Project Support Specialist (Onsite)

About Us

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan.

These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts.

Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1.Students are our top priority.

2.We strive for excellence.

3.We thrive on diversity.

4.We celebrate collaboration.

5.We champion innovation.

6.We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7.We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8.We act ethically.

9.We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Provide professional level support services for divisional initiatives, projects, and transactional human resource functions. This position will interact on a regular basis with:

Unit management and staff, department staff and HR personnel. This position typically will advise and counsel: Unit and department staff. This position will supervise.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -

Provide specialized administrative support to unit staff and for all assigned projects

Job Duty 2 -

Establish schedules, make/oversee arrangements and provide logistical support for unit projects

Job Duty 3 -

Coordinate and arrange meetings and project materials for distribution, as necessary

Job Duty 4 -

Design, develop and edit project presentations, agendas, and other related documentations

Job Duty 5 -

Track and present progress reports, create proposals and other projects related to communications

Job Duty 6 -

Respond to inquiries regarding Institute and departmental HR policies and procedures, making referrals when appropriate

Job Duty 7 -

Initiate or process HR-related documents, including new hire packages, job postings, scheduling requests and creating reports

Job Duty 8 -

Gather and coordinate dissemination of information regarding new or revised HR related policies and procedures within the unit

Job Duty 9 -

Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience

Two to three years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a higher education environment

Preferred Qualifications

Military or DoD related background

2+ Years of Experience in JIRA and Confluence

Experience with training professionals

Experience in Operations of Range Training Systems (P5/ACTS)

Experience with the Live Mission Operations Capability (LMOC) Air Force program

In-depth Knowledge of Air Force Training mission requirements

Intimate knowledge of Air Force Training Requirements

Active Security Clearance

Background in Military security related career field (Security, Intel, Cybersecurity)

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS

Requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to learn quickly, and strong oral and written communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all.

To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

All members of the USG community must adhere to the USG Statement of Core Values, which consists of Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values shape and fundamentally support our University¿s work.

Additionally, all faculty, staff, and administrators must also be aware of and comply with the Board of Regents and Georgia Institute of Technology's policies on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. More information on these policies can be found here: Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Other Information

This is a supervisory position.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is considered a position of trust.

This position does require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position will not travel.

This position does require security clearance

Successful Candidate must be a U.S Citizen

Anticipated hourly rate $22.45 to $30.53 commensurate with qualifications

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening