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Staff Assistant C
Job Profile Title
Staff Assistant C
Job Description Summary
Provides administrative and/or academic support to a manager, faculty, or leadership team by managing calendars, travel arrangements, and conference calls. Prepares materials such as reports, meeting notes, and newsletters. Manages and coordinates office projects, programs, and operations. May oversee the dossier process for faculty recruitment. Serves as the primary liaison with both internal and external stakeholders on behalf of the leadership team.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
Provide high level administrative support, including the management of special projects and events
Manage short and long term calendar planning , exercising considerable judgment about multiple demands on the senior leader's time, coordinating and planning among the executive assistants of the School's leadership team, troubleshooting and resolving scheduling conflicts. Manage travel arrangements
Prepare and format written correspondence/presentations with a high level of accuracy on behalf of the executive team, ensuring that all correspondence and other written materials/presentations are prepared in a timely fashion
Act as the primary liaison with external and internal constituencies on behalf of the executive team, keeping them apprised of issues and action items. Ensure effective and coordinated communication within the senior leadership team
Coordinate executive calendar, independently prioritizing and adjusting commitments, Manage seminar series, events, complex domestic and international travel plans, itineraries and agendas and fiscal responsibility for all reimbursements
Prepares written correspondence. Collect, compiles, prepares and reviews data ensuring all correspondence and other written materials and presentations are accurately prepared in a timely manner.
Website management
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned