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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The Materials Research Institute (MRI) and The Penn State Center for Living Multifunctional Materials Systems (LiMC2) invites applications for a part-time Administrative Assistant to provide essential support in advancing the Center’s research, education, and outreach initiatives. This position offers up to 20 hours per week with flexible scheduling and the possibility of hybrid work. It is an exciting opportunity to contribute to an interdisciplinary and internationally connected research center dedicated to creating bioinspired, sustainable, and adaptive materials systems.

Job Duties
•    General administrative support, including calendaring, member database entry, clerical tasks, and event support.  Monitor and maintain a calendar of tasks for deadlines and programming milestones for several projects simultaneously. 
•    Center communications, including website updates, social media, maintenance of contact lists, and correspondence
•    Research project management for various LiMC2 projects, including maintaining regular contact with our research partners abroad and nationally, setting up meetings and webinars, maintaining documents, and creating and implementing project timelines. 
•    Assist center researchers in grant proposal writing, such as table and figure co-creation, data analysis, and content writing. 
•    Aid in other related duties, such as managing our international research education programs, and contributing overall to the center's growth. 
•    Contribute to the documentation of center processes and procedures

Requirements and Qualifications
•    BS or equivalent required.
•    Ability to engage in positive, professional, and welcoming interactions with a wide range of people. 
•    Demonstrated excellent time management skills. We are a busy team and count on each other to deliver high-quality projects on time. Experience using Microsoft Office 365 suite and knowledge of creative and web communication tools, such as Adobe Creative Cloud suite, WordPress, and others and video conferencing technologies (Zoom, Teams).  
•    Problem-solve with critical thinking and in a self-starting manner, proactively addressing gaps in provided instructions
•    Organize, detail-oriented, and self-motivated.
•    Able to work in a team environment and able