Campus:
Virginia
Status: Classified Staff Positions
Description:
The Administrative Assistant for the Department of Clinical Affairs will serve as an initial contact person for the Clinical Affairs Department of the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and the public, professionals and students of the College.
The position requires the provision of high-quality executive support and includes:
- Excellent computer skills in Word, Outlook, Excel, and other programs and the ability to learn new computer programs in a short period of time. As the position requires some data analysis full use of Excel is essential and the ability to learn some features of Microsoft Teams is also required.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to multitask and work in a busy environment. The ability to “turn around” correspondence, meeting minutes, and other documents in short amount of time is required.
- The position also requires a positive attitude in meeting with students and the public, sound judgment in dealing with student and administrative issues, a high level of accuracy and accountability, a high level of confidentiality, and a good sense of discretion.
- Other duties related to general support of the department, including, but not limited to answering telephones and maintaining telephone and email logs, routing inquiries, assisting students and serving as a liaison between them and the Clinical Affairs staff and the Deans, maintaining administrative schedules, scheduling meetings, recording meeting minutes, making travel arrangements, organizing files, managing data bases, preparing reports and official letters, and assisting in the organization of a wide variety of business and social functions, both on and off-campus. The administrative assistant will also collaborate in the preparation of a wide variety of documents including presentations, correspondence, grants submissions, white papers, and other college materials.