Coordinator

• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: Local 2110
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: $57,941 - $62,000

Position Summary

Reporting to the Assistant Director, Faculty Support, the incumbent provides general programmatic, administrative, and secretarial support to Law School faculty, centers, and programs.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative support to several professors of law and center directors, including gathering and organizing materials relating to instructional and research activities, scheduling meetings, keeping calendars, and receiving visitors.
• Assists with planning and coordinating programs (such as seminars, colloquia, special events, and conferences), arranging publicity, catering, travel arrangements, reimbursements, and honoraria.
• Acts as liaison between professors, fellows, guest speakers, students, scholars, and other academic institutions.
• Provides administrative assistance to visiting scholars, fellows, and faculty as assigned.
• Arranges travel itineraries and prepares travel and business expense reports for submission to the Business Office.
• Works with faculty, students, and the Clerkship Office in preparing clerkship and other letters of recommendation.
• Prepares course materials and syllabi; updates course website (CourseWorks); assigns groups to teaching assistants and schedules TA sessions and review sessions/and makeup classes.
• Performs basic legal research using Westlaw, LexisNexis, and other legal software databases.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Associate Director, Faculty Support.

Minimum Qualifications

• HS diploma or the equivalent. Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred.
• A minimum of three years of highly successful administrative experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
• Strong technical knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.
• The ability to work creatively and independently is necessary.
• Must be adaptable in learning and implementing new technologies as needed for maximizing task performance.
• Some knowledge and background in Chinese and/or Japanese studies preferred.
• Must be well-organized, detail-oriented, and work well under pressure, managing multiple responsibilities simultaneously in a high-volume operation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential.
• Tact and diplomacy, and the ability to exercise judgment in matters that are sensitive and confidential are required.
• Must be able to work with diverse constituencies and support an inclusive work environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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