagements and conferences for the department.
• Support executives’ ProCard reconciliation, membership and licensure renewals, and membership registrations.
• Coordinate the submission of articles and manuscripts for publication for Deputy Director of External Affairs, ensuring all necessary elements are present and creating a bibliography as required.
• Maintain CV and electronic bibliography on behalf of the Executive Vice President.
• Support annual conflict of the interest disclosure process for the Executive Vice President, including facilitation of prior approval requests for any prospective outside activities.
• Initiate and continuously improves administrative procedures for department.
• Prepare and process non-routine correspondence, complex presentations, contracts and other documents for signature, and detailed reports. Include maintenance of the Central Faculty list and communication cross-divisionally to ensure accuracy.
• Review and edit documents and presentations for grammar, style and formatting.
• Ensure the accurate filing and tracking of all documentation, including memos, correspondence, presentations and reports.
• Prepare reports and statistics based on information compiled from various sources on a regular basis. As the Central office for Faculty Affairs, requests for faculty information and analysis of trends are commonly requested by various departments in support of their projects, programs, and strategic plans.
• Document and maintain group processes, procedures and programs.
• Provide support to the team with various projects which will require ability to manage multiple, concurrent tasks with the highest levels of professionalism, confidentiality, timely turn-around and client service.
• Coordination of other departmental projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum of 5+ years’ complex administrative support experience required.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Office 365 on various platforms; SharePoint and AEM experience desired
• Comfort in learning new technologies as to become proficient in desktop systems/internal software necessary to successfully perform assigned tasks. May be asked to become departmental “expert” and/or “trainer” in specified software platforms.
• Demonstrates understanding of company policies and procedures and their application/impact on company operations and success.
• Experience with procurement, budgeting and/or project management software tools.
• Must be organized and have strong attention to detail and quality of work
• Experience in meeting coordination, scheduling, and planning; experience in managing executive calendars experience desired
• Ability to identify and take advantage of new opportunities, best practices, and potential partnerships
• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, plan ahead, problem-solve and meet goals in a deadline-driven environment
• Aptitude for working in collaborative team environments with a focus on maturity, proactive communication, relationship building skills and resiliency.
• Curiosity and proactive learning mindset
• A “Self-starter” mindset that takes initiative to continuously improve processes for ongoing effectiveness of the department and organization as a whole.
• Willingness and ability to guide/mentor other administrative staff.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.

• Experience working in an academic or research setting.
• Experience supporting executive level positions.
• Knowledgeable about grants and contracts.
• Knowledgeable about awards and prizes.

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