Assistant to the Dean and Business Manager SACD

Posted: 14-Apr-26

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Type: Full-time

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Categories:

Academic/Faculty

Other - Academic/Faculty

Employment Type:

Full-time

Organization Type:

Higher Education Institution

Preferred Education:

High School

Internal Number: SC9959-0401-1926

Position Summary

The position reports directly to the Dean of the SACD, is the assistant to the Dean, and is also the Business Manager. The Dean’s Office is made up of the Dean, Vice-Dean, Dean’s Assistant, and Vice-Dean’s Assistant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with managing the Dean’s Calendar.
• Handles all Financial responsibilities for the SACD, including teaching contracts, etc.
• Works with the other assistant to run the daily office affairs.
• Works with all students in SACD on a daily basis.
• Assists the Director of the DCDC with contracts, payments, etc.
• Handles work study and non-work study paperwork, troubleshooting, etc.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma
• Experience: 6 months to 2 years

Preferred Qualifications

Pleasant personality, especially with working with students, staff, faculty, administrators, the public. Problem resolver.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Word processing, excel, adobe

Physical Requirements

Job may require lifting light weight objects (1 to 10 pounds) with no repetitive bending or stooping. Occasionally lift average weight objects (1 to 10 pounds).

Work Environment

Regular exposure to favorable conditions such as those found in a normal office.

Salary/Pay Information

Commensurate with experience

Anticipated Schedule

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Additional Information

Quick decision-making is especially with working with student employees. Willing to be flexible, kind, courteous, helpful, and outgoing.

Employee Benefits

At the University of Detroit Mercy we continually strive to provide a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our valued employees. We offer our employees the following:

• Medical -
  • Three health plans to choose from with a large national provider network
• Dental -
  • Option to purchase additional dental plan through Sun Life
  • Dental Care is available at the School of Dentistry to the employee, the employee's spouse or legally domiciled adult and dependents (dependents shall be as defined for Internal Revenue Service purposes).
  • The fee for such services shall be waived for the employee, the employee's spouse or legally domiciled adult and dependents, up to a cap of $3,000 per individual per calendar year. Beyond the $3,000 cap amount, employees will be responsible to pay 25% of any remaining fees for the balance of that year.
• Vision -
  • Option to purchase additional vision plan through Heritage
  • Vision benefits available at Detroit Mercy Eye Institute
  • $35 Comprehensive Eye Exam
  • Contact Lens Exam starting at $7o
  • 50% off Optical Frames
  • 25% off Sun Frames
  • 30% off Prescription Lenses
  • 20% off Prescription Contact Lenses
  • *Cannot be combined with insurance*
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options
• Employee Assistance Program -
  • Provided to everyone in your household
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Life and AD&D -
  • One times base salary up to a hundred thousand dollars
• Option to purchase additional life insurance, accident insurance, and/or critical illness insurance
• Tuition Remission Benefit for you, your spouse, and children
• Retirement Plan -

Employees have a choice of the following:

Employees who contribute 3% shall receive an Employer contribution of 6%, employees who contribute 4% in the plan shall receive an Employer contribution of 8%.