• General secretarial and clerical responsibilities:
  • Primary reception for School of Engineering Dean's Office: Answer phone and assist callers. Greet and assist visitors (students, faculty, external contacts). Schedule appointments
  • Assist with maintenance, of dean's office suite, mail room, and conference rooms: Maintain neat and professional environment; distribute mail, order and maintain office supplies; organize and maintain files; maintain office equipment and arrange for service calls; and related activities
  • Provide clerical services to faculty, staff, and students: prepare Word and Excel documents; upload documents on Blackboard, prepare and e-mail announcements; photocopy, fax, and assemble documents; assist with mailing; prepare purchase orders and orders supplies on-line; schedule services and reserve rooms; deliver and retrieve time-sensitive documents; and related activities
  • Supervise student workers assisting with clerical duties
  • Handle sensitive and confidential materials: personnel and student files, exams and materials, course evaluations
• Assist with course scheduling and collection/maintenance of course and curriculum documents for undergraduate and graduate programs:
  • Work with Dean, assistant dean, chairs, faculty, andregistrar's office to schedule academic courses. Develop knowledge of curriculum, room capacities, and teaching facilities. Vet complaints and resolve conflicts related to scheduling
  • Facilitate distance-learning courses. Schedule video assistants
  • Coordinate lab manual/class handout duplication
  • Maintain central course files in paper and electronic files
  • Assist with collection and compilation of assessment data. Persistently retrieve data from faculty
  • Assist with preparation and assembly of accreditation self-study reports
• Provide support and oversee routine activities related to the graduate program:
  • Maintain calendar of recurring graduate program activities and communicate events to appropriate audiences: faculty, students, web specialists, etc
  • Collaborate with admissions office and facilitate correspondence with prospective graduate students, arrange for visits, distribute promotion materials, etc
  • Work closely with office of sponsored program to prepare bi-weekly graduate payroll reports and enter tuition charges and account information on Banner
  • Prepare correspondence related to graduate programs, including recruiting materials, contract letters, academic standard letters, communication with registrar
  • Assist with scheduling of thesis defenses and qualifying exams
• Assist with meetings and events:
  • Assist dean, assistant dean, program chairs, and faculty with meetings and events
  • Transcribe and distribute meeting minutes
  • Arrange refreshments, oversee catering services, etc
• Safety:
  • Maintains a safe working environment within and around their facilities and associated equipment and supplies including, but not limited to, obtaining Safety Data Sheet (SDS) information pertaining to any hazards associated with their work environment
  • Safety: Participate in safety training and comply with safety rules, regulations, and protocols
  • Perform additional duties and assist with special projects as assigned

• Formal Education: High School Diploma
• Experience: At least three years of full-time secretarial experience

• Full knowledge of standard office procedures
• Word processing
• General computer literacy
• Familiar with academic procedures and administrative routines in higher education
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Must be well organized
• Customer service oriented

• With or without reasonable accommodations the incumbent must be able to read and write and speak the English language at a college level
• Be capable of performing sometimes complex mathematical calculations, statistical calculations and other higher mathematical operations
• Must be able to communicate with all levels of the institution in written and spoken form
• The individual must be able to work independently
• The ability to maintain regular and prompt attendance is essential to the successful performance of this position
• Other essential functions mayhe required

• Personal Protective Equipment must be worn when required
• A respiratory function test and the ability to use respirators may be required
• Stairs and uneven surfaces may be present; Artificial lifts, etc. may or may not be available
• The position may require the incumbent to walk outdoors in all types of weather to other buildings or offices located on the campus
• The Campus is located in an area that contains numerous hills and slopes and may not always be fully accessible for mobility impaired individuals

Alfred University actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee, student or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Protected veterans, minorities and women are encouraged to apply.