<p>Essential Duties</p> <ol> <li>Oversees and coordinates administrative, program, and office activities. Establishes, selects, implements, and coordinates office procedures and systems. Serves as principal source of information to students, staff, and faculty on policies, procedures, programs, and office activities. 2. Oversees, instructs, and coordinates activities of support staff. Oversees the preparation of materials for grants, contracts and budgets. Monitors expenditures and reconciles financial statements. 3. Provides editorial support for a journal/publication. Proofreads and edits material for grammatical and factual accuracy. Tracks copy through various editing and production stages. Communicates with authors, printers, and others concerned with published work. 4. Determines administrative, facility, and equipment needs for symposia, lectures, seminars, and conferences. Assembles and arranges for necessary items. Determines sources of data. Compiles, synthesizes and manipulates data. Summarizes findings and writes reports or portions of reports. 5. Greets visitors. Answers and screens telephone calls. Assesses nature of business. Responds to requests for information and provides assistance. Screens and responds to mail. 6. Formats, keyboard, proofread, and edits correspondence, reports, manuscripts, grants, and other material. Assembles attachments and corresponding material. Reviews outgoing material for completeness, dates, and signatures. Composes substantive correspondence and written material. 7. Coordinates travel arrangements. Schedules and coordinates meetings and appointments. Orders and maintains inventory of supplies. Takes minutes or dictation. Performs additional functions incidental to office activities. </li></ol> <p>Required Education and Experience</p> <p>Six years of related work experience, four of them in the same job family at the next lower level, and high school level education; or four years of related work experience and an Associate's degree; or little or no work experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.</p> <p>Background Check Requirements</p> <p>All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.</p> <p>Position Focus:</p> <p>This position reports directly to the Administrative Supervisor for the section of Pediatric Neonatology. The primary responsibility of the position is to assist in managing the day-to-day office operations of the section while providing a high level of administrative support to attendings and advanced practice providers. This position will work cooperatively with other member(s) of the administrative staff within a growing, dynamic section while assisting in the completion of tasks and projects and the improvement of work processes. This position will personally provide administrative assistance to faculty and staff by: supporting faculty members in the performance of their duties; managing calendars and schedules; identifying and solving problems; working with NICU GRAD clinics; coordinating meetings and conferences; fellowship assistance; faculty recruitment; preparing correspondence; maintaining Q-Genda on call schedule; coordinating with other sections and departments on behalf of the faculty; managing patient feedback and data; ordering materials; managing travel; managing licenses and certifications; and effectively dealing with other tasks and/or issues as they arise. This position handles highly sensitive and confidential information, and it requires regular interaction with personnel from other sections, departments and agencies.</p> <p>Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:</p> <p>Experience in providing administrative support within a medical school setting and the use and knowledge of Research processes, EPIC and Q-Genda is strongly preferred.</p> <p>Posting Disclaimer</p> <p>The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring departments.</p>