Administrative Assistant II – Arts & Sciences

Central Piedmont Community College; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Piedmont Community College is seeking an organized administrative assistant to support the department's daily operations in Charlotte.

Responsibilities include greeting visitors, answering calls, managing files and budgets, drafting correspondence, maintaining spreadsheets, and coordinating meetings and travel arrangements. Requires strong Microsoft Office skills and at least two years of office experience.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or GED with vocational or business training beyond high school.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills including word processing, spreadsheets, databases and graphics.
• 2 years of office experience.

Responsibilities

• Answers phone and screens visitors; provides information regarding services and procedures.
• Creates and maintains unit files; updates databases and purges inactive files.
• Assist in budget processes by maintaining spreadsheets and monitoring budgets.
• Processes P-Cards, requisitions, orders, and invoices; ensures accuracy against policy.
• Maintains inventory and orders supplies.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Databases

Graphics

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Performs a variety of standard to moderately complex administrative and secretarial tasks, including greeting and receiving visitors and calls, monitoring inventory, maintaining spreadsheets, typing, filing and purchasing in support of Department's daily operations.

1. Answers phone and screens visitors; provides detailed information regarding services and explains procedures; provides advice; refers call to appropriate person if more information is needed; takes messages; responds to the more difficult inquiries and requests; serves as informational resource to staff.
2. Creates and updates unit's files; purges inactive files; maintains unit's computerized databases.
3. Assist in budget process by maintaining spreadsheets, monitoring budget, and compiling information for budget requests.
4. Reviews and processes P-Cards, requisitions orders and invoices; ensures that content is accurate and conforms to current policy.
5. Monitors inventory and supplies; orders supplies.
6. Drafts a variety of correspondence and memos for supervisor's approval; types and proofreads manuals, books, and other materials; creates forms for Department use.
7. Responds to complex inquiries and requests; serves as informational resource to staff.
8. Calculates instructor load and creates contracts; coordinates payments; researches and resolves discrepancies.
9. Receives data and checks for accuracy; enters into various college systems; creates, updates, and maintains files and databases.
10. Performs a variety of administrative tasks including scheduling and maintaining calendar, making travel arrangements, scheduling, and coordinating meetings, and processing time sheets and attendance reports.
11. Provides clerical support for committees, special projects, and task forces.
12. Other duties as assigned.

Requires High School diploma or GED and vocational or business training beyond high school, intermediate Microsoft Office skills to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and graphics and 2 years of office experience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Worker Characteristics:

• Knowledge of standard office procedures and equipment
• Knowledge of computer and office applications
• Writing and proofreading skills
• Strong customer service/communication skills
• Ability to work with the public and with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Working Conditions:

Typical office environment; infrequently lifting and carrying items up to 10 lbs.; infrequently twisting or bending at the waist or reaching overhead; infrequently traveling between buildings on campus or to other campuses; frequently listening to and talking with students, faculty and other staff members either in person or by telephone; frequently sitting at a desk or workstation using a computer display, keyboard, and mouse.