Sr. Administrative Assistant - Research (94533BR)

Yale University; New Haven (CT); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Administrative Support Specialist to provide essential clerical and administrative assistance to research faculty. This hybrid role requires flexibility, with a minimum of three days on campus. You will coordinate academic activities, manage manuscript submissions, and oversee office procedures. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and organizational skills, be proficient in Microsoft Office, and have experience in a research environment. Join a collaborative team and contribute to impactful research initiatives in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Six years of related work experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Demonstrated computer skills in both Apple and Windows environments.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive administrative support to research faculty and staff.
• Coordinates academic and business activities within the research areas.

Skills

Administrative Support

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Problem Solving

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Workday

Job description

Research Res Support, Research/Support, Secretarial

Total # of hours to be worked:

37.5

Work Week

Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)

Work Location

Medical School Campus

Work Model

Hybrid

Position Focus:

*This position currently works a hybrid schedule with a minimum of three days on campus. Candidate must be flexible to work on campus more than three days per week as needed.*

This position will deliver comprehensive administrative and clerical support to assigned research faculty and staff at 300 George Street, New Haven, CT. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: coordinating academic and business activities within the research areas, providing research administrative assistance, preparing documents, managing manuscript submissions, maintaining biosketches and CVs, and gathering and assisting with the preparation of research and grant submission materials. Additional duties as assigned.

1. 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. Assesses 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.

Required Skill/Ability 1:

Demonstrated computer skills in both the Apple and Windows environment, and intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and large information systems.

Required Skill/Ability 2:

Demonstrated excellence providing high quality administrative support including expense management, travel arrangement, and strong problem solving and organizational skills.

Required Skill/Ability 3:

Proven excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to interface with many others within the organization and externally.

Required Skill/Ability 4:

Ability to manage a broad variety of tasks and shifting priorities in a changing environment with careful attention to detail with demonstrated initiative.

Required Skill/Ability 5:

Proven experience managing and maintaining deadlines. Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

Proven experience working with academic faculty in a research laboratory setting. Familiarity with grants submissions and supporting documentation. Proven experience with Workday, NIH Commons, PubMed. Proven experience with spend authorizations/supplier invoice requests, creating purchase order requests and tracking purchases. Proven experience with EHS, Sponsored Identity and OISS.

Drug Screen

No

Health Screening

No

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Posting Disclaimer

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 particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring departments.

EEO Statement:

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