Sr. Administrative Assistant

Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position, please review this tip sheet . The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Public Health has an exciting opportunity for a full time Sr. Administrative Assistant to work in Miami, FL. The candidate for this position will report to the Sr Administrative Officer and will manage the Faculty Administrative Support Staff Unit for the Department of Public Health Sciences’ general administrative matters. The Senior Administrative Assistant performs both technical and complex administrative projects as well as general clerical work in support of the day-to-day operations of the faculty administrative support staff. Apply independent judgment in the completion of assignments which include data compilation and analysis, the development and preparation of unit and project and discretionary budgets, and monitoring faculty administrative support unit expenses. Will act as a lead to lower level administrative staff assigned to the unit. Core Responsibilities:                                                                                    Supports department and/or department leadership with daily clerical tasks. Collects, reviews, analyzes complex and/or confidential data and prepares reports, charts, budgets and other presentation materials. Responds to or routes non-routine, priority or confidential inquiries from external or internal sources with correspondence or other messaging on behalf of department leadership. Plans meetings and takes detailed minutes, as needed. Answers phone calls, provides information to callers or connects callers to appropriate staff. Schedules appointments and updates calendars. Makes travel arrangements and reservations for department leadership and staff, as needed. Composes and types correspondence, such as informative materials; creates spreadsheets and presentations. Greets and provides general support to visitors. Develops and maintains department filing system. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets. Department Specific Functions: Responsible for submitting new VISA requests for new hires, renewals, request amendments for current VISA holders transferring to the University and submitting scholar applications. Initiates all voluntary and secondary appointments packets to submit to Faculty Affairs for processing. Submit all the PhD stipends in Workday for the department. Assist with the Ignite Empowering events for the department. Assist Division Directors with any assistance requested. Oversee the daily functions of all Divisions. Works along with the Finance and Research Support team on obtaining approval for all expenditures. Managed administrative support which often includes details…