Administrative Assistant, Umkc Honors Program, 82151

UMKC's Honors Program, a division of the Office of Curriculum and Assessment

UMKC Honors is an active, student-serving office. Applicants must be flexible, able to function in a loud, fast-paced office, and to work with different partners across campus and the Kansas City metro area.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide administrative assistance to the Honors Program Director, Student Services Director, faculty, and staff of the Honors Program at UMKC. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as front-facing/first-line customer service in an open-plan office
• Manage, supervise, and delegate office tasks (phone, written communications, visitors, meetings, appointments, purchasing, and receiving)
• Support the Honors Program Director, Student Services Director, faculty, and staff with administrative tasks
• Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate two student office assistants
• Event planning: order food and beverage; determine agendas; manage Graduation Reception, Lucerna Symposium, and new student events; prepare timelines; delegate tasks; run errands related to events
• Co-manage the Roo Honors Academy summer camp for high school students, including, but not limited to, purchasing and setting up field trips
• Make purchases, process invoices, input expense vouchers and travel authorization forms
• Assist the Honors Program leadership team and MCOM to produce, distribute, and update marketing and promotional materials, website, weekly newsletter, and alumni outreach publications
• Generate enrollment and retention reports from Data Dashboard and student engagement reports (headcount, roster, and degrees awarded) from Cognos software
• Oversee administrative management system of all student paperwork and e-files related to the students' participation in Honors Program
• Attention to detail, friendliness, patience, good organizational and people skills a must
• Other duties as assigned

$15.00 - $18.00/hr commensurate with experience, education, and internal equity.

Application review will begin on March 22nd, 2024. Applications will be accepted until this position is filled.

This position may be eligible for a hybrid schedule of up to 2 days remote upon supervisor approval.

This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, paid time off, short- and long-term disability, paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://www.umsystem.edu/totalrewards/benefits.

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