Duties and Responsibilities:
The primary responsibilities will be the performance of administrative functions to support the Center for Sustainable Health at The Biodesign Institute including scheduling, organizing, ordering, managing inventory and arranging travel. This individual will compile, prepare, and maintain background material related to meetings, events (campus and outside organizations), serve as a representative of the Center, have knowledge of technical requirements for various events with skill in organizing and coordinating several events simultaneously; and coordinate and track follow-up related to these events. Individual will work independently to compose correspondence on a variety of subjects requiring judgment, originality, and professionalism. The Administrative Specialist will also answer phones, greet visitors, and direct questions to appropriate offices/staff for resolution, as well as, maintain budgets and coordinate grant writing.
DAYS AND SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of executive-level administrative support experience; OR, Nine (9) years of executive-level administrative support experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Desired Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience in: event planning; office practices and procedures; Microsoft Office applications ( i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook); tact and diplomacy and maintaining effective working relationships; working in a fast-paced environment. Evidence of effective verbal and written communication skills.
Department Statement/Gen Info:
Our mission is to help build a sustainable world where every human can live a healthy and fulfilling life. This goal will build on current research efforts in medicine, psychology, economics and sociology and seek to define molecular, cellular and behavioral metrics of health and disease. Science must define the metrics and policy makers must implement them to insure that science and policy are optimized. Dr. Hartwell, Chief Scientist of the Center for Sustainable Health was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology in 2001 for his discoveries of a specific class of genes that control the cell cycle. His interests for the past several years have turned to how researchers can use the knowledge that has accumulated during the last 50 years in genetics and biochemistry to improve molecular diagnostics to benefit human health. By using powerful protein biomarkers, scientists hope to identify individuals at high risk for disease, detect cancer and other diseases at an early stage when they can be cured, and to provide improved prognostic information and better therapeutic response. Learn more about the Center for Sustainable Health at the Biodesign Institute here: http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/research/research-centers/sustainable-health
Standard Statement:
Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 70,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.
Arizona State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Close Date:
February 13, 2012
Instructions to Apply:
Application deadline is 11:59pm Arizona time on the day indicated.
REQUESTED MATERIAL MUST BE IN ONE ATTACHMENT.
Complete the required information and attach a single Word or PDF document, which includes:
1. Cover letter
2. Resume
3. Three professional references (names, addresses and phone numbers)
Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.
Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.
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ASU does not pay candidates for travel expenses associated with interviewing, unless otherwise indicated by the department at the time of call for interview.
To apply please go to http://cfo.asu.edu/hr-applicant click "Staff" see job id #27881
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