Assistant to Chair; School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Job Title: Assistant to the Chair (School of Civil & Environmental Engineering)

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 300862

Act as the primary administrative support for a school Chair providing office related services including correspondence and report preparation, maintaining files, meeting arrangements and related functions. May be responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with:
Chair and Associate Chairs, Dean, School faculty members and staff, students and visitors. This position typically will advise and counsel: NA. This position may supervise: assigned office staff.

• Manage calendar, coordinate meetings, make travel arrangements and plan events
• Prepare correspondence and reports; may assist in collecting statistical data, conduct analyses, report preparation and presentations
• Maintain office filing system
• Provide administrative support to Associate Chair(s), as directed
• Assist in coordination of administrative tasks of faculty searches
• Make travel arrangements and process travel-related reimbursements
• Assist with logistics of conference planning, seminars, special school events and development activities
• Process HR paperwork for research faculty new hires and department affiliates; immigration paperwork
• May coordinate recurring administrative processes in support of the chair which may include administrative aspects of re-appointments, promotions and tenure, etc.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Educational Requirements:
  
  Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Other
  
  Required Qualifications:
  
  Overnight travel required for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules, project requirements).
• Required Experience:
  
  Four to six years of job related experience

• Preferred Educational
  
  Qualifications:
  
  Bachelor's Degree
• Experience supporting executive level leadership.
• Experience in Higher Education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, customer service, and organization skills.
• The ability to prioritize tasks, work independently, and/or work within a team environment.

Skills:

This job requires working knowledge of the administrative processes and practices employed in a higher education academic office. Within this environment skills in event planning, organization, communications and customer service are required as is the use of office and specialized computer applications.

Salary range: $56,000.00 to $62,000.00 annually (Compensation for this position is commensurate with experience).

Location: Atlanta, GA

Job grade: A7

This is not a supervisory position. This position does have financial responsibilities. No, this position will be required to drive. This role is considered a position of trust. This position does require a purchasing card (P-Card). This position will not travel. This position does not require security clearance.

The successful candidate for this position will provide assistance to the School Chair, as well as the Associate Chairs for the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

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