Job Summary
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Maintains high standards of tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and discretion in a highly sensitive data environment.
- Maintains calendars, organizes travel logistics, answers the phone, and manages the preparation and dissemination of reports.
- Writes, edits, and creates correspondence, reports, and PowerPoint presentations.
- Organizes and oversees staff events, trainings, and orientations.
- Handles sensitive and confidential information with tact and diplomacy.
- Exercises judgement and discretion in referring inquires, resolving problems, and researching requests for information.
- Serves as a liaison with all levels of the University (students, staff, alumni, faculty, donors, and guests).
- Ensures that all operations and activities are managed in accordance with established university policies.
- Interprets complex information, investigates and researches options and solutions, and makes evaluative determinations and recommendations.
- Promotes an atmosphere of cooperation and collegiality.
- Manages special projects with limited direction.
- Processes travel related documents and reimbursements.
- Manages the department's foundation account under the director of the discal office.
- Creates budget by gathering and compiling financial data; assists with building models from historical and current information;
preforms preliminary breakdown, analysis, and examination of statistical and / or historical data.
General Responsibilities
- Provides administrative support to executives, exercising confidentiality, tact and diplomacy.
- Utilizes business software applications to prepare correspondence, reports, presentations, agendas, minutes, etc.
- Receives, screens, and directs incoming calls, visitors, mail, and email promptly, courteously, and accurately
- Manages executive's calendar, meetings, travel, correspondence, and budget.
- Acts as informal resource for colleagues with less experience; responds to more complex or escalated inquiries
- Identifies, enhances, and follows specific processes and procedures to maximize the efficiencies of the business to which the support is being provided.
- May perform other duties related to maintaining an internal website and / or working with social media.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience.
Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
4 years of relevant experience
SKILLS
Required
- Excellent organizational skills
- Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills
- Excellent collaboration and team building skills
- Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
- Effective conflict management skills
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment.
The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Additional Information
There are 2 openings for this role.
Work Location
This position is located in Bloomington, Indiana.
This position is eligible for remote work or to work a hybrid schedule (mix between 2 remote workdays and 3 in-person workdays), subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.
Advertised Salary
$19.23-$20.31 per hour
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including :
- Multiple plan options for medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
- Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
- Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
- Additional supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition benefit for IU classes
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level : Mastery
FLSA : Nonexempt
Job Function : General Administration
Job Family : Administrative Support
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