TES Administrative Support Associate - Randolph County

Auburn University; Wedowee (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Randolph County Extension Office in Wedowee, Alabama, seeks a TES Administrative Support Associate to provide administrative, financial, and clerical support within the Auburn University TES unit.

This in-house role supports data entry, filing, calendar management, travel and purchasing duties, and customer-facing tasks while ensuring compliance with university policies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with 2 years of experience.
• Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs a mix of administrative and clerical duties, including data gathering, data management, correspondence, filing, calendar management, event scheduling, mail distribution, answering phones, organizing mail, and purchasing supplies.
• Assist in routing visitors to the correct program or personnel.
• May provide budget preparation, tracking, auditing, payroll processing, travel/expense voucher processing and other accounting tasks.
• Coordinates approvals, ordering, and invoice payments for the department and informs staff of standard policies.
• Acts as a point of contact to other departments and to the public on behalf of the manager or director.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent with 2 years of experience

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Overview

The Randolph County Extension office is currently seeking a TES Administrative Support Associate to provide administrative, financial, and general clerical support within the Randolph County Extension Office located in Wedowee, Alabama.

Temporary Employment Services (TES), a unit of the Auburn University Department of Human Resources, is an in-house support center established to meet the temporary employment needs of the university. TESprovides qualified and dedicated temporary employees in a wide variety of occupations to meet the staffing needs throughout the campus. Temporary employees are hired for a variety of reasons with the most common being:

• Assistance in the place of a regular employee who is absent for a specified period of time
• Additional assistance during periods of abnormal or peak workloads
• Assistance with special projects
• Seasonal work
• Emergencies

If you are looking for an employment opportunity, TES is a great way to showcase your professional skills and assist Auburn University while gaining valuable work experience within higher education.

AU student employees are not eligible for TES.

Responsibilities

• Performs multiple duties which are a mix of administrative and clerical in nature, which may include but are not limited to data gathering, data management, correspondence, filing, calendar management, event scheduling, mail distribution, answering phones, organizing mail, purchasing/ordering supplies.
• Assist in routing visitors to the correct program/personnel.
• May provide budget preparation, tracking, monitoring and auditing, payroll processing, travel/expense voucher processing and other accounting and financial tasks.
• Coordinates approvals, ordering, and invoice payments for the department. Advises staff, students, administrators, and clients of standard policies or procedures.
• Acts as a point of contact to other departments and to the public on behalf of the manager or director.
• May perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent plus 2 years of experienceOR
• Associate’s degreeOR
• Bachelor’s degree

Scope of Experience:

Experience in clerical or administrative support services.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

None

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