This week we are highlighting an executive staff assistant (Posting #0556) in the College of Education. The successful candidate serves as Executive Staff Assistant for the College of Education providing administrative and executive secretarial support to the dean and assisting with office management, while demonstrating judgment and maintaining strict confidentiality; duties include, but are not limited to: scheduling, coordinating, and maintaining the dean’s calendar and arranging travel, including domestic and international; assisting with event planning to include: catering, scheduling, booking of venues, registration, and providing on-site event support (including non-regular work hours); providing support to college-level committees and projects; interacting with administrators, trustees, alumni, donors, students, faculty, staff, and other constituents in order to represent the dean and the College of Education in a professional and confidential manner; attends meetings with and for the dean in order to acquire and disseminate information; composes and edits documents and correspondence; compiles and tracks financial data for the dean’s budget; acts proactively, handling diverse and multiple tasks and effectively prioritizing work during frequent interruptions; these and all other duties assigned are done in a confidential and professional manner; will use extensive knowledge and understanding of university policies and administrative procedures in order to respond to inquiries and initiate necessary courses of action; performs other duties as assigned.

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