Administrative Assistant

Overview

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.

The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 120,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university’s community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future.

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New York Institute of Technology seeks an Administrative Assistant for the College of Arts& Sciences (CAS) Humanities Department at our NYC campus.  Reporting to the Chair of the Humanities Department, this person will provide office and administrative support for the department.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Assist the department chair in the operation of the office.
• Assist and support department faculty with course scheduling, assignments, copies and proctoring.
• Adjunct and Faculty onboarding, including appointment letters.
• Process instructional and non-instructional compensation of full and part-time faculty.
• Email communications and outlook meeting schedules for department chair.
• Ordering of office supplies, departmental needs, faculty purchases, etc.
• Assist with student/faculty/course issues (registration, scheduling, room changes, final exam scheduling, etc.)
• Collect and store final grades and syllabi.
• Maintain supplies (paper, ink, grade books, etc.) for the department.
• Assist with the planning & execution of special departmental events.
• Other duties as needed and assigned by department chair or CAS dean.

Qualifications

A B.A/B.S. degree is required.

Previous experience in administration is preferred, including working with Microsoft Office Suite & Adobe Sign. 

Previous experience using Workday software is preferred.

Other Information

New York Institute of Technology offers numerous opportunities to enhance personal and professional growth and provides employees with a competitive compensation and benefits program inclusive of  generous paid time off, holidays, tuition remission, and retirement plans with employer contributions.

New York Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

In compliance with local legislation as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, the annual base salary range for this position is listed. New York Tech considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate experience/expertise, education/training, key skills, geographic location, internal peer equity as well as market, organizational considerations and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement when extending an offer.

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