3325 Administrative Assistant II

POSITION IDENTIFICATION

TITLE Administrative Assistant II

CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 3325

GRADE 12

CLASSIFICATION Nonexempt

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Varies

MAJOR ADMINISTRATOR Varies

GENERAL FUNCTION

The Administrative Assistant II assists the Director or other supervisor with the department’s administrative activities and coordinates various administrative processes and projects. The Administrative Assistant II is generally the primary or lead administrative support position in a department. This position provides the full-range of administrative support activities for a department and generally has responsibility for several established and ongoing complex and/or difficult processes unique to the department in addition to general administrative support for the department. The Administrative Assistant II may assign and/or monitor the work of a second full-time administrative support person, student workers, or Graduate Assistants.

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience: A high school diploma or the equivalent and three years of general office experience or an equivalent combination of education and general office experience is required.

Skills: Keyboarding skills are required. A working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications is required. A working knowledge of or the ability to learn and use database applications, the web content management system, the administrative business system or enterprise resource planning system, and other systems or applications that may be used within the University or department is required. The ability to operate and troubleshoot electronic office equipment, computers, and peripherals, maintain moderately complex filing systems and records, and make mathematical calculations is required. Effective verbal and written communication skills are required. The ability to train, assign work, and review the work of full- and part-time employees and student workers is required. The ability to maintain departmental financial records and accounts and prepare financial reports is required.

Effort: Administrative support positions are primarily sedentary. Administrative support positions require extensive keyboarding.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Serves as administrative assistant to the Director or other supervisor by providing or overseeing reception services, scheduling appointments, meetings, and travel, maintaining the supervisor’s calendar, preparing and proofreading correspondence, reports, and other documents prepared by the supervisor, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic filing systems, initiating recurring administrative processes, coordinating projects, and assisting in the completion of reports by researching and gathering required information and preparing reports.

2. Helps the department to achieve its mission by coordinating processes associated with work specific to the department, such as using standards, criteria, contracts, or agreements to screen and processing various types of applications or documents, collecting and depositing fees, generating billing for departmental products or services, developing, maintaining, and utilizing databases, arranging meetings and/or multiple consultations or interviews integral to the work of the department on an ongoing basis, auditing and processing time records for large groups of full-time, part-time, and/or student employees, etc.

3. Serves as the communication hub of the department by communicating information from the supervisor to others, collecting and organizing information requested by the supervisor from others, making information available to others by mail, email, telephone, and the web, and providing more complex information on processes specific to the department to faculty, staff, students, other departments, and/or the public.

4. Obtains equipment, services, and supplies needed by the department by maintaining an inventory of office supplies, purchasing computers, furniture, office supplies and equipment, determining the appropriate method to pay for goods or services purchased by the department following University policy and procedures, and utilizing the appropriate process.

5. Bills internally or externally for goods or services provided by the department by determining the appropriate method and utilizing University processes.

6. Assists the supervisor to varying degrees in maintaining financial control of departmental accounts by reconciling purchases to Financial Services reports, tracking income, expenditures, and transfers to Financial Services reports, and/or maintaining internal records of expenditures.

7. Organizes, coordinates, plans, and conducts departmental events by securing space, equipment, food, preparing invitations, announcements, agendas, brochures, and packets, purchasing awards, making travel arrangements and reservations, and overseeing the event as it occurs.

8. Assists with employment processes to varying degrees by monitoring and maintaining credential files of applicants, preparing master files for search committees, preparing correspondence to applicants, entering required information into the applicant database, preparing position authorization forms and personnel action forms and monitoring their approval, and assisting new employees with processes associated with employment (completion of Form I-9, obtaining access to network resources, arranging orientation, office space, equipment, services, and supplies, etc.)

9. Supports the administrative business functions of the department by maintaining the departmental website and databases, scheduling the use of conference rooms, and maintaining security of equipment, files, and records.

10. Remains competent and current by attending professional development courses, software training classes, and courses and/or training sessions as directed by the supervisor or required by the University.

11. Supports the department by performing all other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

SUPERVISION

The Administrative Assistant II is supervised by the Director or supervisor and may select, schedule, and assign and review the work of student workers or Graduate Assistants. The Academic Administrative Assistant II may serve as lead administrative support person in the department and assign and/or review the work of other full-time administrative support personnel.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

REVISED JANUARY 2025

JOB FAMILY 1

Factor 1: Educational/Experience Requirements of the Job

Level 4.0 - 500 Points: A combination of education and experience equivalent to a Level 4 as indicated by the Equivalencies Chart, when permitted by the Minimum Acceptable Qualifications.

Factor 2: Complexity and Technical Mastery

Level 3.0 - 220 Points: Considerable skill in oral and written communication, the ability to make basic mathematical calculations, the ability to understand and follow instructions, knowledge of moderately complex or other work procedures, and the ability to work independently and coordinate a variety of activities and events are required.

Factor 3: Responsibility for the Work of Others

Level 3.0 - 60 Points: Supervision of one student or part-time worker or graduate assistant, where the nature of supervision is largely confined to scheduling and assigning tasks and reviewing completed work. The incumbent may provide input into the staffing and evaluation processes, but the final decisions are made by other supervisors. The incumbent does not perform a full range of supervisory activities and spends relatively little time performing supervisory functions.

Factor 4: Guidelines

Level 3.0 - 220 Points: The work involves carrying out a group of procedures using the general methods and desired results indicated by the supervisor. Typically, standard operating procedures, handbooks, and/or reference manuals exist for most procedures, but the incumbent must select from the most appropriate of several guidelines, and make minor adjustments to methods. The incumbent uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as University policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or problems. The incumbent makes decisions regarding most deviations from the guidelines but major deviations from guidelines are referred to the supervisor. Assignments are related in function and objective, but processes, procedures, or software varies from one assignment to another. Based on assignment, incumbents use diverse but conventional methods, techniques, or approaches. Jobs at this level may perform work that is moderately complex, but normally performed within a fairly narrow and specific functional area.

Factor 5: Contacts

Level 3.0 - 105 Points: The purpose of contacts is to advise or counsel students or the general public, or to plan or coordinate work efforts with other employees who are working toward common goals and where relationships are generally cooperative. Contacts are moderately structured and routine.

Factor 6: Work Impact

Level 3.0 - 300 Points: Work activities normally address conventional problems or situations with established methods to supply other employees with information, services, or products they use to perform their work. Work products or services facilitate the work of other employees and directly affects the ability of other employees to timely complete specific tasks or processes. Work activities may affect the quality of services provided to moderate numbers of employees, students, or the public, but the services, information, or products provided have relatively minor effects on the welfare of the affected groups.

Factor 7: Physical Effort and Work Environment

Level 1.0 - 25 Points: The work environment consists of exposure to physical conditions typical of a normal office environment. Most of the job is performed while sitting, although the work may require occasional standing or walking and/or the lifting and carrying of small objects.