Senior Administrative Assistant; UNH Manchester

This position provides comprehensive administrative support for the Dean's Office and Academic Affairs functions at UNH Manchester, serving as a key resource for academic leadership, department chairs, faculty, and the broader college community. Responsibilities include coordinating academic processes and recurring activities; supporting faculty affairs, promotion and tenure, adjunct faculty, evaluations, accreditation and program reviews; preparing reports and materials; coordinating meetings, events, communications, and special projects;

and providing administrative support to academic departments. The position also supports the effective daily operation of the Dean's Office, including serving as a primary point of contact, assisting with onboarding and campus events, and working closely with the Administrative Services Manager to ensure responsive and well-coordinated administrative services across the college.

• Complex administrative support including calendar management, meeting preparation of materials, coordination of follow ups and action items, and management of reoccurring meetings.
• Coordinate college processes and procedures to chairs, faculty, and other members within the college community.
• Assist the Administrative Services Manager with the tracking and oversight of the Associate Dean budget line items.
• Planning and executing events led by the Associate Dean (i.e., Academic community Forums, Sidore lecture series, etc.)
• Sole collector as well as creator and distributor of materials and information for the Millworks Newsletter (i.e., shoutouts, good news) and reporting of data analytics of that publication.
• Assisting in development and planning of adjunct orientation as well as the sole administrative support for adjunct faculty within the Manchester division of CPS.
• Prepare reports on academic programs, course enrollments, and trends as well as extensive data gathering projects requested by the Associate Dean.
• Coordinate with a variety of departments on special programs as needed.
• Sole contact for the campus-wide office supply ordering and management.
• SoleDIGTEVliaison and main contact for all faculty evaluations; working directly with Administrative Services Manager to provide reporting for personnel files and Office of the Dean back up.
• Provide administrative support for the Manchester division five department chairs.
• Coordinate with the Administrative Services Manager on the Manchester division College promotion and tenure committee for annual promotion and tenure submissions.
• Participate in reoccurring Dean's Administrative meetings with other University representatives.
• Prepare materials and draft reports for use in various committees and constituencies.
• Liaise with Associate Dean on accreditation visits and on-site external reviews of programs.
• Provide administrative support in logistics, planning, and historical archiving on program advisory boards with the college.
• Coordinate the requests, submission, and approval process for the annual graduate faculty nominations from each program.

• Main office greeter and first point of contact for the office for phone, questions, visitors, concerns, and issues. This includes providing suite "gatekeeping" services for those within.
• Oversight of the office conference room, supply closet, reception area; ordering necessary supplies and office equipment as needed.
• Assist with onboarding materials, ordering equipment or supplies, coordinating building tours for new hires, and aid in logistical planning for new hire onboarding and orientation.
• Back-up support for events on campus.
• General administrative support and back-up support to the Academic Services Manager and the Office of the Dean.

• Bachelors degree and 3-5 years of experience.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs.

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