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Position Title: Office Assistant 1, Law School

Posting Number: C230155

Employer: State

Salary Range: 34,152.00

FTE: 1.00

Position Summary:

• General responsibilities include secretarial and receptionist duties, preparing and proofreading reports. Liaison between faculty members and their students regarding scheduling appointments, recommendation letters, and relating student complaints to the appropriate faculty member.
• Facilitating communication between external parties and the faculty they support. Managing a complex calendar of professional meetings, conferences, and travel. Managing incoming correspondence, including emails, memos, faxes, and mail, sometimes requiring a high level of discretion.
• Submission of electronic recommendation letters to judges and staff attorneys using OSCAR. Use of Concur, an expense and travel management software system to manage travel for faculty and process reimbursements. Assists with audio/visual needs, and catering for meetings, conferences, events.
• Assist in the coordination, implementation, and completion of projects established by faculty. Assist in the planning of events. Coordinate committee meetings and provide administrative support. Function as backup to other assistants when needed.
• The person will be expected to be a problem solver. The person must have the ability to provide administrative and management support. The person is responsible for the set-up and maintenance of a variety of processes which require advanced computer skills and critical thinking as well as the ability to function independently with little day-to-day direct supervision.

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