University at Buffalo · 17 hours ago
Administrative Assistant 1, Anthropology - (NY HELPS)
Buffalo, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$48K/yr - $48K/yr
2+ years expUniversity at Buffalo is seeking an Administrative Assistant 1 in the Department of Anthropology. This role involves providing excellent customer service and administrative support to graduate students and faculty, managing student information, and assisting with departmental functions.
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Responsibilities
You will serve as administrative contact for graduate students from the time of application, during the admission cycle, acceptance, arrival and throughout the duration of their program of study to conferral
You will provide support to the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) and the Department Administrator, with student management and coordinating the Graduate Programs for the department
You will update student information in the appropriate university system, degree audit, assist director with coordination of open house and other university or departmental functions, create course description booklets each semester advertising course offering
Complete and submit tuition waivers for Teaching Assistants according to College and University timetables, ensuring no adverse fiscal action against the department
Update and maintain Teaching Assistants assignments and stipends in departmental files. Notify Teaching Assistants of their assignments and maintain graduate student mailboxes
Provide general office support such as, answering phones, mailing, copying, scheduling and processing of necessary departmental paperwork
Qualification
Required
high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma
two years of experience in administrative support
use of office software (e.g., email, word processing)
provision of customer service
business writing
management of an office
Preferred
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated competence in Microsoft Office (creation/maintenance of spreadsheets and documents); i.e., Word, Excel, and databases
Attention to detail, accuracy, timeliness, and excellent customer service
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
Ability to organize and maintain office files
Company
University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo is a premier, research-intensive public university and a member of the Association of American Universities It is a sub-organization of The State University of New York.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22.95MKey Investors
National Science FoundationFuzeHub
2023-01-09Grant· $20M
2022-08-06Grant· $2.9M
2022-04-13Grant· $0.05M
Leadership Team
Norma J. Nowak
Professor
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