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Administrative Aide - Engineering Administration (140968)

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location
Champaign, IL

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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Description:

Administrative Aide
Engineering Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This position provides administrative and clerical support to the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in The Grainger College of Engineering. It organizes the work of the office, manages the support staff, and coordinates the activities of the Associate Dean and their staff. It involves working with student groups.

The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu.EEO.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Organizes the work of the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in The Grainger College of Engineering:
  • Coordinates administrative staff members who provide support for the associate dean, assistant deans, and other staff as requested. Determines distribution of duties and special project assignments among the administrative staff taking into consideration existing workloads, interests, and capabilities of the available staff.
  • Manages the Associate Dean's calendar, screens communications, and organizes into the future the work of the Associate Dean. Keeps abreast of current issues to support the Associate Dean knowledgeably and composes correspondence for the Associate Dean's signature, a responsibility that requires in-depth knowledge of the issues.
  • Works with Facilities to coordinate infrastructure needs of the unit, including submitting service calls to F&S for the unit, providing key card access to building rooms, and scheduling conference rooms.
  • Facilitates the hiring and on-boarding process of student workers as well as training and development.
  • Provides general support for the unit, such as special projects and events as well as support for Assistant Deans as needed.
  • Provides support and serve as a liaison for student groups and organizations within The Grainger College of Engineering:
  • Coordinates the logistics for the Engineering Council student-run events such as Engineering Open House. This includes interfacing between student leaders on Engineering Council, faculty advisors, the college’s facilities team, and vendors.
  • Assists with Student/Alumni College Awards. This includes coordinating the nomination and selection process of the awardees with the College Awards committee, arranging interviews with finalists for awards and working with Engineering Council and Knights of St. Patrick on the selection of student award recipients, and working with the College Marketing and Communications and Advancement groups on preparing the program for the ceremony.
  • Works with Facilities to coordinate space needs of student organizations’ allocated space on the first floor of Engineering Hall, including submitting service calls to F&S for the unit and providing key card access to building rooms.
  • Provides administrative oversight of the Grainger Student Portal online platform.
  • Provides administrative support for The Grainger College of Engineering Design Council and UPO controlled competition spaces such as Engineering Student Project Lab, SDL, SDL annex. This includes scheduling of meetings, distribution of announcements and other information, keeping track of matching funds, and working with the Engineering Shared Business office to distribute College of Engineering Design Council awarded funds to RSOs.
  • Provides support for budget and expense management to the Associate Dean
  • Coordinate procurement for the unit processing vendor forms, service agreements, requisitions, direct pay via TEM, and credit card purchasing. This involves the creation of purchase orders, assisting with making travel arrangements, and reconciling purchasing and travel charges for the unit. This also includes purchasing through iBuy for applicable items.
  • Authorizes expenditures for the office and provides general budget oversight.
  • Other duties as assigned
  • QUALIFICATIONS:

    Required:

    1. High school graduation or equivalent
    2. Any one or any combination totaling five (5) years (60 months) from the following categories:
  • college course work in business, finance, accounting or a related field:
  • 60 semester hours or an Associate's degree equals one (1) year (12 months)
  • 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
  • 120 semester hours or a Bachelor's degree equals three (3) years (36 months)
  • Master's degree or higher equals four (4) years (48 months)
  • progressively more responsible general or specialized office experience which included aspects of supervising staff or a job function, organizing, and performing duties that lead to knowledge of generally accepted office principles

    SALARY AND APPOINTMENT INFORMATION:

    This is a full-time Civil Service Administrative Aide position appointed on a 12-month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after March 4, 2021. Salary is commensurate with experience.

    TO APPLY:

    Applications must be received by March 4, 2021. Apply for this position using the “Apply for Position” button below. If you have not applied before, you must create your candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu. If you already have a profile, you will be redirected to that existing profile via email notification. To complete the application process:

    Step 1) Submit the Staff Vacancy Application.

    Step 2) Submit the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability forms.

    Step 3) Upload your cover letter, resume (months and years of employment must be included), and academic credentials (unofficial transcripts or diploma may be acceptable) and names/contact information for three references.

    In order to be considered as a transfer candidate, you must apply for this position using the “Apply for Position” button below. Applications not submitted through this website will not be considered. For further information about this specific position, contact Thurman Etchison, 217-300-2193, tetchis2@illinois.edu. For questions about the application process, please contact 217-244-2137.

    The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit Policy on Consideration of Sexual Misconduct in Prior Employment.

    As a qualifying federal contractor, the University of Illinois System uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility. The University of Illinois must also comply with applicable federal export control laws and regulations and, as such, reserves the right to employ restricted party screening procedures for applicants.

    College Name or Administrative Unit:Engineering Category:2-Administrative Title:Administrative Aide - Engineering Administration (140968) Open Date:02/19/2021 Close Date:03/04/2021 Organization Name:Engineering Administration

    Organization

    Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.

    Faculty

    A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. 

    Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.

    Academic Resources

    Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.

    Research

    Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

    Undergraduate Education

    The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.

    Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.

    The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.

    Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.

    The Arts

    A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture. 

    Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.

    Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

    Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Illinois is about how we value difference to make a difference. http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/

    As evidence of the University’s commitment to enhance the working, living, and learning environment for faculty, staff, and students, the University will encourage a standard of conduct and behavior that is consistent with the values of inclusivity. In an environment of inclusivity, there is no place for acts of hatred, intolerance, insensitivity, bigotry, threats of violence, harassment or discrimination.

    Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

    Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.

    How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?

    Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.

    Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.

    Illinois is the place where consensus is forged by discourse and where everyone’s contributions are recognized: significant contributions that elevate us because they are informed and enhanced by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, physical ability, religion, class, and national origin. We are enriched by these perspectives, and we are united by the very discourse that brings these views together.

    It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.

    It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.

    Learn more about how Inclusive Illinois promotes diversity here.

    Commitment to Equal Opportunity

    The commitment of the University to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms, whether or not specifically prohibited by law. Among the forms of invidious discrimination prohibited by the University policy but not law is discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation. Complaints of invidious discrimination in violation of University policy are to be resolved within existing University procedures. The policy of the University of Illinois is to comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action laws, orders, and regulations. The University will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities

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