Management Assistant, Innovation Hub

Management Assistant, Innovation Hub (2925)

Pocatello - Main. NOT eligible for remote work, on-campus position

Idaho State University, established in 1901, is a-Carnegie-classified doctoral research and teaching institution, with a culture built on trust, compassion, stability, and hope. ISU serves over 12,000students in Pocatello, Meridian, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls. Students and faculty at ISU are leading the way in cutting-edge research and innovative solutions. We are proud to offer exceptional academics nestled in the grand,natural beauty of the West.

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Performsa variety of administrative duties that enables management or administrators to function more effectively; or primary focus is on administering a program;performs related work.

The Management Assistant provides comprehensive administrative, operational, and coordination support for the Idaho State University Innovation Hub.

The position serves as the central administrative resource for the Innovation Hub and supports the Hub Director/Executive Director, professional staff, functional centers, projects, training activities, events, and institutional initiatives. Because the Innovation Hub supports work across organizational and divisional boundaries, the Management Assistant regularly coordinates with university leadership, faculty, staff, project sponsors, project teams, subject matter experts, administrative offices, and external partners.

The position is responsible for creating and maintaining the administrative infrastructure necessary to support a growing portfolio of institutional work, including scheduling, meeting coordination, project administration, records and document management, operational tracking, purchasing and travel support, event and training logistics, communications support, and routine Innovation Hub operations.

The Management Assistant increases organizational capacity by centralizing administrative and coordination responsibilities that would otherwise be performed by specialized professional staff, allowing those employees to focus their time on project management, systems and process improvement, workplace training, change leadership, and other specialized institutional work.

This position is not eligible for new visa sponsorship at this time. Candidates who already hold valid U.S. work authorization may be considered.

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Innovation Hub Director/Executive Director.
• Manage scheduling, calendars, appointments, and meeting logistics involving university leaders, project sponsors, project teams, staff, and external partners.
• Coordinate complex meetings involving participants from multiple university units.
• Prepare and organize agendas, meeting materials, presentations, correspondence, briefing documents, and supporting information.
• Track follow-up items and assist with administrative coordination following meetings.
• Coordinate travel arrangements and related documentation.
• Maintain contact lists, shared calendars, distribution groups, and administrative resources.
• Serve as a central administrative contact for the Innovation Hub.
• Respond to routine inquiries and route requests to appropriate Hub staff or resources.
• Exercise discretion when handling sensitive personnel, project, organizational, and institutional information.

• Provide administrative coordination for Innovation Hub projects and the overall project portfolio.
• Support the centralized project-intake process and maintain accurate intake and project records.
• Establish and maintain project folders, records, rosters, documentation, meeting schedules, and collaboration spaces.
• Schedule project discovery sessions, work-group meetings, sponsor meetings, workshops, and other project activities.
• Maintain project trackers and administrative project-management systems.
• Assist with updating project status information and portfolio data.
• Track routine deadlines, assigned follow-up items, decisions, approvals, and required documentation.
• Prepare and distribute project materials.
• Support collection of status information from project teams.
• Assist with preparation of routine portfolio reports and meeting materials.
• Support project closeout, archiving, records retention, and transfer of final documentation.

• Coordinate day-to-day…