Oversees and coordinates administrative, program, and office activities. Establishes, selects, implements, and coordinates office procedures and systems. Serves as principal source of information to students, staff, and faculty on policies, procedures, programs, and office activities. 2. Oversees, instructs, and coordinates activities of support staff. Oversees the preparation of materials for grants, contracts and budgets. Monitors expenditures and reconciles financial statements. 3. Provides editorial support for a journal/publication. Proofreads and edits material for grammatical and factual accuracy. Tracks copy through various editing and production stages. Communicates with authors, printers, and others concerned with published work. 4. Determines administrative, facility, and equipment needs for symposia, lectures, seminars, and conferences. Assembles and arranges for necessary items. Determines sources of data. Compiles, synthesizes and manipulates data. Summarizes findings and writes reports or portions of reports. 5. Greets visitors. Answers and screens telephone calls. Assesses nature of business. Responds to requests for information and provides assistance. Screens and responds to mail. 6. Formats, keyboard, proofread, and edits correspondence, reports, manuscripts, grants, and other material. Assembles attachments and corresponding material. Reviews outgoing material for completeness, dates, and signatures. Composes substantive correspondence and written material. 7. Coordinates travel arrangements. Schedules and coordinates meetings and appointments. Orders and maintains inventory of supplies. Takes minutes or dictation. Performs additional functions incidental to office activities. Required Skill/ability 1: Demonstrated excellence in providing high quality administrative support to organizational leaders, faculty and/or staff. Strong problem solving and organizational skills, to be verified by reference(s). Required Skill/ability 2: Demonstrated proficiency in the daily use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Ability and willingness to learn and use new programs and systems, as required. Required Skill/ability 3: Demonstrated excellence while working in a team-oriented environment. Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, to be verified by reference(s). Capacity and desire to learn new skills. Required Skill/ability 4: Ability and desire to assist in managing the day-to-day office activities on behalf of the Section Chief. High level of personal motivation, combined with flexibility, resiliency and adaptability. Proven ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Strong personal initiative, to be verified by reference(s). Required Skill/ability 5: Ability to manage multiple schedules, including but not limited to section event calendars, and calendars for supported faculty members. Ability to coordinate all aspects of meetings and conferences, and to produce detailed minutes upon the conclusion of such events. Working hours are 8:30am-5pm. Preferred Education: Experience in providing administrative support within a medical school setting and the use and knowledge of EPIC is strongly preferred as well as experience with providing support with to research faculty and staff. Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Posting Position Title: Senior Administrative Assistant University Job Title: Senior Administrative Assistant Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Experience in providing administrative support within a medical school setting and the use and knowledge of EPIC is strongly preferred as well as experience with providing support with to research faculty and staff. Six years of related work experience, four of them in the same job family at the next lower level, and high school level education; or four years of related work experience and an Associate's degree; or little or no work experience and a Bachelor's degree

Senior Administrative Assistant | Yale University - Military Veterans

at HERC - Metro New York & Southern Connecticut

New Haven, CT