Administrative Assistant
FT/PT: Full-Time
General Position Description: Responsible for providing routine to moderate level administrative duties to ensure the smooth, efficient, and professional operation of the department. Serves as the primary point of contact and resource for faculty, staff, and students, offering expertise in resolving issues, addressing concerns, and responding to requests. Acts as a liaison between departmental personnel and leadership.
Salary Range: $ 34,780 per year
Description of Job Function: 1. Provides administrative and clerical support to ensure efficient operation execution of routine departmental functions. Maintains and organizes records related to students, faculty, programs, and departmental activities.
Required Minimum Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Other Required Qualifications: Two (2) years of experience related to the essential job functions.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 1. Knowledge of the principles and practices of office administration.
2. Knowledge of the principles and practices of event coordination and/or training and development.
3. Skill in the use of personal computers and general office software.
4. Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
5. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
6. Ability to take initiative and work with limited supervision.
7. Ability to think through problems and seek solutions.
8. Ability to conduct research, make recommendations, and prepare reports and spreadsheets.
9. Ability to organize work, prioritize multiple assignments, make appropriate decisions, and meet deadlines.
10. Ability to perform work that requires a high level of attention to detail.
General Working Conditions: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. The employee will routinely operate standard office equipment including but not limited to computers, keyboards, mouse, phones, photocopiers, printers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
Typical physical competencies include but are not limited to frequently remaining stationary, moving, reaching, positioning self and occasionally ascending/descending, lifting/moving objects weighing between 5-15 pounds. This job also entails frequently communicating, discerning and exchanging information, detecting and perceiving objects up close, at a distance, and the ability to adjust focus. Cognitive abilities include but are not limited to frequently using discretion, judgment, reasoning, memory, learning, maintaining confidentiality, comprehension, problem solving, and decision-making.
The typical work environment, physical and cognitive demands listed above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The College has a process to identify and make available reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Diversity Statement:
All employees must demonstrate a commitment to Valencia College's Equity and Inclusion efforts.
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