Senior Administrative Assistant, YSPH

Yale University; New Haven (CT); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Yale University’s Yale School of Public Health seeks a Senior Administrative Assistant to provide high‑level admin support to the department chair and faculty. You will manage complex calendars, coordinate visitors, and handle expense transactions including SciQuest and PO setup.

You’ll support teaching arrangements, proofreading, meetings, and events, with on‑site back‑up for department functions as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven proficiency in an administrative assistant role with calendar management and MS Office skills.
• Excellent customer service, problem solving, organization, and analytical abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication with attention to detail.
• Experience organizing seminars/events and coordinating travel (domestic/international).
• Ability to multitask with professional judgment.

Responsibilities

• Oversees administrative, program, and office activities and establishes office procedures.
• Manages calendars and coordinates meetings, travel, and events.
• Provides editorial support and assists with reports and data summaries.
• Performs travel planning and reimbursement follow-ups.
• Handles purchasing, PO setup, and supplier payments (non-PO invoices).
• Screens visitors and responds to inquiries; drafts correspondence and materials.
• Keeps inventory of supplies and supports grant, contract, and budget materials.

Skills

Calendar management

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Customer service

Problem solving

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Verbal communication

Travel arrangements

Event logistics

Proofreading

Meeting coordination

Education

Six years of related work experience; high school level education or equivalent

Tools

Workday

SciQuest

World Travel

Supplier Gateway

e-Ship Global

Workday Worksheets

Canvas

Endnote

Job description

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Overview

Reporting directly to the Manager of Administrative Services at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and working in a team environment, the Sr. Administrative Assistant provides high-quality administrative support to an academic department, its department chair and faculty.

Working in coordination with other departmental administrative support staff, this position will manage the complex calendars of the YSPH department and its faculty chair, coordinate all phases of visitors and guests, and process expense transactions, including SciQuest ordering for department needs. Faculty support may include assisting with classroom/teaching arrangements, proofreading papers, and preparing power point presentations.

This position may provide support and/or serve as on-site back-up for special functions for the department (e.g., seminars, faculty searches, special presentations) that may include planning and organizing to ensure all details are handled in advance, and orchestrating events so that functions run smoothly.

This position is responsible for making travel arrangements as needed, clearly communicating the details of the travel plans, and following up to make sure reimbursements are accurate and timely.

This position is also responsible for transactional work including but not limited to processing high volume of P-Card charges and out of pocket reimbursements, requesting Spend Authorizations (Travel and Study Participant Advances), processing consulting service contract paperwork and setting up purchase orders (PO-s), submitting Supplier Invoice Requests (check requests) and payment of Non-PO Invoices (OK to Pays).

Oversees and coordinates administrative, program, and office activities. Establishes, selects, implements, and coordinates office procedures and systems. Serves as principal source of information to students, staff, and faculty on policies, procedures, programs, and office activities. Determines administrative, facility, and equipment needs for symposia, lectures, seminars, and conferences. Assembles and arranges for necessary items. Determines sources of data. Compiles, synthesizes, and manipulates data. Summarizes findings and writes reports or portions of reports.

Greets visitors. Answers and screens telephone calls. Assesses the nature of business. Responds to requests for information and provides assistance. Screens and responds to mail.

Formats, keyboards, proofreads, and edits correspondence, reports, manuscripts, and other material. Assembles attachments and corresponding materials. Reviews outgoing material for completeness, dates, and signatures. Composes substantive correspondence and written material.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Proven proficiency in an administrative assistant role including proficiency in Outlook calendaring with proven ability to manage complex calendars. Proven strong computer skills including intermediate skills with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Demonstrated highly developed customer service skills including strong problem solving, organizational and analytical skills. Proven ability to work in a team environment with a positive attitude, with the proven ability to take initiative and work with little supervision. Proven record of good attendance and punctuality.
• Proven ability to write, format and proofread a variety of correspondence and reports. Excellent written communication skills, grammar and spelling with strong attention to detail. Strong verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience in organizing regularly scheduled seminars and events and managing logistics such as room scheduling, catering, equipment, and materials. Ability to coordinate travel arrangements (both domestic and international) and support meetings of all sizes.
• Ability to multitask effectively with sound professional judgment.

Preferred Education, Experience And Skills

• Proven experience with Yale systems and online forms including Workday, SciQuest, World Travel, the Supplier Gateway and e-Ship Global.
• Proven experience with Workday Worksheets, Canvas and Endnote would be a plus.

Principal Responsibilities

• Oversees and coordinates administrative, program, and office activities. Establishes, selects, implements, and coordinates office procedures and systems. Serves as principal source of information to students, staff, and faculty on policies, procedures, programs, and office activities. 2. Oversees, instructs, and coordinates activities of support staff. Oversees the preparation of materials for grants, contracts and budgets. Monitors expenditures and reconciles financial statements. 3. Provides editorial support for a journal/publication. Proofreads and edits material for grammatical and factual accuracy. Tracks copy through various editing and production stages. Communicates with authors, printers, and others concerned with published work. 4. Determines administrative, facility, and equipment needs for symposia, lectures, seminars, and conferences. Assembles and arranges for necessary items. Determines sources of data. Compiles, synthesizes and manipulates data. Summarizes findings and writes reports or portions of reports. 5. Greets visitors. Answers and screens telephone calls. Assess nature of business. Responds to requests for information and provides assistance. Screens and responds to mail. 6. Formats, keyboard, proofread, and edits correspondence, reports, manuscripts, grants, and other material. Assembles attachments and corresponding material. Reviews outgoing material for completeness, dates, and signatures. Composes substantive correspondence and written material. 7. Coordinates travel arrangements. Schedules and coordinates meetings and appointments. Orders and maintains inventory of supplies. Takes minutes or dictation. Performs additional functions incidental to office activities.

Required Education And Experience

Six years of related work experience, four of them in the same job family at the next lower level, and high school level education; or four years of related work experience and an Associate's degree; or little or no work experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.

Job Posting Date

09/25/2026

Job Category

Administrative Support

Bargaining Unit

L34

Compensation Grade

Labor Grade D

Hourly Range

$31.83

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff

Work Model

Hybrid

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.

Health Requirements

Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

Posting Disclaimer

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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring department.

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