Admin. Asst. for the Div. of Lib. Arts & Humanities
- Employer
- Livingstone College
- Location
- Salisbury, NC, US
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- Administrative Jobs
- Institutional & Business Affairs, Clerical & Administrative Support
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Position
Administrative Assistant
Division:
Division of Liberal Arts & Humanities
Reports to:
Division Dean
Position Summary
Livingstone College is seeking an Administrative Assistant to create and maintain a professional office environment that will promote efficiency and support the daily operations of the Division of Liberal Arts & Humanities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
The results you will deliver each day that matter most!
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Providing administrative support to the Division Dean, department chair, coordinator/director, faculty, staff, and students in respective departments; Maintain calendars, appointments, filing system, travel arrangements, office supplies, printing and correspondences as deemed appropriate and necessary. Serve as receptionist to department office suite and maintain department surroundings in a clean and professional manner, including bulletin boards. Provide leadership in hiring, training, and supervising student workers.
- Take minutes at division/department and subcommittee meetings as assigned; prepare agendas and minutes, distribute and maintain records of all meeting documents. Maintain mailing and contact lists for division/department full-time and part-time faculty, staff, students, and various community members.
- Review and edit division/department programs and faculty information on websites to ensure accuracy of information across platforms; Coordinate technology support and training requests; Serve as point of contact for hardware and software support and repair issues;
- Under broad supervision, oversee and coordinate the master schedule of classes for the division including accompanying textbook adoptions and desk copy requests.
- Assist Division Dean with program specific requirements, including preparation, editing, and disbursement of program, accreditation, and evaluation documents; Advising students of standard program coursework, prerequisites and testing requirements; Respond appropriately to all prospective, current, and alumni student requests and concerns; Assist with planning, set-up, coordination, and dissemination of information as may be deemed appropriate and necessary.
- Assist the Admissions Coordinator in recruitment activities as assigned. Maintain appropriate student records and reports; Participate in student recruitment and retention activities.
- In consultation with the Division Dean and business office, monitor department budget on a monthly basis, including travel expenses, office supplies, program specific student funding/awards/scholarships, work study, and division specific expenditures. Receive approval for purchasing requests, place orders, track, and troubleshoot.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Education/ Experience
What you will need to be successful!
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- A minimum of three years successful work experience as administrative assistant or office manager;
- Other skills and abilities include strong written and oral communication skills and a working knowledge of Office Suite;
- Positive employee evaluations of work ethics, attendance, and performance.
Life at Livingstone College
Why we believe you will love working at Livingstone College!!
Livingstone College is a private, four year liberal arts institution founded in 1879 by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Secured by a strong commitment to quality instruction, the College offers excellent liberal arts and religious education programs for students designed to develop their potential for leadership and service to a global community.
Organization
Our Mission:
Livingstone College is a private, historically black institution that is secured by a strong commitment to quality instruction. Through a Christian-based environment suitable for learning, it provides excellent liberal arts and religious education programs for students from all ethnic backgrounds designed to develop their potential for leadership and service to a global community.
Our History
Livingstone College was originally founded in 1879 as Zion Wesley Institute by a group of African Methodist Episcopal Zion ministers for the purpose of training ministers in Concord, in Cabarrus County, N.C. After three brief sessions, directed by Principals Bishop C. R. Harris and Professor A.S. Richardson, Zion Wesley Institute was closed. In 1881, Dr. Joseph Charles Price and Bishop J. W. Hood changed their roles from delegates to the Ecumenical Conference to fund-raisers, with a sole purpose of re-establishing Zion Wesley Institute.
Eventually, the Rowan County Town of Salisbury, just 20 miles northeast of Concord, offered Zion Wesley Institute Board of Trustees a generous $1,000 donation and an invitation to relocate the institution to Salisbury. The trustees accepted both gifts, and the College re-opened in Salisbury in 1882 on J. M. Gray’s farm, called Delta Grove, which consisted of one building and 40 acres. Besides moving from Concord to Salisbury, the College also changed its name, becoming Livingstone College, in honor of David Livingstone, a British Christian missionary, philanthropist and African Explorer. Dr. Price, the founder of Livingstone College, became its first president and served from 1882 to 1893.
Holistic Learning:
Livingstone College offers a Holistic Learning Environment that is designed to address the needs of a diverse student population. As a church-affiliated institution, Livingstone College seeks to attract professionals who are committed to supporting and fostering such principles. Such commitment and support paved the way for the launching of a very unique initiative. The initiative is entitled "The Total Learning Environment." "The Total Learning Environment" is a new holistic approach to academic preparation, whereby we will create a learning environment designed to change attitudes and modify student behavior. Students who matriculate on the campus of Livingstone College, in addition to their academic preparation, will participate in a number of activities and programs, designed to address the cultural scars of their past, enabling them to leave our institution with the academic preparation to compete in our global economy, and where they will have immediate positive impact on our society. Additionally, our students will be prepared to positively address the challenges, which plague the African-American community - particularly those challenges that exacerbate their dilemma. The College implemented a curriculum, which helped to develop "The Center for Holistic Learning." One of the first programs of its kind, "The Center for Holistic Learning" promotes both the awareness and mastery of the following modules/concepts:
- Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Emergency Response & First Aid
- Political Action & Social Responsibility
- Volunteerism, Public Service
- Cultural and Social Awareness
- Debt Management, Personal Responsibility, & Philanthropy
- Individual & Organizational Leadership
- Spanish as a 2nd Language
- Technology & The 21St Century
- Faith-Based Strategies for the Enhancement of the Quality of Life
Our Home:
Livingstone College is located in the heart of Rowan County’s historic Salisbury, North Carolina. Known by many as “The Jewel of The South”, Livingstone College sits quaintly against a picturesque backdrop of lush green grass and majestic maple and oak trees, making it the ideal learning environment. With an enrollment of 1200 students, the College is strategically located 45 miles from Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad of Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, North Carolina.
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