"Program Coordinator I"

Position Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Program Coordinator I for the Africana Studies department within the School of Arts and Sciences.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Provides comprehensive administrative oversight for the Department of Africana Studies. Coordinates the administration of programs, projects, departmental operations, and/or processes, and management of the preparation and control of records, statistics, reports, and documents.
• Prioritizes work, resolves routine conflicts and issues, and prepares and implements administrative guidelines and procedures for the Department.
• Support includes course scheduling and human resources/academic personnel-related processes and transactions.
• Schedules appointments, arranges logistics, and coordinates events and meetings.
• Creates and disseminates departmental communications, informational and marketing materials, and manages departmental list serves and databases.
• Serves as confidential assistant to the Department Chair.
• Processes various administrative documents and data.
• Completes other work consistent with a broad understanding of the mission, vision, role, and goals of the administrative, academic, or research unit, and the tasks and responsibilities of the Program Coordinator in the achievement of unit goals.
• Assists in basic unit supporting research activities, perform some fiscal support functions, and/or serve as liaison within and outside the unit.
• Carries out routine and non-routine tasks with occasional review of work outputs by supervisor.
• Performs professional work that requires knowledge of general administrative/office management principles and practices and a good understanding, use, and application of concepts, theories, principles, practices, terminology, and applied bases of departmental administration.

Minimum Education and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of college academic and student affairs, office administration, work organization, coordination, facilitation, and bookkeeping.
• Two years of relevant experience.

Equipment Utilized

PC/Mac, Printer/Copier, Fax, SAKAI, CANVAS, SAS faculty appointment request systems, PeopleSoft, and SciQuest, Oracle Cloud-based applications.

Special Conditions

• Lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Travel to all RU-NB campuses.

Posting Number

25ST2657