Administrative Assistant III - Newark, United States - New Jersey Institute of Technology

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    Title:

    Administrative Assistant III


    Department:

    Mechanical and Industrial Engr


    Reports To:

    Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering


    Position Type:

    Staff


    Position Summary:

    Under the MIE Department Chair and Assistant to the Department Chair,
    the Administrative Assistant will be assigned to assist and support the
    department, as needed, providing a full array of support services of clerical
    and administrative character.


    Essential Functions:

    Administrative/

    Clerical:
    It is the responsibility of the incumbent to adapt to changing environments
    and perform a myriad of clerical and administrative duties including, but not


    limited to, the following:

    • Maintaining appointment calendar(s) for Chair, faculty office hours, and student email lists for mass mailing.
    • Greeting guests entering the MIE Office and referring to appropriate offices.
    • Preparing adjunct contracts.
    • Answering and screening incoming telephone calls; providing routine information to faculty, staff, students, and outside callers following established policies and procedures; referring requests for information to appropriate person in office.
    • Providing the bookstore with book orders and maintaining booklists for courses and faculty.
    • Contacting publishers to order faculty desk top copies.
    • Processing incoming and outgoing mail for the department and maintaining essential files and records for department.
    • Constructing and maintaining an accurate filing and associated records maintenance and retrieval system.
    • Using Banner to request parking, room reservations, food ordering, etc.
    • Using Banner to make general inquiries related to students and/or faculty.

    Additional Functions:

    - Performing related duties as assigned.


    Prerequisite Qualifications:

    - High school diploma
    required.

    • Two years of administrative experience required.
    • Must be proficient
    in the use of word processing, specifically Microsoft Word applications and
    possess a working knowledge of developing spreadsheets by use of Excel.

    • At the university's discretion, the education and experience
    prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the
    satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and
    experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.


    Preferred Qualifications:

    - Must be
    self-directed and possess initiative, be organized and have the ability to
    handle several projects simultaneously.

    • A college or business school degree
    from an accredited institution is preferred as well as experience in a public
    sector, higher education environment.

    • Demonstrable computing skills, literacy
    and efficiency in word processing, electronic mail processing, spreadsheet
    application is preferred as is proofreading acumen.

    • Knowledge of Banner is
    strongly desirable.


    Bargaining Unit:

    OPEIU


    Range/Band:

    16


    FLSA:

    Non-Exempt
    Full-Time
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