Lead Administrative Assistant
- Appalachian State University
- Boone, NC, USA
- May 10, 2025
Job Description
Lead Administrative Assistant
Department: Communication - 265100
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from high school and one year of related office experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Diplomas or degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
License/Certification Required
Essential Job Functions
The Lead Administrative Assistant serves as office manager and lead administrative support to the chair and assistant chairs within the Department of Communication.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following essential departmental functions:
- Overseeing office staff, timesheets, dean's recommendations, faculty and staff hiring, and personnel records, maintaining faculty annual reviews and merit calculations records, budgets, purchasing, and departmental accounts.
- Lead administrative communication with faculty, college, university partners, WASU, AppTV, the Appalachian, the Peel, and Second Story Media.
- Work ranges from creating and implementing workflows across faculty, staff, student, and administrative functions to serving the chair through problem-solving near and long-term issues and to exercising independent decision-making and judgment in support of the chair and assistant chairs.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Required for this Position
- Knowledge of budgeting processes
- High-level skills in managing numerical data in related software, including Microsoft Excel
- Expert proficiency in Google Apps
- Demonstrated ability to understand and carry out complex policies related to purchasing, budgeting, hiring, and personnel matters
- Ability to manage essential departmental functions in the absence of the chair and assistant chairs and exercise independent judgment
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality
- Excellent communication skills, orally and in writing
- Demonstrated professionalism in departmental representation
- Ability to work independently on complex financial processes
- Capacity to work well within a team
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience
- Two to five years of experience with higher education financial software and processes
Work Schedule/Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Anticipated Hiring Range: $43,542 - $46,643
Closing Date: 5/26/2025
To apply, visit https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/50849
Appalachian State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The University does not discriminate in access to its educational programs and activities, or with respect to hiring or the terms and conditions of employment, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, political affiliation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or sexual orientation.
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Appalachian State University’s beautiful setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains is more than a location. It profoundly shapes how our community lives, works and learns together.
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As the premier public undergraduate institution east of the Mississippi, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all.
The Appalachian Experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and to embrace diversity and difference.
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System. Appalachian enrolls nearly 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.
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