Executive Coordinator, Provost Office - Riverside, United States - La Sierra University

Description

Staff

Serves as primary office support for both the Provost and Associate Provost. Performs advanced, diversified, and confidential administrative duties requiring broad and comprehensive experience, skill and knowledge of organizational policies and practices. Prepares correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other documents as needed. Screens telephone calls and visitors and resolves routine and some complex inquiries. Schedules and maintains calendar of appointments, meetings and travel itineraries and coordinates related arrangements. Coordinates with and assists the Provost and Associate Provost in the implementation of special projects. Some of these include working on academic bulletins, assisting with assessment reports, and creating policy manuals. Requires strong computer and written and verbal communication skills. Also calls for flexibility, excellent interpersonal skills, project coordination experience and the ability to work well with all levels of administration and staff, faculty, students, visitors, and outside vendors.

Duties and Responsibilities

· Academic Liaison for Provost : The Executive Coordinator will collaborate on CAO duties by working with the academic deans, faculty, advisors, and others. Some of the duties will include research and coordination of academic petitions and other appeals to the provost. Some of these duties will include the following areas:

oRegistration Coordination: In this role, the executive coordinator would collaborate with personnel in Records and Advising offices to address barriers to registration, work with staff and faculty to find solutions, conceptualize and design improved processes, and collaborate with the Associate Provost to operationalize, communicate, and measure retention of students.

oManagement of Dual Credit: Supports Dual Credit opportunities with local K-12 systems (including SDA academies and local Public-School Districts) and maintain a working dialog and action-plan with the local k-12 systems. This collaboration will include regular meetings with k-12, strategizing of programs to make it a k-16 system, and measuring success.

oGraduation: the executive coordinator maintains responsibility, along with the President and Provost, for graduation.

· Operations Liaison for Provost : The Executive Coordinator will collaborate on COO duties by working with Institutional Research, Institutional Technology, the Division of Student Life offices, and the university external partners Dynamic Campus and Sodexo. Some of these duties will include the following areas:

oDocument management: In addition to keeping accurate minutes of provost committees, works with IR, Records, academic deans, and faculty senate leadership to manage the publication of the academic bulletins, the University Factbook, and the Faculty Handbook. Maintains the academic files for all faculty members. This responsibility also includes working with the provost on tracking and coordinating the document retention policies of campus.

oAccreditation: The executive coordinator works with the provost, the WSCUC ALO, and the President's Office in managing events and activities associated with periodic accreditation reviews and maintaining accurate records of all annual assessments and periodic reviews.

oPlant Function and Safety: This work will include liaising with Risk Management, Campus Safety, Student Wellness Services, Institutional Technology, and others. The coordinator will manage the communication regarding general maintenance concerns, non-academic events on campus, and other campus access , the executive coordinator will work with the webmaster on maintaining accurate web resources and functions of web safety alerts.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position requires a broad and comprehensive knowledge of university policies and procedures. Employee will be responsible administratively for specific activities, projects, programs or coordination of services within the functional area.

Education/Experience

Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a four-year college or university in Office Management, Business, English or another related field. Prior office experience and/or secretarial experience preferred. Ten or more years related experience in lieu of education.

Language Ability

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public as this position frequently communicates complex information. Ability to train and monitor others' performance. Ability to present, resolve conflicts and address delicate situations. Ability to motivate and persuade others.

Math Ability

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Problems are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, novel and require creative approaches to resolutions. New concepts and approaches may have to be developed. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have expertise in the use of general computer software like Microsoft Office Suite. Banner experience is with spreadsheets like Excel is especially desired.

Certificates and Licenses

None

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.

Physical Demands

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 must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Annual Salary: $66,560.00 plus generous benefits