Job Description
Montgomery College, Germantown Campus, seeks candidates for a
Full-time Administrative Aide III for the Achieving Collegiate
Excellence and Success (ACES) program. The work schedule is Monday
through Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm. This is a Non-Bargaining,
Non-Exempt, Grade 23 position. For non-exempt positions, you are
not eligible to work a secondary job at Montgomery College. This
position is eligible for telework 1 day(s) a week.
Telework eligibility and total days per week are subject to change
based on the operational needs of the applicable unit/area.
Montgomery College does not currently offer voluntary remote work,
or withhold payroll taxes for states outside of its tax reciprocity
agreements. As a result, employees must reside in, and perform any
approved telework from Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, West
Virginia, Delaware, or Pennsylvania. Employees residing in other
states at the time of hire are not eligible for telework until they
have secured a permanent residence in one of the states listed
above.
Montgomery College promotes and creates a working and learning
environment rooted in the basic tenets of fairness, belonging, and
inclusiveness.
The work involves providing lead oversight to staff and/or
performing more complex administrative, technical, and secretarial
support to an academic or administrative unit and facilitating the
administrative procedures related to the programs and services
offered by the office.
Responsible for leading, organizing and carrying out assigned
office activities to include department events. Assigned
administrative support tasks as distinct from routine
secretarial/clerical decisions which involves technical decisions,
applying policies, rules, and regulations to process actions (i.e.,
budget, personnel, purchasing); research information in the files
and providing the results to the supervisor; maintenance of unit
financial records and web page(s); and/or, representation at
meetings, etc.
The incumbent in this position communicates with others throughout
the College and external entities to obtain and provide
information, arranges appointments and staff schedules and
organizes office routines; and speaks for supervisor on matters on
which the supervisor’s views are known, or as otherwise
authorized.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Coordinates the administrative, technical, and secretarial
functions of the organization, including determining proper
workflow, setting priorities, establishing filing and record
keeping systems, etc. and ensures compliance with established
policies and procedures regarding office services, College
protocols, and administrative requirements.
Prioritizes responses, routes and maintains controls as it
relates to general administrative duties that consist of answering
phones, opening and routing mail, typing and creating various
communications (e.g. correspondences, flyers, letters, syllabi,
tests, and/or reports) by typing from draft documents and, calls
and walk-ins.
Provides direct administrative, technical, and secretarial
functions: manages and maintains supervisor's schedule and calendar
to include setting up meetings, making room reservations, etc.;
maintains and researches information contained in manual and/or
automated financial, accounting, personnel and other administrative
and management files and records, ensuring confidentiality where
appropriate; prepares complex forms, listings, informational and
statistical reports, memos, reports and documents, ensuring data is
formatted appropriately after determining required data and
gathering, receiving, and compiling data from several sources and
verifying the accuracy of the information; participates in
meetings, takes summary notes and distributes notes and minutes,
follows up on decisions and actions taken at meetings and
represents the office and academic or administrative unit
management at committee meetings, work groups, etc.
As directed, using approved software and operating within the
overall guidelines set by the College, manages one or more web
pages for the academic or administrative area, which may include
adding, modifying, or removing content as to reflect the
organization’s programs and operations; assists in preparing and
monitoring a budget by compiling budgetary information from
divisions or work units, drafting the budget, entering information
into the appropriate account, and generating reports for the
supervisor’s review.
Assists students and staff with computer workstations; submit
and track trouble tickets for IT assistance; may perform
hardware/software assessment and make recommendations.
May manage vendor contracts for building maintenance;
communicate facility issues and coordinate and schedule all vendor
deliveries.
Provides lead supervision (i.e.training, responding to
questions/concerns, evaluating work) to lower-level staff.
Performs related work as required.
Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED including or supplemented by courses
in word processing and office practices.
- At least five years of progressively responsible experience
performing general office and secretarial duties involving customer
service.
- The equivalent combination of education, training,
certification and/or experience that provides the required
knowledge and expertise to perform the essential functions of the
job may be considered.
- Eligible applicants must currently be authorized to work in the
United States and not require employer visa sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual or multilingual.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and Google
Workspace.
- Experience with College Access.
- Experience working with a large team (20+).
Hiring Range: $26.84 - $34.89 hourly. Initial salary
placement for new hires falls between the minimum and midpoint of
the range and is based on relevant candidate experience and
internal equity. The maximum salary for this position is $42.93
hourly.
Application Process:
- Click Here to apply online
- Online applications must be received by September 10, 2026
- For consideration, you must:
Include dates of employment in your application or attachment;
(Required).
- Submit a cover letter (Optional).
- For degrees earned outside of the U.S., a copy of your
education equivalency, conducted by a nationally recognized
evaluation service, must be included in your application.
For degrees earned outside of the U.S., a copy of your education
equivalency, conducted by a nationally recognized evaluation
service, must be included in your application.
As a condition of employment, the following are required at the
time of hire:
- Successful completion of a background check and degree
verification (if applicable).
- Participation in a Maryland State Retirement System plan
(Pension or Optional Retirement Plan, depending on the position).
If you are already retired from the Maryland State Retirement
System, you may not enroll in a Maryland State Retirement System
plan at Montgomery College and may have earn ings restrictions,
per state law.
Our
benefits package includes: generous paid
vacation, sick, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, group legal
benefits, professional development, retirement plan, educational
assistance, tuition waiver for employee and dependents, wellness
programming including onsite gyms, pools and classes.
If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the
job application or interview process, please contact Human
Resources and Strategic Talent Management at 240-567-5353 or
HRSTM@montgomerycollege.edu . We require at least two
weeks advance notice to enable us to provide the requested
accommodation.
Montgomery College is an equal opportunity employer committed to
promoting and fostering diversity among its student body, faculty,
and staff.
Montgomery College is a tobacco-free and smoke-free
workplace.
Closing DateThursday, September 10, 2026