Center Administrator

Center Administrator For The Center For Advancing Linguistic Science

The Center Administrator for the Center for Advancing Linguistic Science will provide complex and diversified administrative support to the Centers director and center operations. Primary duties include maintaining the directors calendar, making travel arrangements, writing correspondence on behalf of the director, and performing other administrative tasks. They will also be responsible for center outreach, communications, and events. They will anticipate the needs of the director and proactively solve problems. The Center Administrator will provide support to the center director in his multiple rolesthat of center director, Rice University faculty member, and public scholarand will serve as a representative to the campus and broader community.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized and detail-oriented professional who has experience managing complex calendars, writing and editing professional communications, handling sensitive correspondence with the utmost discretion and professionalism, and is competent in routine budgetary tasks.

This position is part-time at 20 hours per week, and is offered as a hybrid role, combining both in-office and remote work to provide flexibility and support collaboration. The department currently allows 1 to 2 remote days per week after the probationary period. Per Rice policy 440, work arrangements may be subject to change.

Hiring range : $25.00 $29.00 / hour. Non-Exempt (hourly) positions under FLSA are eligible for overtime.

Minimum requirements :

• Bachelor's degree
• 1+ years of experience working in an office environment. In lieu of the experience requirement, additional related education, above and beyond what is required, on an equivalent year-for-year basis may be substituted.

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