Executive Secretary - Higher Education

State of Connecticut - Southern CT State Univ; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

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Professional growth

Work-life balance

Job summary

State of Connecticut - Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) in New Haven, CT, seeks a full-time, first-shift Secretary 2 in the School of Business, with Marketing and Accounting Department. The role involves typing, filing, correspondence, report writing, meeting coordination, and office management.

Experience in office support or secretarial work is required. Preferred candidates have higher education in secretarial sciences and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Three (3) years of experience above the routine clerk level in office support or secretarial work.
• One (1) year of the General Experience must have been as a Secretary 1 or its equivalent.
• College training in the secretarial sciences may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.

Responsibilities

• TYPING: formats and types a full range of correspondence and reports; proofreads for content; edits for grammar and spelling.
• FILING: designs office filing systems; maintains files including confidential files; updates reference materials.
• CORRESPONDENCE: composes complex letters and memoranda for supervisor's signature.
• REPORT WRITING: compiles information and prepares narrative or statistical reports.
• INTERPERSONAL: greets visitors; answers phones; provides policy guidance; coordinates with others.

Skills

office systems

grammar & punctuation

business communications

interpersonal skills

oral & written communication

schedule & prioritization

office suite software

note taking

Education

Secretarial sciences training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

State of Connecticut - Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) in New Haven, CT, seeks a full-time, first-shift Secretary 2 in the School of Business, with Marketing and Accounting Department. The role involves typing, filing, correspondence, report writing, meeting coordination, and office management.

Experience in office support or secretarial work is required. Preferred candidates have higher education in secretarial sciences and strong communication skills.