Administrative Assistant II

Administrative Assistant II – 995181 – Nova Southeastern University

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Contributes to the university's success by providing administrative services for assigned department, including but not limited to receiving and directing visitors, responding to and resolving complex problems, fielding telephone calls, scheduling meetings, organizing events, composing and editing correspondence, and providing general office support.

Job Category: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $35,100.00 annually/ $18.00 per hour

Pay Basis: Hourly

Subject to Grant Funding? No

• Implements university or departmental policies, procedures, and service standards in conjunction with management.
• Interprets administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees.
• Responds to inquiries and resolves problems requiring a broad understanding of work-area policies and procedures.
• Performs administrative support tasks, such as proofreading, transcribing handwritten information, or operating calculators or computers to work with pay records, invoices, balance sheets, or other documents.
• Sets up and manages paper or electronic filing systems, recording information, updating paperwork, or maintaining documents, such as attendance records, correspondence, or other material.
• Prepares forms and documents; enters data and generates reports from NSU specific software systems and verifies data for discrepancies.
• Coordinates university's electronic timekeeping system for admissions.
• Schedules and confirms appointments for clients, customers, or supervisors.
• Arranges for conferences, meetings, or travel reservations for office personnel.
• Inventories and orders materials, supplies, and services. Utilizes NSU's check request and purchasing system to monitor office expenditure and assists with the preparation of the annual office budget.
• Plans for or coordinates office services, such as equipment or supply acquisition or organization, disposal of assets, relocation, parking, maintenance, and/or other services.
• Maintains absentee and emergency contact information.
• Completes other projects as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Knowledge:

• Clerical – Thorough knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Customer and Personal Service – Thorough knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.
• English Language – Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Skills:

• Service Orientation – Proficient skills in actively looking for ways to help people.
• Judgment and Decision Making – Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
• Time Management – Proficient skills in managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Social Perceptiveness – Proficient skills in being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Writing – Proficient skills in communicating…