Executive Administrative Assistant to Provost and Dean College

Position: Executive Administrative Assistant to the Provost and Dean of the College

Occupational Summary

This position serves primarily as executive assistant to the Provost and Dean of the College for Academic Affairs. This position performs complex administrative work dealing with a wide variety of situations involving the clerical, administrative, and operational functions of the office and requires a high degree of individual judgment and initiative with minimal instruction or supervision. The ability to communicate effectively with students, faculty, staff, and others is essential.

Academic Affairs has responsibility for developing and evaluating academic programs and staff, guiding academic planning and faculty initiatives, and ensuring effective collaboration between the academic program and student life.

Schedule

Full-Time: 10 months

Part-Time: 10 weeks during the summer

Benefits

Year-round benefits.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities Provost’s Office Accounts Management

Manages Academic Affairs accounting, including approving credit card statements and expense reimbursements for faculty and academic staff reporting to the provost; archives and tracks expenditures, as appropriate.

Assists faculty with agreements/contracts for outside vendors, adding provost’s signature as needed, and with related requests for payments for outside vendors, expr as needed.

Provost’s Office Event Management

Organizes and coordinates all Academic Affairs activities and events, including the annual Faculty/Staff Recognition Party and Honors Day awards ceremony.

• coordinating event setup, catering, logistics, print/online materials, and support with other campus offices, as needed;
• executing event communications with the campus community;
• in collaboration with the Advancement Office, managing the selection processes for numerous studentباع awards and collecting recipient details; tracking individual award budgets and coordinating fund disbursement; managing post-award disbursement and alumni notificationsPTR
• managing the selection processes for the Underkofler award and Kang prizes.

Management of these events demands precision, multitasking, and cross-department coordination to ensure a seamless event and celebratory experience for recipients and all in attendance.

General Provost’s Office Management

Assists in Academic Affairs communications.

Manages Provost’s calendar and makes travel arrangements, as needed.

Assists with external reviews of departments and programs, as needed.

Assists department chairs with lodging and travel arrangements for faculty search candidate visits, as needed.

Manages committee elections and appointments process, including form management, verifying eligibility, managing mailings, and maintaining accurate voter lists. Works with the Faculty Status & Performance (FS&P) Committee and other campus offices to confirm appointments.

In consultation with the provost and major committees, constructs and distributes Academic Senate agenda and materials, attends Senate meetings, and takes and produces minutes.

Attends and provides technical support for the Learning & Teaching Committee of the Board of Trustees. Takes and produces minutes.

Assists the Provost in managing student appeals and honors term applications.

Manages the Academic Affairs website.

Updates the Administrative Policy Manual (APM) regarding Academic Affairs matters, as needed.

Serves as Academic Affairs Support Staff Liaison (coordinating events/answering questions/fielding concerns).

Manages office needs; responds to phone, email, and written communications.

Performs similarly related duties as assigned.

Credentials and Experience

Preferred Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and training.

Minimum of three years of progressively responsible administrative experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Computer literacy and accounting/budgeting knowledge essential; database knowledge preferred.

Proficiency creating and managing spreadsheets and analyzing data.

Commitment to developing, and contributing to, a work environment welcoming to people with diverse backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Understanding of and commitment to the mission and goals of a liberal arts education.

Advanced computer skills required,…