"Administrative Specialist II"

Job Description

This position provides and maintains faculty support operations, provides administrative support, and helps perform routine fiscal processes within the College of Law.

Posting Number: SP005049P
Division/College: College of Law
Department: College of Law
Location: Boise

Posting Context Statement: This position provides and maintains faculty support operations, provides administrative support, and helps perform routine fiscal processes within the College of Law.

Position Overview: The position provides a wide range of operational support to visitors, students and employees, navigating a variety of administrative processes, procedures and cyclical calendars of activities critical to the operation of the unit within the broader university. The primary responsibility is to serve as administrative process expert and coordinator. The position may serve as first point of contact for the department while also performing administrative functions such as researching information and solving problems for faculty, staff and students, and providing program and/or event assistance.

Duties may include:

• Compose, proofread, edit and distribute a variety of business documents and routine reports
• Maintain schedules and event calendars
• Coordinate logistics for regular travel and meetings
• Collect and organize data, enter information into various electronic systems in accordance with university or department procedure to ensure accuracy and compliance, validate information and resolve conflicts in data
• Review internal operating procedures and practices to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow and records management
• Greet office visitors and respond to incoming calls and email correspondence. Provide information about office services and processes, redirect inquiries to appropriate offices/individuals
• Manage inventory
• Other duties as assigned

Required Experience:

• One year performing office support functions such as document or records management, composing or editing and formatting business documents, reception and/or customer service
• Using computer software and applications for word processing, spreadsheets, email and internet research
• Balancing a workload of assigned tasks to meet multiple deadlines

Required Education: High School Diploma or equivalent

Required Other: None

Additional Preferred:

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency working with Microsoft Office Suite
• Three years of experience providing administrative support or working in an office setting
• Experience in a postsecondary education setting
• Experience collecting and compiling data
• Experience using computer information systems that manage an organization’s finances, business processes and/or records

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions: None

Degree Requirement: N/A: No degree requirement
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Employee Category: Classified
Pay Range: $20.00 per hour or higher depending on experience
Type of Appointment: _of_Appointment
FTE: 1
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Funding:
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy: No
Posting Date: 10/10/2025
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by 10/24/25 will receive first consideration. Required documents includes a Letter of Qualification addressing whether you satisfy each of the required and preferred qualifications for the position
Background Check Statement: Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
To apply, visit: https://uidaho.peopleadmin.com/postings/49768

The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.