University of Texas at Arlington Looking for Administrative Assistant II (S03791P) Full Time

Job Summary:
Provide a broad range of professional services to include coordination, administrative and communication services to the faculty and Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department. This is a front-facing position including, but not limited to student organization support and coordination, department events planning, database analysis, professional communication and marketing content development.

Essential Duties:

• Provide professional, customer-focused administrative support service to Department Chair and Associate Chair for Recruiting and Development.
• This will include effective communication, event planning, project management and student organization coordination.
• Other tasking will include: Develop and ensure the proactive maintenance of proper communication channels/links with all partners (internal and external), including all University offices, collaborators, EE faculty, EE students, alumni and strategic industrial relations.
• Organize and maintain any necessary data especially related to recruiting and development activities, student groups, alumni, industry, and government funding sources.
• Carry-out background research on a variety of topics.
• Includes information gathering, trends, patterns in data, and inform the Chair as appropriate. Develop and maintain department communications to include social media and web-content.
• Work with university marketing services staff, EE faculty and students to design, maintain and develop marketing materials and web pages.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two (2) years administrative or project management experience or High School diploma with six (6) years of increasingly responsible and equivalent experience.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite.
• Experience utilizing the Internet for research purposes.
• Communicate effectively and professionally.
• Establish effective working relationships; work well in a team environment.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
• Ability to work with little supervision to meet deadlines, plan and set own work priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, or a related field.
• Three (3) years of professional experience.
• Experience working in higher education.
• Knowledge of funding mechanisms for higher education establishments.
• Experience with administration, project management, donor relations, or marketing.
• Experience with web design, maintenance, and development of page content and social media. Experience in project development or project management.

EEO Statement:

UTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the University prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. A criminal background check will be conducted on finalists. The UTA is a tobacco free campus.

Open Until Filled: No

Location: Arlington