Sr. Administrative Coordinator
We are seeking a Sr. Administrative Coordinator who will provide administrative support to the Center for Language and Speech Processing. This person must maintain a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality, comfortably taking initiative and exercising independent judgment to resolve issues.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage the primary department telephone line, retrieve and relay messages to appropriate parties.
- Greet and provide assistance to all parties doing business with the department as well as provide assistance to students and faculty.
- Generate, submit, and track the following, Shopping cart orders, travel, Travel/Non-Travel reimbursements, P-Card ordering, P-Card allocation (collect & match receipts to credit card statements), P-Card reports (notify account holders for receipts needed), inventory and purchasing of office and kitchen supplies, setting-up new vendors in SAP, ordering parking passes, maintain electronic filing system for ease of retrieval.
- Coordinate and assist with planning of special projects, i.e. CLSP Summer Workshop Planning Meeting, CLSP Summer Workshop, Recruitment Weekend, new HLT Master’s Program and other Center events.
- Make room reservations as requested.
- Follow up with faculty each semester to determine if they plan to maintain the same date/time/room for lab meetings/reading groups.
- Process Service Requests with University Facilities department for issues such as light outage, room temperatures, recycling pick up, etc.
- Create and send out announcements for CLSP external speaker seminars for fall and spring semesters.
- Create and send out meeting schedule sign-ups for external seminar speakers.
- Responsible for sorting and distributing the department’s incoming mail and packages.
- Monitor and maintain office supplies (copy paper, coffee supplies, stationary, etc.) for the office.
- Maintain the departmental key distribution and provide access to rooms using J-card access. Oversee the cleanliness of the front office and Center coffee room. Other duties and projects as assigned.
- Serve as the international employee liaison and manage the visa process for all international appointments to include the communication and coordination with third-party visa sponsors and the Johns Hopkins Office of International Services
- Manage all HR payroll activities for PhD students and post doctorial appointments. Prepares all payroll documents, hiring and termination, including ISR’s, EA’s and E-forms.
- Tracks appointments for terminations and re-appointment.
- Process all reimbursements and other expenses for visiting speakers.
- Coordinate and plan department and center related events including the JSALT summer workshop.
- Prepare all materials for meetings, educational seminars, training programs, community forums, and conferences.
- Coordinate and arrange travel for multiple center events including PhD visits, workshop meetings and JSALT Summer Workshop participants.
Special Skills & Knowledge
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent organizational skills, analytical and problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work for long periods of time without direction, prioritize own work and to work with flexibility on several tasks simultaneously in order to meet various concurrent deadlines.
- Excellent computer literacy skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint preferred) and ability to learn new software.
- This position requires excellent writing and verbal communication skills; also, with exceptional attention to detail, strong interpersonal skills, and ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and respond quickly to changing priorities.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or graduation equivalent.
- Five years progressively responsible administrative experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Applicants for this position may be required to complete skills assessments appropriate to position description.
Classified Title: Sr. Administrative Coordinator
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Administrative Coordinator
Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/03/OF
Starting Salary Range: Min $21.00 - Max $36.50 HRLY (Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 37.5 hrs/wk, M-F
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Hybrid: On-site 3-4 days a week
Department name: 10001504-Ctr for Language and Speech Processing
Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering