Administrative Assistant III - Accounting Department

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Job Description

Based on the volume of applications received this recruitment may close at any time. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

The College of Southern Nevada's department of Accounting and Finance is recruiting for an Administrative Assistant III.

This position will provide various levels of support to the Department Chair, Program Directors, Faculty, Staff, and Students while supporting components of the department’s operations.  This role is designed to help serve the department as a whole and will need to collaborate with internal and external departments, multiple faculty members, and the administrative assistant team.  The candidate for this position must have highly effective organizational skills and acute attention to detail. 

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Providing administrative support to the Department Chair of the Accounting and Finance, Program directors, and Faculty.

• Preparing faculty contracts; coordinating and assisting with processing newly hired faculty.

• Coordinate communications between the department chair and other professional and administrative staff both within and outside the work unit, receive and relay sensitive information related to the department activities and personnel; provide explanations regarding established policies and procedures.

• Participate in organizing, scheduling, and coordinating special events and activities.

• Maintain all book adoptions for the department and ordering textbooks for faculty.

• Submitting work tickets with OTS, Facilities Department, or the Print Shop.

• Coordinating and participating in preparation of the schedule of classes for academic programs.

• Answering phones; responding to emails.

• Working with a variety of general office equipment.

• Utilizing various computer programs such as Workday, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, 25Live, Peoplesoft, and MyCSN.

• Attending meetings and training at various campuses.

• Interacting with students, faculty, a