The Department of Social Sciences, Beirut Campus, has a vacancy for an academic assistant to provide administrative support to the faculty and chair of the department.
Responsibilities
- Provides administrative assistance to faculty and staff of the department
- Performs departmental daily correspondence and filing
- Maintains, processes and updates files, records and/or other documents
- Performs basic daily routine tasks: Typing, copying, phones backup, processing forms, mail duties and other office duties
- Orders, stocks and supplies office supplies
- Answers queries concerning departmental/school activities and operations
- Follows up on departmental/school requests
- Schedules and arranges calendar items, appointments, interviews, meetings, conferences, and other departmental/school events
- Makes (business) travel and lodging arrangements
- Performs data entry
- Establishes and maintains a formal filing system for the department
- Edits and proofreads documents
- Coordinates with other departments/schools on administrative and/or operational matters
- Performs various administrative tasks.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by Chair or Dean
Qualifications
- BA/BS degree from a recognized university
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent computer skills
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information
- Ability to relate well to a variety of individuals, including students, staff and faculty
Send CV indicating in the subject "Academic Assistant" to beirut.hire@lau.edu.lb
Deadline for application submittal for this opening is June 30, 2012
