"Administrative Assistant"

Administrative Assistant

Caltech
Job Category: Parttime Regular
Exempt Overtime Eligible: Overtime Eligible
Benefits Eligible: Benefit Based

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Job Summary

We are seeking a talented and detail-oriented Administrative Assistant to join the DSA-2000 administrative team. The successful candidate will possess initiative, good judgment, and strong problem-solving skills, and quickly gain knowledge of department, division, and campus-wide operations. In a moderately complex environment, the Administrative Assistant is responsible for a variety of administrative and clerical activities to support faculty members and staff working on the DSA-2000 project.

This is a part-time, regular position (20 hrs week) reporting to the DSA-2000 Project manager and working closely with the DSA-2000 project coordinator.

This is an on-site position on our Pasadena campus.

Essential Job Duties

• Provide daily administrative support to DSA-2000 project Professors and their research groups plus DSA-2000 project staff.
• Assist with occasional purchasing of research equipment and lab supplies using P-card and TechMart administrative systems in accordance with Institute and government policies. Maintain accurate and complete files of purchasing documentation. Resolve billing-related matters and regularly reconcile purchasing requisitions, P-card orders, and other costs.
• Coordinate in-person group meetings and special events including logistics, lodging, travel, catering, and facilities.
• Schedule meetings and maintain faculty calendars.
• Maintain professors' curriculum vitae, publication listings, and websites.
• Gather information and prepare administrative forms for visitors and postdoctoral scholars.
• Provide administrative support as needed to faculty-hosted visitors and scholars.
• Coordinate domestic and foreign travel arrangements; provide itineraries; process travel expense reports. Ensure compliance with Caltech policies, funding agency and export regulations.
• Assist with team department administrative tasks such as special event planning, mail sorting, ordering, and maintaining catering supplies, and overflow administrative support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 3 years of administrative experience.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated facility with software programs and eagerness to learn new administrative systems.
• Intermediate-level Excel skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Office/Office 365 and Adobe.
• Experience coordinating travel arrangements and making itineraries.
• Excellent typing and proofreading skills.
• Ability to work under deadlines and prioritize work effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proactive work ethic requiring minimal direction to accomplish goals.
• Demonstrated initiative for taking on unfamiliar or additional tasks.
• Experience with Caltech systems.

Required Documents

• Resume

Application Review: Our application review begins on November 14, 2025. Applications received by this date are included in the initial review process. Applications submitted after November 14 will continue to be accepted and reviewed in subsequent stages. All applications will receive full and fair consideration.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.