Office & Admin Specialist / Administrative Assistant - Science Grant (Unlimited, Intermittent)

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Working Title:

Office & Admin Specialist / Administrative Assistant - Science Grant (Unlimited, Intermittent)

Institution:

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Classification Title:

Office & Admin Specialist

Bargaining Unit / Union:

206: AFSCME - Clerical and Office

City:

Minneapolis

FLSA:

Non Job Exempt

Full Time / Part Time:

Part time

Employment Condition:

Classified - Unlimited

Salary Range:

Job Description

The goal of this position is to offer administrative support to the Principal
Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of the NSF grant, as well as faculty members in assigned departments or divisions at Minneapolis College. Specifically, the role will assist the PI and Co-PI with project implementation and execution. The employee will help with tasks such as recruiting scholars and faculty, managing communications, ordering supplies, maintaining, and filing data records, and handling various business-related duties. Additionally, they will coordinate materials for workshops, conferences, and
symposiums.

Salary Range: $20.02 - $25.03/hr

Minimum Qualifications

• Word processing skills for preparing correspondence, financial statements, reports, and other documents utilizing correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.

• Keyboarding skills to type a variety of documents accurately, sufficient to produce forms, memoranda and other materials in an efficient manner.

• Customer service skills to collaborate and communicate professionally, tactfully, and discreetly with faculty, staff, and administration regarding issues while making independent decisions regarding workload priorities. 

• Spreadsheet skills to develop and modify electronic spreadsheets and to compile, store and retrieve data to prepare a variety of reports using software such as Microsoft Excel

Preferred Qualification 

• Experience collaborating with students, faculty, and academic staff in a professional setting.

• Strong written communication skills.

• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload with minimal supervision.

Other Requirements

Current and former employees must be in good standing with Minneapolis College to be considered for the position.

Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)

Monday - Friday (with occasional evenings and weekends).

Subject to supervisor approval, hours worked will be between the time of 8:00am - 4:30pm.

The scheduled hours for this position will range from 6 to 10 hours per week.

Telework (Yes/No)

No

About

Minneapolis College offers extraordinary educational opportunity to 10,000 students annually with 100 plus degree options. The College has strong ties to corporate and industry partners that support student scholarships, provide state-of-the-art training and equipment, and offer internship and employment opportunities to the College's graduates. Minneapolis College is a member of the Minnesota State colleges and universities system. The safety of all members of the Minneapolis College campus community is of vital concern. Resources including the current Annual Compliance and Security Report are available at the Minneapolis College Public Safety.

We are an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and encourages application from underrepresented groups. Recognized as a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon employer offering support for veteran and military students. A member of the Minnesota State colleges and universities system.

Benefits Information:

At Minnesota State, we have a GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! Our generous benefits include 11 paid Holidays, Vacation Time, Sick Time, six weeks of Paid Parental Leave, low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500), a Pension Plan, 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options, pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts, employer paid life insurance, short and long term disability, as well as professional development and a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents, etc.  We promote the health and well-being of our employees and take work/life balance serio