Program Assistant 3 — Admin & Data Support (Research)

Northwestern University; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 56,993,000 - 71,234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition benefits

Job summary

Northwestern University is seeking an administrative professional to coordinate processes across education, research, and operations within the MED-Clinical Trials Unit. The role involves creating and maintaining documents, spreadsheets, databases, and web pages, and alerting supervisors to critical issues and events.

The position requires 4 days on-site per week and a high school diploma with at least 4 years of relevant experience; a bachelor’s degree and REDCap experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent required.
• 4 years of administrative support or other relevant experience required.
• Intermediate knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, email, and database software programs.

Responsibilities

• Independently responds to and composes correspondence.
• Creates and maintains standard spreadsheets and/or databases.
• Prepares queries, reports, statistics, tables, charts, etc. based on information compiled from various sources.
• Maintains websites and/or blogs.
• Creates new web pages and/or updates standard information/data within the application’s content management program.
• Screens and prioritizes incoming calls.
• Responds to inquiries.
• Provides basic interpretation of policies and procedures.
• Researches information to resolve problems or issues.
• Coordinates work of receptionists, program assts, temporary/work-study students, secretaries, research/clerical assts, interns, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Email management

Database software

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

REDCap

Job description

Northwestern University is seeking an administrative professional to coordinate processes across education, research, and operations within the MED-Clinical Trials Unit. The role involves creating and maintaining documents, spreadsheets, databases, and web pages, and alerting supervisors to critical issues and events.

The position requires 4 days on-site per week and a high school diploma with at least 4 years of relevant experience; a bachelor’s degree and REDCap experience are preferred.