Job Description:

• Assist the Director of Faculty and Student Affairs in the general administration of the Department keeping them informed of pending projects and deadlines.

• Provide administrative support for faculty-led committees and the development and documentation of departmental rules, policies, and procedures.

• Coordinate scheduling of departmental meetings and retreats.

• Create and maintain an organized file/record storage protocol to promote institutional knowledge and enable efficient access for faculty and staff.

• Prepare agenda and materials for departmental faculty meetings, in consultation with the Chair.

• Manage departmental operations including tasks such as room reservation requests, ordering of supplies, maintenance requests, etc.

• Process faculty leave-of-absences.

• Coordinate faculty office allocation and moves.

• Provide A/V support for instructors using the RDI seminar.

• Use University systems (e.g. ePayment, GEMS, eLedgers, Buysite) to initiate financial transactions (procurement, processing reimbursements, honoraria, and prizes/stipends, reconciling departmental GEMS receipts/reports).       

• Implement and manage event planning and day-of logistics for student-facing programming to promote the departmentâ™s curricular and co-curricular programs, including open-houses, student recruiting, new-student orientation, and study breaks.

• Coordinate selection process for departmental student awards and process stipends.

• Research and propose new student-facing events.

• Prepare communications and events to increase awareness of Departmentâ™s academic programs.

• Prepare departmental newsletters and announcements to share events, programming and news with relevant constituents.

• Manage departmental listservs.

• Maintain and update departmental website and social media accounts, posting to accounts and responding to messages.

• Create and distribute flyers for departmental events and programs.

• Maintain departmentâ™s calendar and shared accounts (e.g. Zoom, social media, Eventbrite, etc).                               

• Manage logistics for academic events such as lectures, campus visits for job candidates, and conferences.

• Coordinate all pre-event arrangements, including event schedules, publicity, event venues, travel and lodging for guests, catering, and supplies.

• Provide day-of support, including set-up/clean-up, check-in, standard audio-visual needs.

• Supports the delivery of services to program participants and/or beneficiaries.

• May interact with faculty, researchers and staff for committee work or information.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Application Documents

• Resume (required)

• Cover letter (required)

• References (3)(required)

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