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STUDENT SERVICES - Asst to the VP Camp/Stud Life

Job Classification

  Salaried Full-time (75-100%)

Position summary

The Assistant to the Vice President for Campus & Student Life assists the Vice President in creating a vibrant and caring campus culture that fosters the optimum quality of student life and holistic development for Andrews University students. The Assistant exercises independent initiative and judgment in providing support for the Vice President in a comprehensive scope of responsibilities including those of an executive administrative assistant as well as processes related to programming, student intervention, care, and conduct protocols, student record and budget management, and special projects. The Assistant also supports the Assistant Vice President in co-curricular communications and records management.

Qualifications summary

This job requires exceptional customer service, organizational, multi-tasking, computer, and communication skills with a strong interpersonal/relational focus to navigate the challenging pressures of a complex and fast-paced environment that offers crucial services and care for University students.

A Bachelor's degree is strongly perferred. Proven experience in a high-level, fast-faced, multi-cultural enviroment is strongly desired.


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

These responsibilities of the Assistant to the Vice President require extensive knowledge and deep understanding of the mission, values and operations of the University and Campus & Student Life.

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include the following:

Support Services for Vice President for Campus & Student Life



Office Management Responsibilities



Co-curricular Records Management



Communication Processes



Supervisory responsibilities

Support is provided to the Assistant to the Vice President by the student life student staff of the office of Campus & Student Life and a team of student ushers. The Assistant to the Vice President manages the training and supervision of one student office assistant and the team of student ushers,

Qualifications

To successfully do this job an individual must be able to perform a wide range of professional related tasks and be able to work independently as well as with directives. The job requires exceptional organizational skills while at the same time remaining flexible to handle the challenging role and pressures of a complex and fast-paced environment that offers crucial services, programs and care to University students.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

 

Customer Service, Communication and Language Skills

Exceptional skills in customer service, computer technology, critical thinking, multi-tasking, and oral and written communication are required. This includes the ability to read and communicate in fluent English, as well as to understand a wide variety of documents pertaining to the Higher Educational sector.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to think critically and to analyze a wide variety of high-level problems to assess situations with great perception and to use discretion in responding to difficult situations.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carrying out various types of directives. 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

Technical and Mathematical Skills

Advanced computer and internet research skills including knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher) and Web design. Ability to do basic math as well as higher level analysis of financial reports.

Interpersonal interactions

Relational Skills

Exceptional gifts in interpersonal relationship buliding as well as skills in conflict management are required to provide the most effective customer services and response for students, parents, faculty, administrators and external entities with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.

The ability to foster and maintain a caring, congenial attitude especially in stressful, complex situations is required..

Physical demands

The physcial demands of the job require the ability to perform routine office tasks which on occasion requires the lifting or materials of modest weight.

Work environment

The fast-faced work envinroment requires the skills to handle a heavy load of routine responsibilites as well as a significant number of  unexpected crisis situations.