Administrative Assistant III (International Programs)

The Administrative Assistant III assists the Director or other supervisor with the department's administrative activities and coordinates various administrative processes and projects. The Administrative Assistant III is the primary or lead departmental administrative support position in a department and has primary responsibility for a wide variety of complex and difficult processes.

These higher level responsibilities are associated with work unique to the department and are well-established, ongoing, and unlikely to change due to changes in personnel at the department head or administrative support level. The higher level responsibilities may include managing multiple financial accounts with active and complex purchasing activities, performing financial monitoring and reporting necessitating monthly reconciliation of multiple accounts and maintaining running balances of sub-accounts established within the department which are relied on by the supervisor for making financial decisions, coordinating complex processes involving the participation of many individuals or multiple units, etc. The Administrative Assistant III may assign and/or monitor work of a second full-time administrative support person, student workers, or Graduate Assistants.

This position will support the units within International Programs with operational and administrative details and will perform diverse and responsible administrative assistant functions that require contact with area directors, their staff, and university departments, as well as a thorough knowledge of University policies, procedures, and operations. This position will assist all units within International Programs as needed, including the English Language Institute, Foreign Language Institute, International Services, International Payroll, Education Abroad, International Leadership & Training Center, and the Office of International Programs.

This position will serve in a customer service and troubleshooting capacity for fellow International Programs employees, faculty, staff, and students by being the first point of contact for International Programs, International Payroll, and International Leadership & Training Center, assuring an overall smooth operation of the International Programs office and the Jim D. Morris Center as a whole.

International Programs