Administrative Assistant - Population Health

at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Job Description

• Perform administrative and clerical tasks for department faculty and program staff.
  
• Responsible for accurately entering purchase requisitions, procurement card purchases, inter-departmental purchase, travel request and reimbursement forms and expense reports in Workday.
  
• Accountable for maintaining organized documentation related to Workday functions being performed and tracking transactions until final.
  
• Greet and assist visitors and prospective students. Act as backup for other administrative staff when individuals are on leave. Answer phone lines, receive and relay messages, distribute mail.
  
• Assist with support for department chair including complex calendaring.
  
• Assist faculty with creating and maintaining data in FACT.
  
• Responsible for the creation of monthly faculty meeting minutes, agenda and PowerPoint.
  
• Assist in handling the operational tasks necessary to insure the smooth and efficient running of the department such as checking office equipment for proper functioning, maintaining supply levels and processing work orders for repairs and maintenance as needed.
  
• Coordinate special events, including department events, capstone orientations, guest speakers, graduation activities, grand rounds and seminars - reserve rooms, set up a web conferencing system for online participants, and communicate with speakers.
  
• Coordinate department meetings, including sending out appointments, room reservations, room set-up and distributing documents to participants.
  
• Coordinate travel arrangements for departmental staff and faculty
  
• Under the direction of the Administrative Director and in coordination with Director of Grants, coordinate complex travel arrangements, calendars and itineraries for external interview candidates for the department.
  
• Maintain, operate, and assist others as needed with the technology in department meeting spaces; manage the room reservation calendar on Outlook.
  
• Assist with maintaining workstation computers; install software updates, renew SAS license and send in work orders for repairs and maintenance as needed.
  
• Submit Information Resource requests for the department.
  
• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.