Senior Secretary

Salary: Minimum of $19.27 per hour, depending upon qualifications, plus benefits.

This is a senior secretary position in the Department Housing and Residential Life. The role serves as the front door to the residential experience and helps our students thrive.

Location:

Brookings.

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position serves as the office manager and oversees the efficient functioning of the front‑end operations of the Department of Housing and Residential Life, maintains high quality customer service, and supports the administrative needs of the department. This position will provide primary supervision of student employees and will process exemption requests and maintain records for animal requests and animal documents.

SDState offers a wide range of excellent benefits including medical, dental, and flexible benefits, retirement plans, paid holidays, and vacation leave. We offer a generous retirement plan that includes 6% matching, 10 hours of annual leave each month, 9.34 hours of sick leave each month, and eleven paid holidays. Employees also have access to internal and state‑sponsored training as well as reduced tuition for state‑supported courses at all State of South Dakota academic institutions.

Relocation benefits are available per university’s guidelines.

Knowledge of:

• Customer service practices.
• General clerical and office experience.
• Supervision techniques.
• Computer software and systems. (Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, Banner)
• Organization practices.

Skills & Ability to:

• Foster a welcoming and respectful environment through positive interactions and effective communication.
• Exercise independent judgment in evaluating conflicts and making effective decisions.
• Communicate information both in a written and verbal manner clearly and concisely.
• Maintain professionalism and confidentiality.
• Multi‑task and prioritize projects to meet competing deadlines.
• Learn new processes and demonstrate adaptability.
• Attention to detail.

South Dakota State University promotes access to and opportunities for all to receive the benefit of and participate in education, research, and service and is especially interested in candidates that can contribute to this land‑grant access mission. SDSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to, and SDSU prohibits discrimination on, the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identification, transgender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status that may become protected under law against discrimination in the offering of all educational programs and employment opportunities.

Arrangements for accommodations required by disabilities can be made by emailing HR. Individuals with concerns regarding discrimination should contact:
Equal Opportunity Officer/Title IX Coordinator, Human Resources, Morrill Hall 100, SDSU, Brookings, SD 57007, .