Administrative Assistant/Payroll

Rhode Island Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhode Island Hospital is seeking a skilled administrative support professional to handle high-level clerical duties and provide confidential support to leadership. The role involves composing correspondence, preparing reports, and researching information with discretion and accuracy.

Responsibilities include calendar management, meeting coordination, and maintaining confidential records including payroll data.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1–2 years of related experience; payroll experience required.
• Proficient in Excel and Microsoft Word.
• Strong grammar, punctuation and proofreading abilities.

Responsibilities

• Type a variety of materials including correspondence and reports.
• Maintain supervisor's calendar and coordinate inter-departmental meetings.
• Prepare and process purchase orders and manage basic budgeting tasks.
• Provide guidance to new employees on clerical procedures and policies.

Skills

Payroll experience

Excel

Microsoft Word

Typing speed

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Dictation equipment

Word processing software

Photocopier / office equipment

Job description

SUMMARY:

Under general direction, provides high-level administrative support. Performs functions requiring considerable knowledge and judgment regarding departmental procedures and policies.

Researches information, composes correspondence and prepares regular and/or special reports.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

**************Payroll experience a must!!!!

The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Types a variety of materials including correspondence.Corrects grammar and punctuation, edits for content and revises wording at own discretion.

May use word processing and/or dictation equipment, shorthand or speedwriting.

Composes rough and final drafts of memos, correspondence and reports according to own knowledge of situation, signs routine correspondence in own name.Designs and prepares new forms.

Answers telephone and receive visitors into the area.Ascertains needs, establishes priorities and investigates background material, often resolving matters on own authority.

Maintains supervisor's calendar without prior clearance for most appointments. Schedules, coordinates and attends inter-departmental meetings.

Takes and issues meeting notes. Supports a Director, Manager, and others as required. Drawing on a wide range of experience and knowledge of supervisor's activities, departmental services, the functions of various departments throughout the hospital, and those of other organizations.Interacts with all levels of personnel.

Exchanges information, coordinates schedules, investigates problems and resolves matters within scope of own authority.Maintains departmental records including such confidential information as budget, payroll, patient and personnel data.

Initiates, files, updates and purges records as necessary including data entry, storage and retrieval software.Supports and leads projects as required.

Monitors department budgets, reviewing requests for purchase, additional personnel, etc. against budget allowances; authorizes allowable requests and obtains further information on questionable items before discussing with supervisor.

Ensures that FTE reporting is correct and if not, works to ensure that is corrected. Maintains inventory and orders office at own discretion according to knowledge of usage patterns and budgeted allowances.

Prepares and follows up on purchase orders. Assumes major responsibility for recurring programs or special projects, utilizing a wide range of knowledge and exercising considerable independent judgment in seeing project to its completion.

Operates such office machines as CRT, word processor, calculator, photocopier and dictation equipment.

Provides functional guidance to new employees regarding the clerical operations, policies and procedures of the department.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

High school graduate or General Equivalency Diploma required.

Up to one year specialized training including course work in correspondence typing, and general business procedures.

The ability to exercise considerable independent judgment in the performance of most daily duties.

Proficient typing skills are required in order to prepare a variety of materials.

Must have exceptional Excel and Microsoft Word skills.

Good knowledge of English grammar, punctuation and spelling to correct and edit written materials; understanding of medical terminology is most often required.

A high level of organizational skills to coordinate supervisor's schedule and help support the management team.

Ability to perform analysis of numerical data involving the use of mathematical formulas as well as routine tabulation.A high level of interpersonal skills to effectively represent the supervisor in interaction with all levels of personnel within and outside the hospital.The ability to operate a variety of office equipment is required.

EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of one to two years of experience is required including that period on-the-job to learn procedures specific to the department. Payroll experience a must.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Working conditions are generally good with little discomfort due to noise, heat, dust, etc. Considerable walking may be required to gather and distribute materials around the hospital.

INDEPENDENT ACTION:

Incumbent functions within a broad scope of department policies and practices; generally refers specific problems where clarification of departmental policies and procedures may be required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None.

Pay Range:

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