Administrative Secretary

Position Purpose:

To provide responsible secretarial services and operational office assistance for an assistant or associate dean, chairperson, director or principle administrator of a school, department, institute, or administrative unit.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three years progressively responsible secretarial experience.
• Familiarity with university policies, rules, and regulations.
• Possess keyboarding skills necessary to perform successfully in this position.
• Ability to select, assemble and organize data and edit reports.
• Ability to compose routine correspondence.
• Ability to effectively interact with the public, students, faculty, and staff.
• Ability to perform general bookkeeping/clerical accounting.
• Ability to prioritize and expedite work assignments of the unit.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment.
• Knowledge of proper grammar, spelling and punctuation and ability to utilize proper standard office source manuals.
• Ability to perform the functions consistent with intermediate word processing and intermediate spreadsheet applications as demonstrated by a skills assessment.