Administrative Assistant for Biology Position Available In Richland, South Carolina

Administrative Assistant for Biology Allen University – 3.6 Columbia, SC Job Details Full-time $43,000 – $48,000 a year 1 day ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance Flexible spending account Tuition reimbursement Paid time off Vision insurance Life insurance Qualifications Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Mid-level Microsoft Office Administrative experience Bachelor’s degree Financial management 2 years Personal assistant experience Full Job Description

OBJECTIVE

: Under direction of the Biology Department Chair, the Administrative Assistant is responsible to provide administrative support, budgetary detail, and maintain confidentiality.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Provide communication services; receive, screen and route telephone calls; take, retrieve, and relay messages as needed; schedule and arrange appointments, conferences, meetings, and other events.
• Perform a range of bookkeeping duties; create purchase requisitions, prepare budgetary data, process and update accounts with income and expenditures, monitor budgets, and assist in assuring expenditures do not exceed allocated budgets
• Communicate with visitors, administrators, faculty, staff, students, and the public; provide assistance or direction to staff; respond to inquiries and provide assistance related to program or department operations, services, activities, standards, processes, timelines, policies and procedures
• Maintain employee records, prepare departmental newsletters, provide day-of-event support during symposiums and workshops, organize reports and fill out forms, compile materials for grant, contract, and budgets
• Keep complex-calendars; attend faculty meetings, oversee special projects, distribute departmental mails as required, contact others to request documents as needed, prepare outgoing mails and materials for distribution
• Monitor inventory levels of office supplies; order, receive and maintain appropriate levels of inventory, and process requests according to established procedures Requirements Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree Must have at least 2 years of experience in an Administrative position Experience in higher education and financial management preferred Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) Responsibilities occasionally may require evening/weekend hours

Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

$43,000.00 – $48,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Dental insurance Flexible spending account Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Tuition reimbursement Vision insurance

Schedule:

8 hour shift On call Weekends as needed

Work Location:

In person