Administrative Coordinator
Under direct supervision of the Senior Administrative Coordinator, the Administrative Coordinator will work as part of a centralized team providing administrative and operational support to Peabody’s Conservatory Department Chairpersons and faculty. The Administrative Coordinator will serve as the conduit between the Conservatory Chairperson/Faculty and Peabody’s Administrative units including Human Resources, Business Office/Finance, Information Technology and Facilities. This position requires independent judgment and discretion as well as the utilization of advanced technical and administrative skills.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide general administrative support to assigned academic department faculty and chairpersons.
- In collaboration with the chairperson/faculty budget owner and the Business Office, responsible for overseeing the assigned departments operating and discretionary budget including but not limited to
- Conducting monthly reconciliation of department cost centers
- Reviewing the monthly financial reports with the chairperson/faculty
- Assist with the quarterly year-end spend projections.
- Assist with developing the yearly department budget.
- Serve as a liaison between the administrative/operations units and department chairpersons and faculty with submitting and following up on Service Desk tickets including
- Human Resources: requests to hire student workers and supplemental pay for department faculty, staff and students.
- Facilities: request for classroom setup and/reconfiguration when needed, special event setup and support, and general facilities maintenance request.
- Finance/Business Office: non-employee (guest artist) reimbursements, purchase orders, vendor payments, off-site performance space rentals and cost-transfer.
- Information Technology: requests for conferencing support, equipment rental, laptop and other tech equipment purchases, video recording and support.
- Serve as a Concur delegate for department chairperson and faculty aiding with submitting expense reports and reimbursements.
- Assist with purchasing department supplies including teaching materials, office supplies, and other necessary materials via procurement card or via Finance/Business Office purchasing ticket request.
- Assist with travel arrangements for department chairperson, faculty and department collaborators and guest artist using via assigned Travel Card or Divisional Card through the Business Office Service Desk travel request.
- Collaborate with departmental academic/ensembles personnel to ensure ensembles related expenses are procured and required hires are made.
- Assist department chairs with forms/reports required by various external, industry or governmental organizations.
- Serve as point of contact for all visiting artists and guest lecturers to include master class/teaching arrangements, letters of agreement, and honorarium preparation/submittal.
- Serve as the primary contact for department individuals/groups using Peabody facilities to include fielding initial requests, scheduling, invoicing, and follow-up activities.
Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Basic experience with computer software including but not limited to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Experience with online storage and file sharing services such as OneDrive, SharePoint, GoogleDrive, etc.
- Proven ability to prioritize work and ensure projects and workloads are completed on time while maintaining high morale.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills.
- Politically aware and able to maintain confidentiality.
- Demonstrated exemplary customer service skills.
- Ability to analyze and interpret financial data, prepare financial reports, projections and analysis, and budgetary items for validity and compliance.
- Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures.
- Ability to make sound objective judgments and ethical decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or graduation equivalent.
- Three years related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Arts Administration, or related field.
- Intermediate computer knowledge and experience working with Salesforce, SAP, Oracle Planning, Concur, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint
- Experience working with and adhering to University-wide policies and procedures.
- Experience working in higher education.
Classified Title: Administrative Coordinator
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Administrative Coordinator
Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/02/OE
Starting Salary Range: Min $18.00 - Max $33.50 HRLY ($50,213 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 37.5 hours per week, M - F
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Hybrid: On-site 3-4 days a week
Department name: 10000993-The Conservatory
Personnel area: Peabody