Administrative Assistant II

Workforce and Community Education

Administrative Assistant providing administrative and staff support for the Sanford College of Education. Engaging students and faculty while managing correspondence and documentation.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $25 - $32 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide administrative and staff support duties for faculty, administrators, and students within the Sanford College of Education
Assist and direct visitors and resolve administrative problems and inquiries
Compose, edit and proofread correspondence and reports
Prepare a range of administrative documents
Provides administrative support for SCOE faculty statewide including meeting coordination, calendar management, document creation and coordination
Organizing and maintaining electronic and paper filing systems, managing department distribution lists
Engage with students, faculty and administrators to triage and provide information in response to range of SCOE inquiries from internal staff and faculty, students, and parties external to the University

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a related field for assigned Department, a plus
three (3) years relevant experience supporting a department within a University setting, preferred
Ability to participate as an active team member for the Business unit, Department and organization and work toward a common goal
Working knowledge, principles and practices of office management, systems policies and procedures including knowledge of supplies, equipment, services, ordering and inventory control, within a higher education environment, preferred
Intermediate use of computers and Microsoft Office Suite Applications such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
Experience using SOAR (Peoplesoft) systems preferred
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individual of constituencies in a diverse community

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family

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Hard Skills & Tools

administrative supportdocument creationcalendar managementfiling systems managementoffice management principlesinventory controlproofreadingcorrespondence compositionmeeting coordinationMicrosoft Office Suite

Soft Skills

effective communicationinterpersonal skillsteam collaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillscustomer serviceadaptabilityattention to detailconflict resolutionactive listening

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree