Administrative Secretary

About the role

Provide support for the Department of Psychology including specialized office assistance, coordinating procedural business or service activities for a complex academic area involving processing, implementing, advising and/or reporting specialized subject matter. Duties include course scheduling and curriculum input, support for graduate programs.

Responsibilities

• Support for the Department of Psychology including specialized office assistance, coordinating procedural business or service activities for a complex academic area involving processing, implementing, advising and/or reporting specialized subject matter.
• Course scheduling and curriculum input.
• Support for graduate programs.

Requirements

• High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three years progressively responsible secretarial experience.
• Familiarity with university policies, rules, and regulations.
• Possess keyboarding skills necessary to perform successfully in this position.
• Able to select, assemble and organize data and edit reports.
• Able to compose routine correspondence.
• Able to effectively interact with the public, students, faculty, and staff.
• Able to perform general bookkeeping/clerical accounting.
• Able to prioritize and expedite work assignments of the unit.
• Able to operate standard office equipment.
• Knowledge of proper grammar, spelling and punctuation and ability to utilize proper standard office source manuals.
• Able to perform the functions consistent with intermediate word processing and intermediate spreadsheet applications as demonstrated by a skills assessment.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Three years progressively responsible secretarial experience. Familiarity with university policies, rules, and regulations. Possess keyboarding skills necessary to perform successfully in this position. Ability to select, assemble and organize data and edit reports. Ability to compose routine correspondence. Ability to effectively interact with the public, students, faculty, and staff. Ability to perform general bookkeeping/clerical accounting. Ability to prioritize and expedite work assignments of the unit. Ability to operate standard office equipment. Knowledge of proper grammar, spelling and punctuation and ability to utilize proper standard office source manuals. Ability to perform the functions consistent with intermediate word processing and intermediate spreadsheet applications as demonstrated by a skills assessment.
• Desired Qualifications: All Qualifications Unless otherwise required by an applicable collective bargaining agreement, all minimum, additional and desired qualifications are preferred, but qualifications, degrees, and/or experience deemed comparable and/or equivalent by Oakland University in its sole and exclusive discretion may be considered.