Administrative Assistant
Listed on 2026-01-28
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Administrative/Clerical
Business Administration, Education Administration, Administrative Management, Office Administrator/ Coordinator
Job Summary
Central Washington University is recruiting an Administrative Assistant 4 to join our Graduate Studies and Research team in Ellensburg, Washington. This campus‑based position offers a salary range from $54,504 to $73,284 annually plus the comprehensive CWU benefits.
Who We AreWe are a dedicated team committed to changing students’ lives. Every team member supports and empowers students to fulfill their dreams. Higher education offers career growth and choice;
Central Washington University is named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Top Producing Institution for 2022‑2023 and a recipient of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for seven consecutive years.
Our investment in you begins the day you join our team. We offer medical, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement and optional savings plans, tuition assistance for you and your dependents, discounts across town, an employee assistance program for individualized counseling, and a wellness incentive program. Learn more about our benefits, perks, and leave options and explore our total rewards calculator.
The RoleThis position is responsible for overseeing post‑admission processes for the Graduate Assistant Program and independently performing professional‑level administrative and fiscal support to the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research. It tracks graduate students’ academic processes throughout their learning career, including graduation requirements, processes graduate degree checkout applications, advises students and departments on applications and eligibility, and prepares and posts student degrees.
It coordinates the graduate assistantship program and provides fiscal technical support. Supervises approximately 75 graduate assistantships, producing, updating and terminating contracts. Key responsibilities include monitoring, reconciling and managing multiple budgets and providing fiscal oversight to graduate studies, including faculty and student travel, university centers, institutes and grant‑funded programs that report to graduate studies, and coordinating administrative duties such as record keeping, office equipment and inventory, purchases and space allocations.
Additionally, it monitors and reconciles program expenditures and equipment.
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