Job Summary
The position provides executive-level administrative assistance and support for the Vice President for Enrollment Management and is generally the first point of contact to internal and external contacts. The person in this role assists with inquiries on a variety of university issues, policies and procedures related to enrollment management while promoting a positive image of the university; Serves as liaison between the Vice President and Enrollment Management Leadership Team to communicate and resolve university matters and works independently with Enrollment Management Leadership Team by coordinating budget and personnel needs. This position provides daily office management including but not limited to receipt of visitors, meeting arrangement, agenda and minutes preparation, preparing and compiling reports and coordinating travel. An extremely high level of confidentiality is expected as this position manages and prepares sensitive documents for the Vice President for Enrollment Management.
Required Qualifications
Experience in executive administrative support role. Experience researching and preparing confidential and sensitive documents. Requires the ability to interact effectively with a variety of people in high-pressure situations. Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Requires demonstrated high level skills in organization and efficiency and the ability to organize and schedule various projects and activities. Demonstrated exceptional levels of self-direction, independent thinking, sound judgement, problem solving abilities, and foresight to anticipate issues and concerns before they arise and the ability to suggest approaches to proactively address them. Demonstrated exceptional competencies in the areas of time-management and organization skills, multi-tasking with frequent interruptions, planning and scheduling, preparing correspondence and reports and preparing or editing PowerPoint presentations. Demonstrated experience monitoring budgets, working with fiscal and personnel processes. Demonstrated ability to work independently and participate as a team member. Demonstrated proficiency in current computer software applications Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Experience with calendaring in Microsoft Outlook. Experience with virtual meeting software such as Zoom. Demonstrated ability to interpret and communicate University and State policies and procedures.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in higher education, corporate, or governmental executive administrative positions. Experience with and knowledge of university policies and procedures. Experience with financial accounting software.
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Radford University is a coeducational, comprehensive public university in Virginia with highly diverse curricula for undergraduates and selected graduate programs.